Dear Lily,
Today you turned 14 months old. You are changing so fast that it is hard to keep up with all your new achievements. This month you have decided to talk. You say a new word nearly every day. Your new ability to express yourself seems to have eased a lot of frustration for you. You say "mo" for "more" every time you want something to happen again (like every single time Mommy or Daddy sing a song to you). You have a CD of children's songs that you absolutely adore. Every time a song ends you ask for more. You have recently starting doing the finger plays that go along with your songs too. You also say "up" each time you want to be picked up. Other words you have started to say: shoe, blue, down, uh-oh, baby, tree, bird, moon, ball. I am sure there are more but that's all I can think of right now. You have a serious fascination with words and letters. You are constantly asking me the name of a letter. You can now recognize /s, o, m/ by sight. You still love shapes and can even identify a hexagon from a group of other shapes!
You are finally sleeping well. You are still an early riser, but I think that just may be who you are. You take one long nap in the afternoon and go to sleep by yourself quite easily. As for walking...you can take several steps but still won't just go for it. You prefer to be carried and I can't really blame you for that. Eating is still a challenge. You know what you like and are not a big fan of trying new things. I'm not giving up on the fruit and vegetable battle just yet.
You have become really funny about certain textures. You WILL NOT let any part of your body touch carpet. It has become more and more evident lately that you have a major problem with this texture. I'm not sure what it is that bothers you but I am hoping that passes sometime soon. You are still quite attached to your blanket. You love to feel your blanket. Sometimes you pick things up through your blanket. You like to manipulate toys and read books without actually touching them (only touching the blanket).
Aunt Bianca is visiting this week. You sure take a while to warm up to people. You are finally blowing kisses to her. Here you are having a snack with Aunt Bianca:
We went to an art event called Art in the Open with Aunt Bianca. You were able practice one of your new favorite hobbies...coloring:
Aunt Bianca got to be part of an art exhibit. Knitting needles were hooked up to an amplifier so each stitch was amplified over a loud speaker. It made for some very interesting sounds that you seemed intrigued by. It was hard to get you both in a picture.
Then we went to Urban Outfitters (one of Aunt Bianca's favorite stores). You thought this bean bag chair was pretty cool. You played with this toy that had about a dozen buttons each with a different sound effect. You love to push buttons. One of the buttons was of a person screaming. When you pushed that button it made you cry. You did not like that at all.
Lily you are an awesome kid. I am so proud of all your accomplishments. I love your sense of humor and curious nature. You have grown so much in the last month that I can't imagine what next month will hold.
Love,
Mommy
