March 2013 - June 2013
- You started walking on May 4, 2013. You turned 14-months old the next day. Once you started you never looked back!
- At your 1-year checkup you were approximately 28 inches and 20.5 lbs.- When we first taught you to sign "please" you started out by doing it on the table. You did it like this every time you wanted more food. It was pretty adorable! You started doing it correctly about a month later.
- You've been participating in pretend play since you were 13-months old. You started by holding everything up to your ear like it was a phone.
- You said approximately 25 words when you were 14-months old.
- You've been able to tell us when you mess your diaper since you were around 13-months old, but we still haven't potty trained you. We let you sit on the potty when you want to, but we don't force anything. I figure it will be easier when you're really ready to do it.
- You first said the word, "again" as "gi" over and over and over and over...and it was pretty adorable.
- One time when you were about 15-months old, I was upset and crying about something. You were very concerned. You kept looking at me, making a sad face, and wiping my tears. Then you checked Daddy's cheek to make sure he wasn't crying, too.
- At your 15-month checkup you weighed almost 23 pounds and were 29 & 3/4 inches tall. They measured you at 31 inches at the doctor, but we knew that couldn't be right. We came home and measured you that night.
- You love to shop! Ever since you were about 15-months, you always answer, "yeah!" if we ask you if you want to go shopping.
- You used the potty for the first time on 8-3-13.
- I've already written about our trip to the beach. Let's just say it was awesome!
- Your first phrase was "sit there." 8-7-13
- You started preschool on 8-8-13. That's a whole other post for a different day. Let's just say you love it! Mommy was so nervous, but it was so worth it!
- You can recognize hearts, stars, triangles, circles, and squares and say the words. This started when you were around 18-months.
- As of your 18-month checkup on 9-30-13, I stopped counting how many words you knew. You were at over 200. By then you were learning them so quickly I couldn't keep up. You weighed 24 lbs and were 31 inches tall.
- In October your preschool had their state assessment. You charmed the assessor so much that by the end of the day she was offering to babysit you.
- Around 18 or 19-months you started getting very independent about some things...particularly eating. Your favorite phrase was, "I do it, I do it, I do it." I'll think this video explains it best.
- You also started calling yourself "Anna" from around September to January. It cracked me up because this was your shorter way of saying "Eliana," but most people call you "Ellie." I'm not sure how you picked up on "Anna" instead of "Ellie."
- You also liked to scare people by saying, "SCARED!"
- You call "wagons" "dragons."
- When you want to hear something you say, "listen, listen" and then you put your hands on your ears.
- You loved to drive Mommy crazy doing what is shown in this next video. Thankfully, I think you have stopped this.
- Your first 5-word sentence was in November. It was, "Mommy read it to me."
- You also said, "This bracelet. This bracelet. Two bracelets."
- You used to tell Daddy "love you" when he would say it to you, but if I said it you would only say, "no." Now you tell me you love me, and it's fabulous! You also tell me that you missed me!
- You say, "look at me" and take your tiny hands and move my face.
- You had a card that said "to a special girl." We had been reading it one day, and later that day you told me that Daddy is a "special guy."
- When Daddy was getting Christmas decorations down from the attic you said, "Wow that's amazing!"and put your hands on your cheeks.
- We made a birthday cake for Jesus, and you thought that was awesome!
- One night out of nowhere you told me you wanted to "go to Grandma's house and make pancakes." I still have no idea where that came from. You've never eaten pancakes at Grandma's house.
- Your favorite word is "actually." You are a Clements.
- Your favorite phrase right now is, "No, I'm fine"...particularly when we ask you if we need to change your diaper.
- You said to Daddy, "Look at me. No, Mam." Then you tapped his nose.
- You still get the words "tomato" and "potato" mixed up. You created a combination of the two which comes out as, "topato."
- You say "coconuts" for "polka dots." I kind of hope that never changes.
- Your favorite breakfast food is yogurt. I'm pretty sure you could eat it all day every day. When you first started talking you called it "ewww" even though you loved it.
- Your animal sounds are still one of the cutest things ever. Horse and chicken are my favorite.
- You still love bath time! I'm pretty sure you would stay in there all day.
- You can almost sing the whole Alphabet Song. You get different parts of it at different times. When you first started singing it you sang, "ABBB."
- You can point to the letter, "A" consistently. Sometimes you can get a few others.
- You can count to 10...when you want to.
- You love to sing! Some of your favorite songs are "The Apple Tree Song" (Five Little Apples), "Jesus Loves Me," and "The Alphabet Song."
- We've been dealing with tantrums for the last year. I'm really hoping that means we'll be done with them sooner rather than later.
- Naptime is much better than it was this time last year, but it is sometimes still a struggle.
- You sleep like a charm at night, though.
- You say "thanks" almost every time that someone hands you something or does something for you. You also say, "I'd love to" when we ask you if you'd like to do something.
- You recognize the routes we take to places we go frequently. You especially like looking for "tunnels" (overpasses) and "bump bumps" (speed bumps).
- You really like blonde boys. All of the boys from school that you talk about are blonde.
- Your teachers love you! They always talk about how sweet you are and how much you can talk! That may get you in trouble in the future, but for now it's super cute!
- You say "I gon know" for "I don't know."
- You love all things Mickey & Minnie, Sophia the First, and Doc McStuffins! You love to read books and point at pictures. However, you mostly love whatever Mommy is doing at the time.
- You love to dance! I have a couple of really cute dancing videos, but I can't post them on here because I'm not sure about the copyright laws regarding the music in the background. Ask me if you want to see them.
- I wrote about a couple of recent conversations we had here.
- I wrote about your first solo prayer here.
- You love to grab my cheeks and say, "smosh."
- Your first 8-word sentence..."I want to stand on the scale, right."
- You say, "what's gonna happen?" and "it's gonna happen" almost every time we watch something on tv.
- I had to catch a stink bug one day, and you started saying, "What was that stink bug doing?" You still say it.
- I'm not sure where you got it, but sometimes you say "This is serious" about random things.
- You call "balloons" "booballoons."
- You still adore it when we sing the "Itty Bitty Baby Girl" and the "Baby Girl" songs.
- You like to help me with household chores. I hope that sticks.
We love you so much, Eliana! You make me laugh every day, and I can only imagine how much fun we are going to have between now and your next birthday!
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