19 ish month update

Sorry, I'm running a little behind. Grace will be (gulp) 20 months in 6 days but here is her 19 month update.

New words:
Oh Boy! (it's actually more like, oooohhhhhhhhhhhh booooyyy!!!), glasses, flower, pretty, bite, toe, feet, all gone, there, picture, whoa baby, chair, shorts, poop, piper (diaper), paper, pen, bib, got it, gotcha, star, no more, bar, and mail.

Other funny words and phrases:
She likes to say, "ere you are!" when we hand her something or we play peek-a-boo

She says "more" or "bite" when she's hungry.

She loves to climb up in a chair and starts clapping and saying "yaayyy!" as soon as she does it.

She says "whheeeeeee!!" whenever she feels like something is fun. Lately she says it in the car when we hit a bump or go over the railroad tracks. So funny.

She has also started saying "choicey" for choices since those are what she makes every day. Love and logic is a big deal in this house.

She says "bess you" when she hears a sneeze or confuses a loud cough for one.

And she says "get that ball" when she brings us her ball of shapes.

She will repeat all of her numbers and the alphabet, but she doesn't like seven or F. This week she has started saying 2, 4, 6, and 8 on her own when we start counting to her.

She loves to throw away trash and hates for her hands to be dirty.

She loves to give high fives. Many times. To everyone she sees.

She has started running up to us and hugging our legs for no reason at all. Melt my heart.

She has started feeding herself with a spoon with no assistance. Man, this is a tough one for me because I hate the mess and prefer control. In the mornings I put two bibs on her and tuck approximately 12 paper towels in her shirt and all over the high chair because half of her food ends up outside the bowl.


She loves to sit in her daddy's lap and eat cereal. And lately she opens the pantry door and grabs the rice chex and starts chowing down.

She is definitely testing us a lot lately. She will look right us and do something she is not supposed to, do something anyway after we tell her no, etc... I really thought we had a few more months before this started, but I was definitely wrong! The problem is not laughing because after we get on to her or spank her hand she will give us a kiss or start pointing to all the features of our face and naming them. She has learned the art of distraction well.

She has started flailing her hands around a lot when she gets excited and ends up hitting us in the face a lot. It drives us crazy. I know she is playing most of the time, but we are still figuring out how to teach her not to hit. It doesn't seem right to spank her hand and say "don't hit!" Dan decided he wanted us to use a spatula instead of our hand to "spank" her so she isn't afraid of our hands. The other day after she repeatedly did something we asked her not to do he tapped the back of her leg so softly with the spatula that she turned around and raised her eyebrows at him and then walked away. We could not stop laughing. Disciplining is hard!

She thinks everything is hot and she says it with a British accent. It is so funny and I will be sad when she starts saying it the right way. She has to blow on every bite of food before she puts it in her mouth. Even the cold stuff.

She loves to say "cheese" and smile for the camera. We are having a ball with her at this phase. She is so funny and seems to do something else new or silly every day. We love you pumpkin!