Thursday, September 01, 2011

August Recap

August 2011:
  • Lately, Laura has been pointing to things left and right, asking "What is this?"  She often repeats the words (with her own unique flair) after us. 
  • She has said "suit," "glasses," "house," "upstairs," and "downstairs" a few times after prompting.
  • Laura loves to say "bye!" to everything she sees and points to on her way to bed at night, sort of like "Goodnight Moon," a classic story that I know she'd love if she just sat still long enough to have it read to her.
  • Favorite book continues to be "Horns to Toes and In Between," by Sandra Boynton, and has added "cheek" to her list of known and spoken body parts.
  • Laura is adding words like crazy.  I can hardly keep up with writing them down.  Some of hte more memorable ones include:  rawberries (strawberries), flowers, hat (which she insists on wearing with great frequency), inside, outside, HOT & cold.
  • Laura is really catching onto the idea of names.  Her friends, Ah-see (Audrey), Ja-see (Jackson, both of them), Danna (Danny), and Joo-ah (Julia) come up in frequent conversations.
  • It's - and freeing - to have Laura talking so much more.  She can really make decisions and choices, which can be frustrating for her parents, but really shows her personality!
  • At Laura's 18 month check-up (at nearly 19 months), she was:
    21 pounds, 7 ounces
    31.5 inches tall
    46 3/4 cm head

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