This post is late. BEYOND late. So late in fact, that Gracen will be 18 months old in just 2 days. But we were so sick when she turned 17 months that staying awake was nearly impossible… Let alone posting a monthly update. So here it is, short and sweet with one lousy picture of my very sick {at the time} little doodle.
Gracen loves:
- Pillows (still)
- Taking care of her babies (they get regular cuddles, kisses, and pats on the back, as well as snack and book deliveries)
- Colouring in her colouring books
- Drawing on her chalkboard
- Moving objects from one place to another, and then moving them back again
- Books (she carries them with her absolutely everywhere)
- Hanging out in Mama and Papa’s bed (she dives into the pillows and then buries herself in the duvet)
- Unwrapping presents
- Milk
- Raisins (so much so that she’s been known to try and sneak them out of the cupboard)
- Doing puzzles
- All animals
She thinks it’s hilarious when:
- You hide from her, jump out, and shout “Boo!”
- She runs and hides from you
Grae’s new foods include:
- Radishes
- Stovetop-popped popcorn
- All kinds of Mexican foods
- Pretzel crackers (we were on a 9 hour drive to the Okanagan in terrible weather and were desperate)
- We also tried juicing an orange for her while she was sick, but she’d have absolutely nothing to do with orange juice
The new words she regularly uses include:
- “Table”
- “Manpaw” – grandpa
- “Cock-a-doodle-doo”
- “Bzzzzzz” (bee sound)
- “Gido”
- “Mango”
The new signs she’s using regularly include:
- Frog
- Puppy
- Rabbit
- Butterfly
She now:
- Has a new big girl car seat (still rear facing)
- Answers ‘yes’ and ‘no’ appropriately to almost all questions
- Has 14 teeth (8 in the front, 4 molars, and 2 canines on top)
- Is starting to walk up and down stairs upright
Funny / Cute things she’s been up to lately:
- She is still ridiculously kissy and loves on you all day long
- She instructs you on where to blow bubbles on her body and then giggles like mad when you do
- No matter what’s going on or what’s she’s up to, if she sees the TV remotes somewhere, she immediately stops what she’s doing, retrieves them, and delivers them to her Papa
- When taking a crayon from her jar or a cracker from the box, she stops, holds up one finger, and then carefully selects just one item
- She loves doing jobs around the house and actively seeks them out
January was a bit of a crazy month for us… Between traveling home to the Okanagan for a week, our ‘Christmas in January’ celebration, another round of teething, and the sickness that hit our house just recently, things have been a little chaotic. Here’s to a low-key February!