Walking. Everywhere.
All of a sudden C decided that walking behind something was not an option anymore and she just took off. Now she walks proudly pretty much anywhere and isn't scared to try stepping up small steps or down hills. She will lean forward out of our arms when she wants down and we had better comply or she's going to try to go head first! She is getting better about getting herself back up and can now go from standing to squating back to standing but still can't get herself from sitting on the floor to standing without help or pulling up. When she's not around something and she falls she immediately throws her hands up and starts saying, "Up! Up!" for us to help her. She definitely gets around quicker now and that's really making us keep a closer eye on her but it's also pretty fun having her walk and explore things more independently these days. Let's just pray that it takes a long time for her to learn to run!
She's quite a jabberer.
This child talks....all the time! Sometimes it's still in her own little language but we are so amazed at how quickly she picks up new words and starts saying them. She is learning animal sounds at an amazing rate (turkey - ga ga, Big Al/Elephant - ti! (you know, Roll Tide!), puppy dog - arf/woof, bee - bzzzz) and her favorite books right now are those where there are animals and animal sounds. I love hearing her chatter and it's so fun to see her learn!
Some recent funny stories....
On Saturday morning we were playing and around 9:45 she come over and laid her head down on my leg. I asked her if she was ready to go take a nap and she sat up and looked at me. I expected her to sign "nap" but instead she turned around and walked to the other side of the room to her stroller. She threw down the rubber duck that she was holding and picked Elmo up from where she had placed him in her stroller. Then she walked over to the stairs and stood there until I came to take her upstairs for her nap!
The other night we changed Charlotte's sheet and put the sheet with the elephants on it on her bed. She has just recently learned what an elephant is and the past two mornings when I've gotten her up she's sat up in her bed, pointed to the elephant on the sheet, and said, "Ti!" As a sidenote in our defense, we originally started teaching her that Big Al says "Roll Tide" but then she started getting confused and it just naturally morphed into elephant's say "Roll Tide." She mostly just says "Ti!" but occasionally she'll get a "Ro" out before the "Ti". We're hoping to finesse that a little in the next month before football season starts.
Charlotte is all about dogs right now. I guess it's because she just learned to say what they say but the first thing she says (most days) when we get her out of bed is "woof! woof!" She loves walking around Luca and woofing at him. And she especially loves seeing dogs when we are outside. Mom and Dad said the other night when they took her to their picnic that they told her that a couple had dogs and so all night when Charlotte would see this couple she would woof at them. I have the Just Ducky sample trunk right now and the clothes are hanging up in our house and they have some cute dog appliques. As soon as Charlotte sees one she starts woofing. We've decided to get her a dress with the dog just because she loves it so much!
C is pretty good with her signs which is so helpful. One that cracks me up is "please." The sign for "please" is to run the top of your chest. But it appears that I'm the only one who ever signs that for her when I say it because when we ask her to say please she leans over and rubs the top of my chest instead of hers! It cracks me up! She knows what the sign is but she thinks that it's unique to me I guess. She hasn't done that with any other signs so I guess we just need everyone else to get on the please bandwagon!
It's really interesting to see how the things that we've been doing with Charlotte for so long have become a part of her routine and now she loves doing them herself. For instance, she has learned how to stack her blocks and now as soon as she stacks one she will sit back and clap at herself. She also now loves books and we spend most of our day reading books to her and she's started reading some herself! Since both Jason and I love reading we hope that she'll continue to develop that love!
Overall our days and hearts are very full. Charlotte is a precious baby who is sooo good. We're starting to see some toddler like behavior (throwing food at dinner, getting upset if she doesn't get what she wants, etc) but those meltdowns are still few and far between. This is a really fun age! (I know, I say that every month, but it's so true!)
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