20 months

First off I am so proud of myself for being on time for this post.  It's a first for awhile.  Now to the reason behind this post - 20 months!  Our toddler is growing and changing each day.

We can now put her hair in pig tails and a pony tail!

She has become quite the artistic student!

She is queen of taking everything out of a box or bin but is really good at cleaning things up

She still loves sitting in boxes

She loves the Chargers

She still loves Sophey

She loved to get dressed and do most of it on her own

She loves animals, especially cats!
She is obsessed with shoes and always want me to bring your shoes down to play with them and dump them out.
When she wakes up from a nap or the morning, she wants everything out of your crib.  In fact she did this last month and as I was carrying her down the steps, she dropped her blanket and I fell on the stairs.  Instincts tell you to fall backward so that you protect the baby but my toes had other plans and went forward as I fell back and needless to say I broke my toe, or at least I am pretty sure I did since going to the Dr. wouldn't have done anything.  Pretty painful to say the least!

















She is quite vocal and makes lots of grunts and groans when trying to do things or carry things.
She is quite the climber! I am waiting for the day she tries to climb out of her crib....

She is still a happy baby that melts my heart every single day!

She is saying so many new words that I can't even keep up with them.  She may not be able to speak in full sentences but somehow she gets her point across pretty well!  Her schedule has not changed for some time now and that 3 hour long nap during the day works well for our schedule.  We have been on the go most of the summer and Avery and I just got back from San Diego and we are going out again next week for another 10 days.  Daddy will be meeting us out there to do Christmas card photos.  We always have a great time in SD but it's nice to get home and be in our own house.  Avery does love to spend time with the Magnuson side of the family!

We have been taking Avery to more play classes and music classes and I think she is really getting more out of them.  It may be that she can vocalize her likes and dislikes more now but I think she truly loves to get out and explore.  When we say "lets go bye bye" she heads right to the door no matter what she is doing.  She has two speeds, full speed or sleep speed.  Literally she does not walk anywhere, she runs full speed no matter when she is going. I guess that's how I was as a child as well. Like mother like daughter.  At least she takes after me in some way because we all know that she looks nothing like me! She is 100% daddy.

We have been trying to start the process of retiring the pacifiuer and she knows that she only gets it in bed  now or at least right before bed.  The funny thing is that we used to keep a few in her crib when she went to bed but lately she finds them and throws them behind her crib.  She may be weening herself on her own.... now wouldn't that be great!

She is also the drama queen like her Dad.  Here she is telling me about her booboo that she got last week....stubbed her toe.  Mind you she tells me about it like 50 times a day!

Here are some other fun pics from the last month
Her new favorite... Minny Mouse... from Aunt Boo... shocker right!

Although she doesn't look like she is having fun, she LOVES Barney!


First cake pop

































Big girl swing































 

Still a great flyer...just falls asleep! 

First Cheetos... they were a hit!

Loving pickles!

Crazy hair.... its getting so long!

Busy Busy Busy.... and a late 19 month post!

It's been almost a month since I have updated this and I realized that in our busy summer months, I never did a 19 month post.  To be honest, so much yet so little happens each month right now that the months seem to blend together.  The biggest change that I have seen from every this month is her use of words and her extreme likeness to climb on just about everything.  She was doing all this at 18 months but she seems to get stronger and more confident in her climbing and her word library.  Every day she seems to say a new word and actually have it make sense.  She does her own language but at least her words are consistent so in her mind she is saying the words.  Sometimes they sound like the actual word and other times they are a far cry but it sure makes us laugh.

We have been keeping Avery pretty busy with park ventures, water feature parks, Childs Play visits (indoor play area) and just about anything else that we can find to keep her busy.  She loves to go bye bye and pretty much goes non stop until its bed time. She still loves going to bed and taking naps.  Her afternoon naps is usually 21/2 -3 hours.  She is still waking up around 630 and goes to bed by 8.  Her new favorite show is Barney which is not much better than Elmo but change is good.  She does learn quite a bit from these shows or maybe that is just me trying to justify her watching TV.  We do limit it though to mornings and night and then in the car when we have a bit of a drive.

As we speak, we are back in SD and Avery is getting to spend some quality time with Nana during the day.  I am in town watching a friends kids while they are gone so Aves spends the days with my mom and then comes up here in the afternoon.  She is pretty funny to watch around older kids because she seems so mesmerized by them and just soaks in everything that they do.

She does have a bit of a little attitude in that she knows what she wants and when she wants it and when that doesn't happen, she gets a little annoyed and has a fake little cry.  We just laugh at her when she does and tell her that her cry is so fake.  She will learn that she can't get everything that she wants although everyone does tend to cater to Avery, the only child!  She will be in for a rude awakening when we do decide to have another child!

She loves to swim now with her floatie and a little fish!  She sure has her routine and the things that she likes to do and does them over and over just about every day.  One of those is emptying any toy bin its entirety, at least she is pretty good at cleaning up. 

Here are some pics from the last few weeks.

 Her hair is finally long enough to put it in piggies!