Around 14 months, you learned to walk on marble floors in Florida. Your vocabulary is through the roof (see below)! You can say about 3/4 of your word list on your own, but imitate and understand the rest of the words. You can answer questions with "yeah" and "no." The other day, you screamed "eyes" when the sun was too bright. You constantly demand "hattie" which means "give it to me" in Arabic.
You've enjoyed a few new foods, but still love banana, cheese, chicken, waffles, apples, puffs, cheerios, lentils and now hummus, broccoli, string beans, strawberries, blueberries, (fistfuls of) cottage cheese, veggie straws, pretzels and pancakes. You're fond of playing "Where's Amelia?" or peekaboo. You regularly ask for Ernie or Elmo (TV or songs). You are prone to spirited random feet stomping and dancing wildly around the living room with a huge grin on your face.
You combine words to say "Hi Mama," "Hi Dada," and "Hi Java" and "Bye Mom," "Bye Dad" and "Bye Java." You still do baby signs for milk, please, all done, thirsty, hear and love you - and we're working on elephant. On the changing table, you are a huge "helper" putting your "arms" in your shirts and taking off your socks. You're intrigued by shoes and are starting to appreciate stuffed animals. You'll now read books for longer than two pages at a time. Mommy's hair is very fun to brush. Cabinets and drawers are fun to empty (when we forget to lock them). When I eat something hot and blow on it, you think it's funny to imitate with your food. Any pen is "aqua doodle." You love listening to birds in the morning and in the evenings when we're out on our nightly walks. And we've started to work on alphabet flashcards (we usually get through about 8 at a time). Bubbles in the tub and brushing your teeth (all 10 of them, including two molars!) are pretty exciting to you. Also, you can go up the stairs! And you get very excited when it's swing time. And pretty much all of the above is exciting TO US!
We have so much fun playing with you and watching you play independently. You are cuddly, sweet, cautious and curious. (So, so curious.) Now that the weather is warmer, much more outdoor fun is coming your way - road trips, weddings, the beach, family visits and who knows what other surprises are in store... LOVE YOU SO BIG GIRL!
New words:
52. Bear
53. Lentils
54. Hummus
55. Peppers
56. Snow
57. Toes
58. Eyes
59. Bath
60. Shampoo
61. Purple
62. Bubbles
63. Hug
64. Elmo
65. Bowl
66. Shayna
67. Bubbe
68. Paper
69. Bus
70. Brush
71. Push
72. Off
73. In
74. Puzzle
75. Roar
76. Big Bird
77. Wash
78. Tumble
79. Red
80. Box
81. Elbow
82. Chin
83. Tongue
84. Orange
85. Hahaha (what the Count from Sesame Street says)
86. Boo (Peekaboo)
87. Yeah
88. Honey
89. Uh oh
90. Octopus
91. Elephant
92. Black
93. Boat
94. Home
95. Go
96. Pig
97. Help me
98. Helper
99. Arm
100. Over
101. Bed
102. Thirsty (and sign)
103. Ernie
104. Grandmom
105. Breast ("bist")
106. Teeth
107. Headband ("haba")
108. Snack ("nah")
109. Wheel
110. Pants
111. Waffle
112. Chelsea
113. Tyler
114. Yay
115. Zayde
116. Hattie ("give me" in Arabic)
117. Hoodie ("take it" in Arabic)
118. Water
119. Weeeeeee
120. On
121. Happy
122. Draw
123. Dirty
124. Aquadoodle
125. Cracker
126. Row, Row, Row
127. Grover
128. Sing
129. Ring
130. ABC (when doing flashcards)
131. Play
132. Toy
133. Car
134. Please ("me")
135. Cluck cluck/buck buck (chicken - also snake, duck and monkey noises)
136. Green
137. Airplane
138. See ya ("cee-cee")
139. Coot
140. Swing ("ning")
141. Bug
142. Beep
143. Thank you ("nay nay")
144. Pretzel
74. Puzzle
75. Roar
76. Big Bird
77. Wash
78. Tumble
79. Red
80. Box
81. Elbow
82. Chin
83. Tongue
84. Orange
85. Hahaha (what the Count from Sesame Street says)
86. Boo (Peekaboo)
87. Yeah
88. Honey
89. Uh oh
90. Octopus
91. Elephant
92. Black
93. Boat
94. Home
95. Go
96. Pig
97. Help me
98. Helper
99. Arm
100. Over
101. Bed
102. Thirsty (and sign)
103. Ernie
104. Grandmom
105. Breast ("bist")
106. Teeth
107. Headband ("haba")
108. Snack ("nah")
109. Wheel
110. Pants
111. Waffle
112. Chelsea
113. Tyler
114. Yay
115. Zayde
116. Hattie ("give me" in Arabic)
117. Hoodie ("take it" in Arabic)
118. Water
119. Weeeeeee
120. On
121. Happy
122. Draw
123. Dirty
124. Aquadoodle
125. Cracker
126. Row, Row, Row
127. Grover
128. Sing
129. Ring
130. ABC (when doing flashcards)
131. Play
132. Toy
133. Car
134. Please ("me")
135. Cluck cluck/buck buck (chicken - also snake, duck and monkey noises)
136. Green
137. Airplane
138. See ya ("cee-cee")
139. Coot
140. Swing ("ning")
141. Bug
142. Beep
143. Thank you ("nay nay")
144. Pretzel
PICTURES!
Month 13
Month 14
Month 15
Month 16
