Gabby Kay - 16 months, 3 weeks

I've been so bad about documenting Gabriella's progress and milestones. My weekly Baby Center email came this week....When I opened it, it said she is 16 months, 3 weeks! She's going to be 18 months before we know it!!! I realized then, that she has been doing so many new things that I truly need to sit down and write about what's she's doing. So, here I go.

Her vocabulary - Words she says regularly:

Reindeer (who happens to be her BFF and snuggle buddy)

Bear (Her other BFF and snuggle buddy)

Baa (Another one of her stuffed animals - a fuzzy sheep!)

Dada

Momma (and Momba)

Papa (which she uses for my Dad, Ean's Dad and Ean's Papa)

Nana

Mimi

Jor (As in Uncle Jordan)

Aylah

Lillian (I can't type it how she really says it, but it is adorable!)

Jack

Mouth (More like Mouf)

Eyes

Nose

Yeah

Yes

No

Hello? (She loves to pick up the phone and say hello!)

Up

Down

Book

Ball

More (Sounds kinda like Mo)

Juice

Please (Kinda like pease...)

Cat

Ishes (Fishes)

Woof Woof (which is what she calls dogs)

Cheese

Egg

Cake


Animal Sounds:
Dog - Woof Woof

Cat - Mow (Kinda like meow...lol)

Pig - (She snorts like a pig)

Cow - Mooooooo

Chicken - Bawk Bawk Bawk

Duck - Quack Quack

Sheep - Baaaaaa

Tiger - raawrrr

Lion - Roarrr (Very slight difference from the tiger...ha)



Behavior - Things she is doing:

Oh my. Gabriella learns something new every day it seems...Today she learned to climb out of her crib. Thankfully there was a futon mattress on the floor! Her favorite thing to do is sneak to the kitchen table and try to climb on the chairs onto the table top before Mommy catches her. (Which doesn't happen very often!) Gabby has been introduced to time outs this month...(mainly because of the climbing thing!) She loves to do things that she's not supposed to do and then look at Mommy and smile...She's quite the strong willed little girl. Gabby is always stealing Mommy's iPhone and "talking" on it. She also has a tendancy to text people. :) I think even a couple of times she's used Hey Tell and talked to Mrs. Tiree! She figured out how to unlock the screen and knows how to scroll back and forth. Just this past week I found my favorite book, The Poky Little Puppy, as an iPhone app! So this week, Gabby has been discovering my childhood favorite in a brand new way! It's quite exciting...Of course, I don't know who is more excited - her or me. Lol. :) Gabriella LOVES our kitty-cats and dogs...But I think the kitten is her favorite. She loves watching her run around the house and play with Kitty (the big cat). She giggles uncontrollably and claps when they start wrestling. She pets them and tries to snuggle with them.

Gabby doesn't really watch tv, but the one thing she does pay attention to is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. But only for a little while...And really only for one particular character. She adores Pluto! Whenever he comes on the screen, she grins, looks at me, points and says "Woof, woof...WOOOOOOOF, WOOOOOOF!" It's adorable.

Last week, Gabriella helped her cousin, Aylah, build a gingerbread house. She really did a fantastic job! I was afraid she would try to eat the candy, but she just watched what Aylah did - and followed her lead! It was so precious watching them work together. She sat on Mommy's lap so she could reach, but she put the candy right where she wanted it to go!

When Gabriella gets REALLY excited or sees something that really catches her attention...She starts saying, "Ooooooo.....OOOOOOOoooooo....OOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" I wish I could get it on tape, but it never seems to work out.

Anyway...I know I'm forgetting TONS of things that she does and says...But these are the things that really stand out. One of my favorite things that Gabby and I do every night and almost every nap time is "Gabby Burrito Time." It sounds silly, but it's our special song and snuggle time. She falls asleep faster when she's wrapped in a blanket, so I made up a song because I always felt like I was wrapping her up like a burrito. So I start singing Gabby Burrito and she comes running to her quilt and I wrap her up! Then we get Reindeer and Bear, sit in the rocker and she drinks her soy milk before bed. It's just a special time that we have together. A lot of times after she finishes her milk, she grabs my face with her little hands, pulls me in close and gives me a kiss - or just looks at me until she drifts off to sleep (which is never very long). It's magical. So thankful the Lord has entrusted Ean and I with such an incredible little girl.