20, 21, & 22 months

What I've Been Up to:

 

 First Hair Cut

1. First hair cut- 21 months
2. Molars coming in- she now has 10 teeth
3. Swimming in the tub
4. Blowing bubbles in the tub and pools
5. Requesting to listen to specific songs such as: Bare Necessities, Puff the Magic Dragon, Be Our Guest, Thumbellina, Gummi Bar. She sings some the lyrics too.  Sooo cute!
6. Playing well with others- she is doing better sharing with her friends and listening when we ask her to do things.
7. Speaking in sentences often
8. Loves giving eskimo and butterfly kisses- she has been known to give eskimo kisses to puppies and her stuffed animals
9. Loves everything to do with princesses- especially Princess Aurora, Cinderella, and Ariel.
10. Gets excited when I sweep because she gets to sweep with her mini pink broom and dust pan
11. Has tea parties with her dolls, stuffed animals, and us
12. "Cooks" in her Princess Ariel kitchen quite often
13. Reminds me to feed the fish and Yoshi almost every day
14. Asks to put on her "walking shoes" daily to go for a walk
15. Sits and reads books in her Dora chair
16. Feeds, puts to bed, and changes her dolls' diapers
17. Pops bubbles with her feet
18. Says "tut, tut.. it looks like rain" and "boing" for Tiggers hopping
19. Sings and does the motions for "This Little Light of Mine", "Jesus Loves Me", and "Itsy Bitsy Spider" 
20. Enjoys putting several puzzles together every day
21. Identifies the Bible characters she learned about in church: so far God, Nehemiah, Adam, Eve, Noah, and Abraham                 

18 & 19 Months

What I've Been Up To:

 Playing Outside

 My first backpack

 Mountain baby

 Learning to climb

 We made it!

These past two months have been super busy.  Aurora runs around, climbs, sings, dances, counts, sorts shapes, does puzzles, feeds herself entirely, plays music: keyboard, drums, tambourine, maracas, whistles, & shakers, has full conversations with others, talks in complete sentences much of the time, swims with floaties, digs, and so much more.  She keeps us guessing what she will do next.  Aurora is an incredibly smart, adorable, fun child. 

Firsts for these months: going on a backpack, closing herself in the turkey pen & fed the goats and horses when we visited Aunt Dana and Uncle Rich's farm, feeding her baby dolls and reading to them and wrapping them in blankets and putting them to sleep, feeding herself entirely, sleeping (sometimes) in her princess toddler bed.

Other developments: using a fork or spoon for most meals, sorting shapes in record time, putting her puzzle together by herself, singing along with songs, recognizing when foods/drinks are hot or cold, requesting foods/drinks, helping more in general- especially with cleaning up, asking to watch Dora and Move It (from the movie Madagascar) frequently, and saying "please" and "thank you" more often.

17 Months Old

What I've Been Up To:

 Swimming with my neighbor Audrey

 Enjoying life!

 Playing at Ocean Beach in San Diego

1. Traveling with Daddy and Mommy to San Diego
2. Talking a mile a minute
3. Reading books is my favorite thing right now
4. Learning how to sort shapes, names of shapes, and colors
5. Copying what people say when I feel like it
6. Digging outside in the dirt
7. Pushing my own stroller and shopping carts
8. Scribbling known as coloring