Oh dear, I know it’s not good to laugh when your child says NO, but it sure is funny when Ashleigh does it!
She sticks her little lips out and says NOOOO!
Fortunately, right now, she doesn’t really know what she’s saying. She just likes saying the word NO! We’ll stop playing this game once she figures out what NO means and that she shouldn’t say NO to momma or daddy!
(Sorry that the sound doesn’t match the vide0- small glitch when recording)
Our little girl is getting way too independent!
(We only let her walk down the stairs by herself when we are standing right there with her in case she falls, just in case anyone was worried!)
Her new infatuation is baby dolls! She likes to hold them, wrap them in blankets, and rock them. Oh it is so sweet to watch! Today she wanted to carry her baby doll up and down the stairs.
We took Ashleigh to the capitol building in Lansing today for a super large Easter Egg Hunt hosted by the Jaycees. It was so crowded! The actual egg hunt lasted less than 10 seconds before all the eggs had been snatched up. Ashleigh ended up with one egg. She picked up several other eggs but kept walking over to other kids and putting the eggs in their baskets. What a big heart! She just wanted to share!
“Hold me back, mama… I’m ready to get some eggs!”
The nicely “hidden” eggs!
Giving her eggs to other kids
The one green egg she decided to keep
All done searching for eggs
Yay for Easter Egg Hunts!
While were there, we walked around the capitol building grounds.
We saw the Easter Bunny. Ashleigh was really excited to see him! She even kissed his hands!
She also enjoyed seeing McGruff… she kissed his nose and gave him a fist bump.
It was a beautiful day!
A year and a half? Seriously?
That’s all I have to say about that (before I get too teary!!)
Our little toddler is just a mess these days. She is in to everything! She is totally interested in anything that anyone else is doing (NOSY!). She mimics our actions and our words. She does things to make us laugh (on purpose!). She is just an overall nut.
Here are the animals sounds that she knows and can tell us:
Kitty cat (meOWW)
Lion (grrrrrr)
Cow (moooooooo)
Owl (hoo)
Dog (oof)
Camel (yes, her daddy taught her how to “pretend spit”)
Fish (pops her lips together)
wolf (“ooooooo”) with her chin pointed up
The other words that she consistently says include:
Daddy
Momma (FINALLY!!)
please (“peas”)
pray (“pay”)
bye bye (not just “bye”)
frog (“hah”)
bird (“bir”)
car (“ca”)
plane (“pay”)
teeth (“tee”)
book (“buh”)
hearts (“hah”)
ball (“bah”)
pray (“pay”)
She has definitely started mimicking us. She tries to say the words that we say. It’s so funny to hear her “unique” pronunciations. :)
Her sign language is getting better, too. She signs “more”, “eat”, “drink”, “all done”, “I love you”, “hat”, “shoes”, “brush teeth”, “book”, “cold”, and “hot”.
We have been able to spend more time outside thanks to an unusually warm March in Michigan. We’ll take it! Ashleigh LOVES to go run around outside and play at the park. She loves to swing and slide (by herself!).
At her 18 month appointment, Ashleigh was 19lbs 6 oz (still so tiny!) and 32 inches tall! She is a tall and skinny gal. She did a great job at her appointment and enjoyed showing off all of her skills to the doctor.
At 18 months, Ashleigh…
-wears size 12-18 month clothing.
-wears size 3 and 4 diapers.
- walks and runs all over the place. We are working on jumping!
-likes to chase after Arden and Hobbes.
-likes to wear our shoes around the house.
-enjoys coloring in her coloring books (and attempting to eat the crayon tips!)
-is starting to learn her shapes and colors.
-has gotten sneaky! She KNOWS when she’s not supposed to do something and she runs away from us. Oh dear.
-loves to sort things.
-likes flipping through magazines and newspapers.
-walks down the stairs holding on to the railing.
-can identify many animals.
-loves looking for planes flying in the sky.
-has 7 teeth now (4 on top, 3 on the bottom).
-has gotten even more attached to blankets. If she spies a blanket, she runs over to it and falls down on top of it.
-likes to climb (especially on top of the coffee table)!
-has started drinking out of regular cups and straws. She is SO proud of herself!
