Lately {17 months}

Lilly Rose turned 17 months this past week! Craziness, right? We are knocking on the door of her being a 1.5 year-old. Hard to believe. This has been one fun month! Lilly gives us something to laugh about daily. I'm also at the point to where some times in disciplining her I have to bite the inside of my cheek to keep a straight face. Oh this child of mine.

Here's a few things I want to remember about this past month:

-- Will ask for a snack: "snack, snack" (sounding like nak, nak)

-- Sounding out letters more (A,B,C,D,E, G, P)

-- Everything is a pretend phone: Lilly walks around with her hand up to her ear, toys up to her ear as she talks on the phone. Tonight, it was "Papa... papa... lots of blabber ... Pa!"

-- Likes to say, "Up, Down, Up, Down" (on repeat all the while doing the motions of going up and down)

-- Grabbed my toes and said "Toes" (as she has done to herself as well)

-- Opens favorite books and starts to name things/objects: "Fly" is butterfly, "Pup" is puppy, "Shee" is sheep, "Two" is lady bugs (we count the ladybugs in her counting bug book but each number at the moment is two)

-- New Words: Two, Pup, Toes, Down, Up, Ma (she has started saying MA! instead of mama), Papa, PEEEE (on repeat), Cook which is cookie monster and she's gotten really good at no, no, no, no, no!

Biggest noteworthy accomplishment: Open and closes doors now. I just happened to be sitting in the nursery when LR opened a closed door for the first time. I took pictures as it was happening with my phone. I was shocked. I knew she could reach the handle but didn't think she would figure it out so quickly. Ignore the big Elmo diaper, she had just fed herself applesauce and was stripped down about to be changed for a nap. :)

swinging

We had a fun visit from the Adamson girls on their way home from Disney World!

Learning to color in Cracker Barrel

First time skinning both knees (playing in the park)

Cracker Barrel, again

Lilly's favorite person ;)

It's been a really fun month and I see so much growth just in the past few weeks. Meal times are still our hardest as she is a picky eater. Yesterday, Lilly Rose ate blueberries at a Memorial Day BBQ we went to and I was proud and shocked! A step in the right direction... I'll take it!  Lilly Rose, you sure are a ray of sunshine in our lives. Love you so very much sweet girl.