20 Months Old!

Nadia will be two years old in exactly four months. Wow. I love her soooo much! She's generally such a friendly, happy little girl. Her laughter and smiles bring such joy to my heart. She weighs 27 lbs, and we're working on her self-feeding skills. She does a great job of holding her sippy cup by herself. Cold milk is definitely her favorite thing to drink. She hasn't shown any interest in juice. She will drink a little water now and then. Her favorite foods are raisins, pretzels, yogurt, grapes, crackers, bagels, oatmeal, bananas, apples, macaroni & cheese, hamburgers, grilled cheese sandwiches, Captain Crunch, Golden Grahams, and pretty much any dessert (cookies, brownies, ice cream, etc.). She takes one afternoon nap a day which lasts from 1.5 to 3 hours long. She goes to bed between 7-8pm, and she gets up sometime between 5:00-6:30am. Her favorite activities include doing puzzles, coloring with crayons, playing with her kitchen, watching VeggieTales, listening to music, and reading books.

Here are 202 of the words that I could think of that I've heard Nadia say; I am not counting words that she has just repeated after us. The list only contains those words she's used to communicate with us.

Nature related: dog, cat, mice, turtle, owl, cow, tiger, penguin, barn, horse, goat, pig, bunny, frog, star, moon, monkey, flower, knee, elbow, eye, belly, toes, hand, lap, bear, chicken, nose, grass, snow, fish, parrot, ladybug, bee, earth, duck, seal, ear, hair, mouse, teeth, alligator, sheep, polar bear

Names: Mommy, Daddy, Ian, PopPop, Grandma, Abby, Grandpa, Lane, Bob, Larry, (Mr.) Lunt, Elmo, Nadia, Junior (Asparagus), Gabby, Sarah

Food related: spoon, lunch, dinner, bagel, hotdog, ice cream, milk, cookie, (Capt.) Crunch, oatmeal, banana, yogurt, cheese, water, pretzel, bottle, apple, pizza, chocolate, cracker, bite, hungry, grapes, raisin, more, done, napkin, jelly, peas, egg, bib, tomato, hamburger, pickle, kitchen, Kix, mess, ice, noodle, (Golden) Grahams

Verbs: rip, push, tickle, pop, watch, sweep, hug, back up, flip, poop, pee, rock, go, open, color, swing, read

Adjectives: blue, yucky, big, wet, good, all, clean, hot, this, that, yummy, stuck, pink, two, three, the, silly

Nouns: book, puzzle, button, upstairs, cd, remote, diaper, ball, blanket, girl, airplane, crayon, hat, shoes, sock, house, wall, tissue, balloon, jeans, church, brush, baby, light, basketball, touchdown, oval, bath, computer, phone, doctor, pump, Tylenol, sticker, car, boat, gym, pieces, princess, bed, there, stairs, boy, song, engine,

Prepositions: up, down, off, on, out, under, in

Misc.: uh oh, oops, hi, hello, bye bye, thank you, please, I, night night, yes, no, ah choo, yeah, okay, again, peekaboo

Ian was a good sleeper last night. He slept in his Nap Nanny from 8:50pm to 1:50am and again from 2:45 to 4:20am. This morning I decided to try to start a 9:00 morning nap routine. I put him down at 8:50 and although he didn't sleep the entire time, he didn't start fussing until 10:40! Way to go, Ian!! I got some housework done, but mostly I played with Nadia during his nap. When she heard him fussing she said "Hi, Ian." How sweet!

Yesterday I pumped 4.5 ounces at school, and Ian was only given 3.5 ounces in my absence (which surprised me as they gave him more on Monday and I was gone longer on Tuesday). I have 5.5 ounces of EBM in the refrigerator. I am very glad to just stay at home today with my two sweet children. Ian has been giving me LOTS of smiles today. He has such a beautiful smile!!!