Our Drama

So today Leslie was eating her snack. The TV was on mute, we hadn't been watching it, and there was some cartoon on neither of us had ever seen before. Then she started saying "whoa" and "oh no," "uh oh," and even "tick tock" when she saw a clock. It took me a minute to realize she was narrating what was happening on the silent TV. So I grabbed the camera to catch what I could.

Our three-word sentence

Leslie's been saying more and more two word phrases lately. Then today, she was playing with her baby and her baby's arm was stuck underneath its body. So she said, "Where other arm?"

Our Attempt to Catch Up

I'm so far behind in documenting Leslie's milestones that the job has become one of those huge projects you start to dread. So I'm just gonna start writing and see how much I can accomplish. No pressure (yes, I'm talking to myself).

• She finally says some words! I have counted about 50 words at this point. Her newest word is "heart." I got her a Valentine placemat, and have been showing her the hearts. She finally said "heart" March 1.
• She's been saying "no" for about two months now. Her yes is still "uh huh."
• She has turned into a work-in-progress at playdates. My easygoing baby has turned into a toddler who tells her friends "no" when they touch her stuff.
• She went back to gymnastics yesterday after missing a month due to my surgery. She does great when no one is watching her. She is finally starting to grab the bar and slide off the trampoline. She still hasn't mastered the jump, though! But she loves to say "jump jump jump" as she bounces.
• She's so cute saying Elloree's name. And she calls Kyler "kaka."
• She started saying her first two-word phrase about 1.5 months ago..."'mon mama." She still can't say "mon dada." She says "da da da" instead. She knows she's not getting it right and gets a confused look on her face! She calls all other people "nona," and tells them to "non nona."
• Some notable notes from daycare have been that she knows all the hand motions to their songs, and sings herself to sleep every day at naptime. They say "she's definitely the musical one in the class!" You know I'm all over that!!!!
• She has gotten even better at stacking things, although I didn't even know that was a milestone.
• She has discovered pockets and LOVES them. It's her favorite thin about her coat.
• She's into everything about her clothes. Shoes, "soes," socks, "caca," "bow," coat, "coco," and her hat "haaa."
• The folks at daycare laugh at how southern she sounds when she says "bye." She makes it at least two syllables.
• She has started pretending alot more. She feeds sprinkles and her dolls food, and the other day she decided to change the diaper on her doll. When she took off her pants she blew to dry her off, haha! I know that sounds weird, but I try to get her dry so that diaper cream will stick better.
• She has completed the months-long process of figuring out what each item in my makeup bag does. When she was about a 15-months old she would pick up my powder pad and pat it on her face, and the last thing she did was lean forward and close her eyes when I picked up my mascara tube!
• She LOVES brushing her teeth, and gets angry when I take away her tooth brush.
• She's been sick a lot this month, so we haven't yet schedule her surgery. I hope she'll soon be well enough to get that over with.
• She started signing "more" the correct way. After a couple months of not signing because she can say more, she all of a sudden broke out the correct sign.
• She's CRAZY about bubbles.
• We got a golf cart, and she asks to ride it every day even though it's freezing.