19 months

Our AJ is 19 months old

 

• I'm afraid these updates may get shorter and shorter as my due date approaches. My energy is limited these days chasing after Avery in this heat!
• Not long after she turned 18 months old she stopped sleeping for her afternoon nap and I thought maybe she was ready to drop a nap. I have spent this last week trouble shooting and trying to stick with 2 naps but it seems like she is just not going to cooperate. She takes a morning nap just fine but the can take up to 2 hours to fall asleep for her afternoon nap. So we are slowly moving her to a one nap schedule.  Ahh my little baby is really growing up.
• She now calls herself A Jo. She used to just say "A" but about a week and a half ago she added her middle name.
• She has started undressing in her crib. I looked on her video monitor last week and she only had her skirt on, she had taken her tank top completely off and was looking at it.
• She said her first sentence... I had many people around to confirm, it sounded like she said "I don't want that". She was eating her lunch in her high chair at my parents house and someone asked her if she wanted something. Crazy. This week she also said "I want milk". WOW
• Avery and I played out in the rain last week. She loved splashing around and was soaking wet. She also didn't want to come inside but the thunder did scare her. She would attach herself to my legs when she heard it.
• It continues to amaze me how much Avery picks up on what we say. She pointed to a boat earlier this week and said "sailboat", I didn't teach her that! She also said "butt paste" one evening when I was putting on her nighttime diaper, time to start watching what we say closely. :)
• I painted Avery's toenails for the first time this month, I had to do it while she was eating in her highchair or else she probably wouldn't sit still long enough. She loves to talk about her "pretty toes" as she calls them.
• Earlier this week Avery and I took a trip to Target, when I got her out of the car the first thing she said was "shopping cart". I guess its because I always tell her she is going to take a ride in the shopping cart when we go shopping. She picks up everything.
• Ave has started wanting to feed herself, she can do pretty well with foods like mashed potatoes, applesauce and yogurt but she is still learning how to really pick small things up with a spoon or fork. She still wants to turn the spoon over before it gets to her mouth, learning process.
• She also got very excited to set up for pictures today (boy, was I happy too) she tried to smile but everytime she does she lifts her chin up and you can't see her face. we're working on it but at least I wasn't met with tears this time.

Avery's pics from May 2011 click HERE