Our little baby is nineteen months- it is hard to believe. She is talking so much and is so smart- it's hard to believe she ever had to have therapy for speech and movement concerns. She is running through the house, skipping and doing silly dances. She sings so many songs- London Bridges, A Tisket a Tasket, Ring Around the Rosie and the ABCs are her favorites right now. She throws herself down at the part "We all fall down!"
She also sings the prayer at each meal. Whenever you give her food she breaks into a rendition of "God our father" and will keep going until she decides she's had enough to eat and then she flings all of her food on the ground with great pizzaz.
I never knew how much work a toddler could be. I remember watching Holly run after Josh when we met up with them last year in PA, but it still didn't occur to me that Abby would soon be like that. I am pooped.
I am constantly cleaning up the flung food much to her delight. She loves getting on the bathroom stool and turning on the water. SHe climbs on everything- even the kitched table. She loves hanging out on the stairs and seeing if anyone notices her daredevil antics.
She is really into flushing the toilet and saying "bye bye" to whatever was in there before the flush. She is experimenting with what happens when objects get thrown in and flushed too. She's REALLY keeping us on our toes.
Fortunately, I've trained her to make the salads and put the kids lunches into bags for me! She loves putting lotion on my face too.
Another thing she loves right now is one of the horses down the street from us- Fritsy. She wants to visit Fritsy everyday and throws a fit if I don't take her. She bends down and pulls out grass to feed Fritsy and cries when it is time to walk home. She is also still infactuated with Noah. She adores him- and he, thankfully, puts up with her amazing well. She calls every cat "Noah" and refers to the outdoor cat, Mrs. Piddlekins as "Noah-Pid." For some reason Noah has been pooping on the floor lately which makes him even more interesting to her!
She is saying so many new words- "b-button" for her belly button and "p-pop" for lolly pops are the funniest ones. She has actually picked up many signs by watching some sign language books from the library. She can do signs for table, cereal, cup, bird, refrigerator, computer, book, and more. Actually "more" is her most prominent sign. She uses it quite clearly when she wants "more p-pop, mama."
She is surprising us by putting together sentences too. Yesterday she was climbing up me and was delighted to announce to Patrick "See daddy? I walk up mama." She also calls out "Daddy where are you?" when she wants him all to herself. There favorite thing to do together right now is read books. Patrick also lets her "drive" his car (which she can''t get enough of) and bath time. Making farty noise bubbles in the bath water entertains them both long enough for me to clean the kitchen!
Well- better run. Tomorrow is another exhausting day!
