23 Months Old!

It is simply amazing to me that today Emily is 23 months old! I can’t believe it! She is getting so big and can do so many things... that old saying about growing up too fast is 100% true. Here’s all the new things she can do:

-The biggest thing I suppose is that she is 100% paci-free, for 17 days now. She doesn’t even ask for it anymore!

-She holds entire phone conversations now when you let her use your phone. I can understand about 80% of what she is saying.

-She is a major repeater- she can say anything you say! (So watch what you say, haha!)
-She is getting much better about following directions at gymnastics class-- still some trouble during Circle Time but she follows the rules for the long rectangle trampoline and for the pit...so I am happy with that!

-She can open every doorknob in the house.

-She can unscrew bottle lids.

-She can put on her own shoes (sometimes on the right feet, sometimes not!)

-She is in the “life is better naked” phase and will randomly strip down and run around shrieking with delight. It’s all fun and games until it’s YOUR kid!

-She can count to 20.

-She knows all the songs on “Barney’s Songs” (she is obsessed with Barney!), all the songs on our car music CD, and all the songs I had taught her before. She probably can sing about 35 songs in all- amazing!

-She is using a lot of sentences now- “Go Jamey’s house”, “I want it/ I don’t want it”, etc.

-She will eat her gummy vitamins alone now, they don’t have to be intermixed with her regular gummy snacks.

-She loves “topcorn” (popcorn) but has to be reminded to take only 1 kernel at a time!

-She will stand up in a shopping cart and say, “OH NO MA’AM- sit down! Dangerous!”....all while standing and looking at you. Not that this has happened, of course!

-Speaking of standing, her new fave activity in the house is to try to stand on her ride on toys. Evil Kanevil.

-She loves to color and is getting really, really great pincer control from doing it so much. Also, she can draw a circle very well.

-She knows red, green, blue, purple, and yellow with pretty good consistency. She definitely did NOT learn this from eating a lot of fruit snacks. Definitely not.

-She is now sleeping on a pillow in her crib and loves it- she actually lies down a lot faster now, I think because she is more comfortable!

-She is alerting us to having used the bathroom in her diaper and will bring us a new “diapey” and lie down to be changed.

-She loves to sit on the potty but has not released anything YET.

-She is starting to notice things outside the car- like cows, cars, trucks, etc. She is becoming a lot more aware of things around her like airplanes, birds, etc.


-She can kick a ball- Daddy taught her how!


All in all, she is becoming such a big girl. No part of her is a baby anymore and it is so shocking to us how quickly that happened! We are so excited for her birthday next month- be watching the mailbox for your invitation!