Twenty one months

Adele is twenty one months today!  We are only three months away from our baby being two years old.  Adele is still the sweet happy little baby she's always been on the inside, but she's kind of a raging toddler on the outside.  She's still got a very happy go lucky personality, but all the drive and determination that goes with her age.

She's talking a lot these days.  She will say 'hi' to everybody.  It's pretty fun to be out with her, shopping, out for a run, anything, she will greet everyone with a big smile and a wave, so joyous that almost everyone says 'hi' back.  She also loves to say 'bye' and give kisses.  But she's also got many other words.  I absolutely love reading animal books with her.  She loves animals, and she can say a few of their names.  But the linguist in me loves hearing her generalizations.  It's common at this age for kids to use one word for a category of words.  For example, she uses 'doggie' for any 4 legged animal.  It makes sense, but it's pretty funny when she points to an elephant and says confidently, 'doggie!'.  She also often uses the final consonant of a word as the first consonant.  For example, she says 'shi' for 'fish', or anything that swims, including whales and sharks.  And she says 'ka' for 'duck' or any birds with large beaks.  It's so much fun to watch her learn. Here's a list of the words I can remember:

ma - more/mas

do - door/window

hi

bye

papa

mama

eye

no - nose

no - no

mou - mouth

eeah - ear

tee - teeth

hei - hair

daaie - doggie

shi - fish

ka - duck

bebe - baby/bebe

pca - cup (yep, she makes this funny double consonant sound, jumbling up the first and last consonants)

me - milk

caca - cracker

shee - cheese (food and camera smiles)

uh - up

ha - help

si - sit

toe - toes

po po - popo/poopoo

ba?l - bottle

bubbles

awa - agua/water
ca - car

Here's a little video of her showing off her words.

Adele is getting interested in the potty.  She wants to sit after diaper changes, she pats herself and tells me after she's peed or pooped in her diaper, and quite often she will tell me she has to poop beforehand and she'll poop on the potty.  I'm by no means ready to potty train this early, but I'm hoping maybe she will be quick when we tackle it sometime after she turns two.  

This girl wants to do everything the big kids do.  She tries to put on her own clothes, she's pretty good at pants and shoes now.  She also wants to do everything herself, especially buckles.  She's learning to ride a scooter, and would love to bike or pedal if she could.  She is climbing big stuff at the park now too.  She has also been refusing to sit in her high chair, and we've settled for a booster so she can join us at the table.  She's great at feeding herself, although when she's done, everything gets either dumped or hurled across the table or on the floor.  Wes got beaned pretty hard with a spoon at Hobees.  She's got a strong arm!  We are working on curbing this habit, but not much luck so far.  

Adele still sleeps wonderfully, and is not down to one nap.  She gets pretty tired out after morning activities, and we have to make sure she doesn't sleep much in the car or she won't want to nap much later.  But she is still super easy at night.  Such a blessing!

Here's a video of one of her favorite pastimes, kisses!

Here are some pictures of our sweet girl around the house this morning.  She is so full of life and joy!