18 Month Stats

Andrina is now 31 inches tall (she grew 1 and 1/2 inches since 15 months old) and still 22 pounds. Going good baby!

One and a Half!!!

Happy 1 and 1/2 year old birthday Andrina! This is a big milestone for you! And happily all your development is right on track--and then some! Love you more than anything-Mommy

Reading Words

Ok, I started this list on 12.19.08 and I am finally putting it up. The following is a list of words that Andrina can definitely read. When presented with the word she has either said it, pointed to it, touched it, or done the action.

kick

nose

arms up

point

clap

smiling

wave

keys

tongue

ball

eyes

mouth

toes

dogs

book

head

ears

giraffe

bubbles

bib

nap

hat

hair

combs

drum

chick

car

horse

camel

pig

blocks

That's over 30 words she can read so far!

1st Fun in the Snow!

With the bitter cold we've had so far this winter, it's been almost impossible to get Andrina outside to play in the snow. We finally made it out there today! She enjoyed it but her one boot came off twice. The first time I took her inside to put it back on, the second time I gave up and ended the snow play. But she looked ready to come inside then anyways so it was not so bad.

True to being Andrina, she began exploring right away!

And true to being Andrina, she had a lot of fun! Can you tell?

Juicing

Tom's big Christmas present was a Jack Lalane juicer that he specifically asked for. I got it for him for and we been making juice with it. Tonight we gave some of it to Andrina and she loved it! And then she wanted me to drink some too. Take a look:

ELMO!

Andrina really loves Elmo. She says his name all day long. Goes up to the TV and points, saying Elmo. She has even spoken his name in her sleep. More than once I've woken up at 2am to hear her say "Elmo" then she gets quiet again. Well tonight at about 8:00, she was fighting sleep and started yellig "ELMO" several times! Tom and I just both looked at each other then laughed. She must have yelled "ELMO" 10 times! What a cutie Andrina is. And she really loves her Elmo...

More Spoken Words

Tonight at dinner, Andrina spoke "peas" and "rice". Which was a part of her dinner. Some other words she's spoken over the past week include Bert (a la Bert and Ernie), Grover (more Sesame Street), ham, and house.