21 Months

• She made this turkey hat at school and was very proud of it. I pulled out the camera to take a picture and she said, "cheese!".


• My little brianiac is speaking in full sentences. I about fell over tonight when she asked me (with perfect enunciation) "Mommy what you doing?". I let out a big laugh/scream of disbelief when she said it. She knew she did something great...you should have seen her beaming smile from ear to ear.


• Her latest, most repeated conversation goes something like this: "Doctor. Candy. Yellow". She got a yellow dum dum the last time she went to the doctor and it obviously made a big impression.


• She goes to school willingly and is a happy girl all day long. She loves the kids and the teachers and talks about them all the time. In return the kids and teachers love her too. She is napping well at school. Daycare has been very positive for us.


• Her teacher told me they were taking pics of the kids (for their Christmas project I'm guessing). She couldn't get Eliza to smile for the camera so she told her to say, "Mommy" and Eliza smiled the biggest smile. I could just squeeze her.


• Now that she's feeling better she's been the biggest lover. She is handing out kisses left and right and asking for more when I kiss her.


• We are using the high chair up to the table because someone is too big to be using a baby chair.


• Ever since Halloween she asks for candy ALL the time. The other day I told her I didn't have any junk and she's now been using the words candy, junk and chocolate interchangeably.


• She can independently count to 11.


• She is trying like crazy to learn colors. She doesn't quite match the word with the color but she guesses all day long. She'll point to something and say, "Yellow (or any other color)?".


• She has opinions about most things and isn't afraid to share them. As of this week she is constantly saying, "LaLa do it" or "Mommy do it". I wouldn't say she is overly independent. She likes to do many things by herself, but I am ordered to do my share of things for her as well.


• She can sing almost all of the words of the Signing Time chorus even when it's not playing. She'll be playing with toys and singing away.


• I have much to be thankful for this year. I'm thankful for every day with my little girl...even the rough days.