17 Months

October 31st marked 17 months on this earth for Lainie K... and she celebrated by putting on her pretty pretty princess dress. Although her vocabulary is still limited, we are communicating much better these days and throwing fewer and shorter fits. Elaine's motor skills still baffle me. Not sure if it is because she is advanced in this area or if it is because Lizzie struggled- maybe a little of both:) The combination of these skills and her fearless personality is quite scary! She quickly makes it to the highest slide at the big kid park, and though she is on the smaller side has skillfully figured out how to climb onto our bed. The advantage of her motor skills is eating time. I decided to be brave and give her a bowl of cereal with milk just to see what she would do, and to my pleasant surprise, she easily spooned every bite of it into her mouth and then asked for a 2nd and 3rd bowl! Which brings me to her eating patterns... probably the healthiest possibility, but just not very convenient, Elaine eats A LOT for breakfast, gets down and five minutes later requests a snack "nack," she eats a reasonable lunch, continues to snack, and then is pretty uninterested in dinner. I think we are working our way out of that 14th percentile though! I can ask Elaine to do pretty much any task, and she obeys well (ie: take Lizzie her cup, go put that in the trash, go get your shoes, clean up your mess (she will then request a napkin), put your toys away (we have this awesome organizer from Ikea, and she knows where everything goes!), go to your room for a diaper change (she is now telling me when she is pooh pooh)). She has also become quite the little helper, assisting me in unloading the dishwasher and moving laundry from the washer to the dryer!

Elaine LOVES:

-DOGS!

-Babies (pretend and real)

-Balls

-Outside (the wind in her face gets a million giggles)

-Baths

-Daddy

-Dancing and Singing (the itsy bitsy spider can cure most car time blues)

-Washing her hands

-Playing BOO! (lots of giggling involved!)

-Sissy (Zizzie)

-Kisses (everyone gets one or two or three before bed, including Kyleigh, and more recently belly baby!)

I have the power of the SPOON!

I love my JULIET! (Ju Eh)

Danger!

Yup, those are curls you see! Mommy is still trying to figure out what to do with them...

*Posts to follow... "Cupcake and Frosting Fairy", "What do you do at Lizzie School?", and "Ode to Grandparents!"*