20 months

Just a few things from 20 months I don't want to forget...

My goodness little girl! You are truly turning into a little person :) One with personality and opinions and a voice! You've always been a little talker, babbling and giggling and all, but now you are truly a talker. I can fairly reliably ask you what you want or what you are trying to say and usually figure it out. It is SO nice to be able to communicate with you in this way :)

This month, you stopped saying Boppa for Grandpa, and began calling him Papaaa! or Poppa. :) We also discovered that you know both of your Grandpas for who they are and also that you possibly call your Grandmas Papa too :)

Last month you got a cold which in turn resulted in a lot of difficulty breathing. We found out that you were suffering with viral induced asthma and you had to use a nebulizer for a few weeks. You have been a trooper about it, and I'm happy to say that it seems to be working. Several things that helped were putting a humidifier in your room full time, switching from cow's milk to coconut milk, and daily vitamins to ward off future colds... since that's how this all started to begin with :/

This month you also began expanding your entourage of animals you like to take to bed. Your crib is beginning to look like a stuffed animal zoo! Currently, you have Eleanor (ehh-noor), Blanky Bear (bayeee), Memo (meemo), Oo-Ah (the monkey with bunny ears, you named it!), Tigger (drrrrr! another name you came up with ;), and Pooh (pooh :).

You named Memo and Oo-Ah all on your own with no encouragement. It is so cute!!! You've also seemed to take to all things Pooh all on your own. Grandma says it's in the genes ;) And your Daddy is all too pleased with this development :) Pooh has a soft spot in his heart, as do you ;) You find all books that have Pooh and carry them around, as well as ask for Pooh on tv.

Another funny thing is that you seem to associate Maddie with rabbits. Whenever you see Rabbit in any Pooh books, you say, "Maddie! (Maa-eee)." And then the other day you brought me a little stuffed bunny and said, "Maa-ee!" hehe :)

The two friends you talk about all the time are Jacob and Maddie. In fact, there have been several occasions now where you are sad and then you start saying, "Day-kub! Maa-eee!" and are happy again. I have to wonder if that came from an episode of Daniel Tiger where he said when you're sad to think about something you like and you will be happy :) It's so precious!

Speaking of Daniel Tiger, you love that show almost as much as Curious George. And you have the same name for Daniel Tiger as for Tigger. Of course that makes sense, doesn't it? Drrrrrr! You can be quite aggressive with your Drrrrrrr's :)

In the morning, or anytime you see lotion really, you want to put it on. "Loshee" is what you ask for, and then "rubrubrub!" Now you like to pull up your pant legs and rub your legs as well LOL. When you try to go on the potty, you say, "flushy" and "washy." I like adding "y" to the end of words too, so high five little girl! hehe :)