Top 3 Cutest things she does...
1. When she gets a little nervous or shy, she hides her head between my legs or rests it on my shoulder, I love that!
2. Toothy grin! - She's got four now!
3. She growls when she sees the lions at the zoo or a toy lion. I can't get her to do it on command yet, but if she sees one she'll do it.
Top 3 Least Cutest things she does...
1. Spit. I blame La La. A while back they played taking turns spitting at each other, back and forth, back and forth. Ever since, she seems to think its some kind of funny game. The worst is when she decides to play with a mouth full of mashed carrots.
2. She's figured out how to wiggle her way out of her stroller, in fact, we will just say wiggle. That girl does not like to sit still.
3. New nap routine... tired beyond belief. Red eyes, grumpy, the whole nine yards. Yet she insists on playing for an hour or two in her crib and then wants to crash. Consequently, I feel like we spend the entire day trying to get a sleepy tired girl who wont hold still long enough to sleep to nap.
Top 3 Funniest things she does...
1. There have been several times when she is supposedly napping when I suddenly hear a scream, pure terror. I think, "Oh my gosh! She has finally figured out how to climb out of her crib!" I go running into her room frantic, only to find Laila standing tall in her crib, pointing to the floor where in fact, there is a man overboard. Somehow, Zebra has abandoned ship and she was not happy about it. I have to laugh. I am learning, however, that Zebra doesn't always get rescued, otherwise, she has figured out how to get me back in the room. Smart cookie! :) It's still pretty cute. And I can't help but laugh as I peek through the door at the saddest little girl ever.
2.Bath time. After taking her to the pool over Christmas break and getting her used to dunking her head in the water, she tries to do the same in the bath. She leans over and puts her face in the water. She comes up each time with the same startled face, but goes right back in for another dunk. Cracks me up every time. She still manages to splash water everywhere.
3. She narrates while she plays.
Top 3 Favorite things
1. Zebra is still a favorite. I think I have set myself up for failure....especially with all the traveling we've down this last month. We've tried to keep Zebra in her crib, so its just a sleep-time thing. But she took Zebra with her everywhere these last few weeks! Meaning, they are now inseparable...and I have NO back-up.
2. Her toothbrush! no complaints about that.
3. Swinging at the park.
Top 3 Dislikes
You know, this so depends on her mood. Some times some things, some toys, some food, or some activity is her favorite thing ever and then the next time you try she thinks its the worse idea ever.
1. Soggy diapers. She has developed a nice little habit of waking up between 2 and 4 in the morning to give me a holler to get the soggy diaper off of her wet bottom. She does get herself back to sleep fortunately, after telling Zebra all about it first.
2. Repetitive time-outs. Sometime she doesn't mind time out, but when you have to do it three of four times in a row because she goes right back to the "NO" activity/item, she starts to throw a fit. You think she'd catch on. I know she knows.
Top 3 Accomplishments
1. Her gibberish is starting to make sense. She's learned how to say "mama" and "dadda" consistently. Before she would say the sounds, but I don't know if she actually was connecting them to what they mean. Cousin Jack also taught her how to say "Wo", so know we "Wo" at everything. Its pretty cute!
2. She's a great waiver. At times I feel as if we are on parade at the grocery store, grinning and waiving at everyone!
3. She is wanting to walk so bad. Anytime she can be up on her feet moving around, holding onto hands or legs or furniture. She'll take a couple of steps on her own, but the confidence and the balance are not quite there yet.
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