-is just so smart. We can’t believe how quickly she learns new words and concepts!
Ashleigh walked out of her bedroom yesterday wearing this:
She found my high heels! She quickly found out that she liked walking in the bathroom the best… she loved the sound the heels made on the floor!
After wearing one high heel shoe for about 10 minutes, she went searching for the matching shoe so she could wear two shoes! And that’s when I ran downstairs to get the video camera…
Funny girl!
Just wanted to post a few cute videos from today. Ashleigh is learning so many new things, and it’s fun to let her show off her new knowledge (and her silliness).
(Boo in the Kitchen and some Animal Noises)
Goofiness in the living room
“Reading” her favorite magazine- Readers Digest
Enjoy!
We have such a girly girl. Where did she get this from? She loves “pretty” things and she makes sure she points out everything that she thinks is pretty. She loves necklaces and bracelets and all kinds of girly things.
Our 17 month old brings us so much joy. She surprises us every day with something new that she does or understands. She may not be saying a lot of words but wow does she know what words mean!
She has definitely become a daredevil. She isn’t scared to try anything! She has figured out how to climb into this chair in the office and then stand up! She’s not scared one bit!
At 17 months old, Ashleigh…
-wears size 3 diapers.
-wears 12 month size clothing, but will probably be wearing size 18 month stuff soon.
-still only has 5 teeth (3 on top, 2 on bottom).
-loves making animal sounds. So far she can say moo, woof, roar, and meow)
-loves reading books and magazines. Her favorite thing to read right now is Readers Digest. She carries that magazine around with her and looks at every single page!
-can do some signs in ASL (eat, drink, more, all done). We love watching Signing Time together! (I’m not sure who enjoys learning sign language more- me or her!)
- says daddy, bye, hi, right there, here, wow, ball, pretty
-has her own little jibberish language (it’s so cute to listen to her just chatting up a storm)
-likes to color in her coloring book. She is fascinated by crayons. She enjoys taking them out of the box and putting them back in, over and over again.
-loves to sort objects and take them out of their containers and put them back in. We just gave her a shape sorter and she loves putting the pieces in and taking them back out.
-can stack blocks! (click on link below to see the video)
-reads any chance that she can get. She “reads” the books by making sounds, pointing at the pictures, and turning the pages. So cute!
-enjoys dancing to any kind of music.
-loves soft blankets! If she spies a blanket, she makes a beeline for it and throws herself down on top of it. When she’s comfortable, she puts her hands behind her head and says, “Ahhh!”
-likes rolling and bouncing balls.
-loves going up and down the stairs, but she is figuring out how to use the railing and go up and down by herself!!
-has become a bit of a picky eater. Ugh. Foods that she used to love are now just thrown to the floor. Let’s hope this is a phase!
-gets very proud of herself when she does a good job. She smiles and pulls her shoulders up and claps for herself.
-can be very sneaky! She knows to “hide” when she’s doing something she’s not supposed to be doing! Crazy girl!
-catches on very quickly to new activities or games.
-follows simple commands like “Sit down”, “Stand up”, “ Go get _____,”, etc.
-loves giving hugs and kisses to mama and daddy (please Ashleigh, don’t ever get tired of doing that!!)
-is no longer breastfeeding before going to bed at night. (I was debating on when to stop and couldn’t quite make up my mind, but one night last week Ashleigh refused the breastmilk, so that was that!)
-has started attending a play group sponsored by Ingham County. It is fabulous! The group is run by trained professionals, and they offer new centers each week, which are all based on the weekly theme (two weeks ago, the theme was nutrition, so every center had to do with nutrition, and last week everything revolved around fine motor skills). This playgroup is a great chance for Ashleigh to play with other kids around her age.
And of course, here are some fun pictures of our sweet Ashleigh…
At the playground on a warm(ish) afternoon
Watching the Puppy Bowl before the Super Bowl. She loved it!
Reading her Readers Digest
Bandana fun
Ponytail!
Cute!
“Hello?” Using her xylophone as a real phone!
Girly girl
What funny faces!
Kissing kitty cat
Kitty cat really wants to play with her necklaces while she was watching Signing Time.
17 months old. Not. possible.
