It seems as if our little Lady becomes more of a little girl and less of a baby every day. She will be 20 months in two weeks so I thought a summary of her development to date was in order.
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| January 19, 2010 |
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| January 25, 2011 |
Height: 33.75 inches (BTW: That is 2.75 inches more then half of me)
Weight: 26.5 lbs
Clothing Size: 18-24 months are starting to fit less and less as each day passes by. So we have started transitioning to 24 months/2T. Which by the way are not exactly the same. Information that would have been helpful before I ordered a tons of new stuff online.
Shoe Size: Right now a 6 but I have 7’s ready to go because it seems like her feet grow overnight.
Eating:
Favorite Foods - Blueberries (have been for a very long time). Overall, she is a great eater. She will try anything once. She is not crazy about leafy things but still tries them if I give them to her. Last night, we have Lettuce Wraps for dinner. I only put the chicken on her plate but when she saw us eating them in the lettuce she wanted it too. I made her a mini one and she seemed to like it.
Table Manners - Emmerson has awesome spoon and fork skills! Still a little messy but overall very impressive. She now sits on her own side of the table in a booster seat and has taken well to the social aspect of dinner. Most nights she waits patiently and engages in “conversation” with us throughout the meal. If you give her a napkin, she places it in her lap and on occasion will use it. More often then not to pretend to blow her nose but when prompted will wipe her hands and face. Here’s a cute video of her “asking” for her hands to be cleaned.
A Cookie with a side of OCD
Playing:
She creates endless meals in her pretend kitchen and hosts a tea party almost everyday
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Makes the "shhh" sound as
she pours the tea |
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| Sharing with George |
She also loves to play with blocks and little people. It is so fun to watch her make the little people "speak" to each other. Her love for music and dance is ever expanding. We have a basket of musical toys that she plays with very regularly.
This kid loves to read! If all you want to do is sit and read to her all day, she will be happy. She will also happily “read” to herself for a good portion of time. Her favorite books are the ones with flip tabs like the Little People ones.
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| at Barnes & Noble |
Color much? Oh yeah, this girl can work a crayon.
Communication:
Emmerson’s vocabulary is increasing daily. She can recite most animals’ sounds and can identify a surprising number of animals in books. Even animals that I’m sure we have never seen been. For example, we have a new zoo book and I asked her to point to the ostrich and she totally knew it. Not sure how but she knew it.
The most recent addition to her repute is Mum Mum. Not Mama or Mommy but Mum Mum and it is never a single Mum. It is always a string of Mum Mum Mum Mum. When I’m not here she will walk around the looking for me and calling Mum Mum Mum. Jon tries to explain I’m at work but she just keeps looking. So sad, yet sweet!
It total she probably has over twenty or so words/sounds such as dog, cat, Dad, Mum, go, what’s that, peees (please), bird, moon, bubble, balloon, weeee (as she runs or plays outside), ball, lub (love) you, uh oh, pants, and endless animals sounds.
Lately, she has tried a few more complicated names like Olivia. She has the O-L part down and then just wiggles her tongue through the rest.
In summary, she is an awesome little person and I love spending our days with her.
