Another month has come and gone. This was a big month. Every month is bringing new and exciting skills and challenges. This month marked your first in our new home. You are officially a Georgia Peach. You have adjusted to your new house and room amazingly well. I'm sure being displaced for 8 weeks ahead of time helped the transition. You probably thought we were just in another house. You've come to realize that if Mommy and Daddy are around, everything is A-OK.
What's new this month.
You love sidewalk chalk!! and your coloring is getting much better each time we bring it out. Your lines are longer and the colors are darker. YAY Hannah!
You tried two new foods this month: fish sticks (I swore I wouldn't be this mother, but eh... it expands her taste buds and they are easy) and Spaghetti noodles.
You can identify and bring us several animals from your zoo when we ask: Zebra, tiger, fish and monkey top the list.
You make several animal noises: fish (pucker and smack lips together), monkey (ooo oo oo and move arms), cat (meow) and duck (kack). You do have one more... pig... although this one you're a little confused with. You say "la, la, la" for pigs because your book says "la, la, la" *reading gone wrong!
You are more interactive when we sing songs with hand motions. You really try to join in and mimic them. Speaking of music, we tried a new music class this month. We have you enrolled in the Spring session!!! It will be a ton of fun. The teacher and several other moms in the class commented on your knack for rhythm. You actually clap the beat (correctly!) to most music :) Maybe there is a bit of me in you!
You can stack blocks.
You have expressed an interest in putting on your own shoes and socks. You see them lying on the floor and will spend a significant amount of time trying to figure out how they go on your feet. So far, you haven't had success. However, you're really close!
Your attention span is getting longer. We can read you longer books and you sit still in our laps. Your favorite of the month- The Pout Pout Fish. We can read this to you almost all the way through twice before you're ready to move. You constantly bring us the book and say "pow pow."
You started to give real kisses this month. It's too cute. You'll still blow kisses, but there's nothing like the real thing.
You spent your second new years in a row with Hudson :)
Things you love.
You love your daddy very much this month! I love watching the two of you spend time together.
You love your Daisy girl!
You love your new helmet and refuse to take it off.
You love your new learning tower! and so does mommy. It helps tremendously when I'm cooking. Instead of constantly holding you, I can put you in the tower and you can "cook" too!
Words. New words this month include: shoe, cheese (chee), you now say "a ball" instead of just ball, you've started saying please (pwees), Daddy (dah-dee), baby, more (mo) and milk (mulk).
Signing. I've been a little slack on teaching you new signs this month. Something about a big move... LOL! BUT, you did pick up on a sign that we've been working on for some time now..."Book" YAY Hannah!
Teeth. So, I lied last month when I said we were finished with teeth. To my surprise, you got all 4 of your "eye teeth" this month. That brings your tooth count to a grand total of 16!! These 4 teeth have been complete boogers. They have caused you a lot of pain. You have been uncharacteristically fussy and have woken up from naps and night sleep. Take a look at those chompers!
Independent vs. dependent. You are a very independent child when it comes to completing tasks (e.g. brushing your teeth, feeding yourself, etc). However, you are a dependent child when it comes to playing and just being around. You always want daddy and me to hold you and interact with you. You used to be more independent during play, but I think being around family for the past few months has really broken you of that. It's not a terrible thing, just something we'll work on. You still have terrible separation anxiety. We're being consistent in taking you to church each week, so hopefully this will subside when you get to know the workers more.
Sleep. You are still an excellent sleeper, although I'm afraid you're transitioning to one nap a day. There's good and bad that come along with this for me.
Happy 16 months Hannah!
I love reading about her new words and all the things she likes right now. And I LOVE her fashion ;) Her coat and hat in the opening pic is just the best! Love you all and miss you. So glad to have the blog to keep up even though you are back in the Southeast!
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