Newletter-16 months

Dear Lylah, 

You are just such a bundle of fun! What a great month! My current favorite trick is that when I yell "Come on!" you tell "MON!". TOO cute. Can't. Stand. It. Daddy's favorite trick is your Jesus Loves Me trick. When we sing it, you fill in the "me"s. It's pretty cute. Here's a video: 

Your school had a "Happy Birthday Jesus" program. You hated it. Your teachers kept assuring me that you were the best in practice and usually so happy. I believe them, but I don't think anyone else did. :) 

You preferred the snacks. No surprise there. 

It was so funny. All the kids wanted their cookies. You, on the other hand, only wanted the Ritz crackers. All the kids had one cookie in each hand, and hadn't touched their crackers. You kept pointing at the other kids' plates and asking for more of their crackers. I guess you don't eat a lot of sweets and didn't know what the cookies were! 

These pajamas were TOO cute. You looked so grown up in your two-pieced pjs. You spent a lot of time in these. 

Christmas was VERY fun this year. I feel like it was your first because you were so tiny last year. You got the hang of opening up presents, and could name most things you got. (Book, Ball, Baby, etc.) You must have been really good, cause Santa went a little nuts. Santa had a budget, but went a little over it. And Santa loves a good deal.

Your loot from Santa!

Happy girl on Christmas mornin'

Playing with your house. You LOVED it. And you still try to crawl in that window. 

Other non-Christmasy things....

Sleeping:
Still pretty much the same....
You take one nap a day at 1pm. Typically, it's 2 hours. At the shortest it's 1.5 and longest you've slept is 3 hours. You go to sleep between 7:30-8 and sleep until 8:30 most days. Last week you slept till 10am. It was heavenly, but just a fluke. Christmas wore us all out, so we appreciated it!

Your Christmas dress!

You are a signing machine. You never really were all that into it, except for occasionally watching Signing Time. We signed to you all the time, but in the last month, you have REALLY caught on. Here are some things you sign: 

More

Again

Work (as in "Daddy/Mommy goes to work")

Book

Please

Banana (was really suprised when you picked this one up!)

Baby

Bath

Hat

Outside

Dog

Cheese

You've started making some really funny faces, as evidenced below....

Your favorite things are:
*Any game that involves tickling or "ride that horsey". You love to say and sign "Again, again!"
*Eating (favorites include bananas, avocado, applesauce, turkey, blueberries, and raisins. You can say all of these things and love to ask for them. Especially raisins.)
*Baths, especially with your new boat
*Your new toys. You love your new kitchen and barn with animals. You can tell us what the cow, sheep and horses say.
*Going around and naming family members. You got lots of practice at this during Christmas. And in the car. If you get fussy, we name people.

We love you so much and love watching you grow and learn. You are active, loud, fun, cuddly, sweet and full of energy. We are so proud of you and we just laugh at you all day. We love you!

Love,
Mom and Dad