21 months

On September 2, 2012 Kayden turned 21 months- 3 months until 2- I can't believe it! I know it's cliche but time goes by so fast, and I can't believe we are inching our way towards 2 in December. 

Some things to remember at this age- This is more for me, to use as a journal, as I know people probably aren't too interested in reading about all of this and there is a lot written: 

-  We are definitely into the toddler phase, and temper tantrums are in full force. In the last couple of months K has become very strong-willed and wanting to be independent.  She doesn't want you to try and help with food, ex., feeding yogurt or holding a cup for her, she wants to do it. So while it can be tough it's still interesting to see the independence come out.-
-   While there are challenging days there are so many fun and rewarding things to go along with it.
-   She is such a sweet girl and gives kisses often, when you ask her, and loves to come up behind you when you are on the floor or sitting on the couch and hug you from behind. 
-  She loves playing with the kitchen everyday still, and prefers it many times over other toys.
-  She loves sweeping with her broom and pushing the shopping cart too.
- Still loves playing with Matt's iphone and has gotten really good and figuring out how to work it and play games. 
- She still sleeps really good- although she has been having a harder  time going down at night. But she will still sleep 11-12 hours, and longs naps. 
- We have a soft photo book with pictures of our immediate family and we go through it often to work on learning all the names.  Hasn't quite gotten the grandparents names yet, but will say "mama- sometimes when pointing to "Granmama"- or the same with Grandaddy- will say daddy when pointing to one of the granddads- so I thinks she's starting to pick up on it more. 
- Most of all she loves her furry sister Macie, she wants to hug on her and follow her around all the time, and Macie is so great with her. 
- She loves to read and look at books, and especially the "Songs that go book" She loves for us to sing the songs for her and her favorites are "Wheels on the bus" "If you're happy and you know it", and a new one" Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". The other night we were singing it and she was trying to imitate the sound and sing it back, you could tell what it was by  the inflection in her voice, even if she wasn't really getting the words out. 
- She keeps us laughing and smiling, she is such a blessing!


Here are a few pictures of our 21 month "photo session":

September 2- 21 months today, and first game day of the season

Our chair pictures were a few days after her actually turning 21 months. At one year I started doing the chair pictures once every 3 months, it has gotten harder as Kayden is too busy to want and sit still for pictures. I was by myself taking them so I used a book to help entertain :) 

 She is saying lots of words, and repeats often. Some things she is saying a lot or has said lately: 

- Elmo

- Car

- Baby

- Cake 

- Cookie 

- Rock- and loves playing with them 

- Hotdog- Mickey Mouse Clubhouse probably contributed to this one :) 

- Hot - when picking up the oven mitt from her kitchen. So she is making the connection of seeing us use it with the stove and tell her the stove is hot.  

- More- especially when wanting more to eat

-- All Done

- Let's Go

- What's that?

- Ba-Ba- says this all the time referreing to our dog Macie.

- It's the Ba- she calls our dog Macie- "ba" or ba-ba" for some reason, so I guess she is saying "It's Macie" or "there's Macie" 

- Will point to your or her nose, eyes, ears and mouth and say all of the parts. Matt and I were talking the other day and she just came up and "out of the blue "starting pointing to each part and naming it, too funny. 

- We are working on colors, letters and numbers. Just trying talk about them more often, and work on them. We have some letter flashcards and other color/word books we go through often. 

                                               

- She is wearing a size 5 diaper, and 24 month- 2t clothes. Some shirts are 3t. Some 18-24 month fits, but a lot of it is getting too small. 
- I took her to get a flu shot the other day and she weighs 33 lb., not sure on her height. We don't go back to the doctor until her 2 year check-up, so we will see then. So she is still big for her age, and hasn't really slowed down much at all. People have commented lately that she seems to be getting taller. 
- She has become much more picky with food lately, and the main foods she want is pb and j, grilled cheese and chicken nuggets. 
- She still loves yogurt and cheese- and rarely would turn these down. 
- Her new favorite is canteloupe, and she still loves strawberries and bananas. Tried pear and mandarin oranges again the other day, but didn't want either. 
- She did eat some bakes beans the other day- which is rare because she usually want do any veggies or beans at all.  
- She has big sweet tooth like her mommy and daddy.