Elaine 14 Months (+ a few days)

Poor Elaine, all chaos ensued, and we forgot to celebrate 14 months... Hopefully that won't be brought up in counseling later in life! At any rate, our little spitfire is in fact 14 months old and loves to GO GO GO! This has resulted in a great deal of "sissy bugging" but also a lot of tickling, wrestling, hiding, and laughing between the two girls- LOVE IT!
Elaine's receptive language and memory is outstanding. I can tell Elizabeth, "It's time to go. Please get your shoes on," and the next thing I know, Elaine has searched out and found her shoes, and is standing by my side holding them (most often her snazzy silver sparkly sandals), waiting for me to help her put them on. As we are leaving the house, Elaine will often walk to the back door first to tell Kyleigh, "Bye Bye!" She is also great at expressing what she wants. For example, the other day she wanted apple sauce, so she took a spoon out of the dishwasher, walked over to the refrigerator, and said "EAT!" I opened the fridge and gave her the option of yogurt or apple sauce, she took the apple sauce, and snack was had! (It's not always this easy though!) As far as her verbal skills, some days she is a rock star, and others, she chooses to grunt and point to express her wishes. Not that everyone would understand what she is saying, but she has added eat, drink, sissy, bath, yes, book, ball, and cheese to her vocabulary.
As far as her class at church, I think the worst is behind us. She still is not a huge fan of the City Zoo, but she isn't screaming the whole time either... we're getting there!

Some Favorites:
-Brushing her teeth! If anyone else is brushing theirs, Elaine must have a tooth brush with water on it in hand!
- Washing her hands! Especially at inopportune times in public restrooms.
- Peanut Butter!!! This is how we are working out of that 14th percentile:) The girl will eat spoonful after spoonful. I know... most docs aren't cool with this, but good ol' Dr. Scroggie says to just make sure she isn't getting so much she could choke.
- Juice boxes and capri suns! We didn't know Lainie could drink out of a straw until she stole Elizabeth's capri sun at a birthday party and emptied it in no time! Since then, if she sees one, she must have one:)
- Daddy! This girl loves Justin soooo much! She loves to snuggle, to be tickled, and just to be close to him... melt this mommy's heart!
- Climbing! Be it the couch, the bed, or wherever everyone else is, Elaine wants to be there too and will do whatever it takes to get there!

Precious girl, we love you!

Up the slide:)

Nothing like homemade pizza and an ice cream sandwich for dinner!

Daddy and Lainie at Rehearsal Dinner!

A trip to Sprouts always ends with "a special snack" from the bulk bins. Elizabeth's favorite is white pretzels (yogurt covered). Elaine now gets excited about special snack, and she wanted a white pretzel for the ride home. When we arrived home and I opened the back door, this is what I found! A VERY HAPPY LITTLE GIRL!