First of all, she has become a pro on the play ground. She can climb up on anything, hang from bars, slide down the biggest slides. It's quite amazing. She used to love to swing and would want to do it forever, but recently, she's not as interested.
She is also talking MUCH more. Up until now, Landry would talk. But if she was not absolutely sure she knew how to pronounce a word, she would not even try. I would ask her to say something and she'd just say "buh". She still does that from time to time when she doesn't feel like trying, but when she wants to say something, she will. For example, one of her very first words was "cookie". I wonder why? She would pronounce it perfectly from the first time she began saying it. She knew it was worth her while to say it, because it would yield positive results.
Now she likes to point out everything to us. Some of her favorite things to point out are:
- anything blue (bue) and purple (puple)
-trees (tees)
-apples (apo)
-Elmo (apo)
-Dora (she's never seen one episode of Dora, but she can spot her from a mile away)
-any animal (she uses its animal sound rather than it's name)
-circles (she draws a circle with her finger)
-Daddy's things (dat's daddy's)
-stars (whether one or twenty it is always "stas")
-letters (when she sees a bunch of letters she just says "E" "O" "E" "O". But she can point out several specific letters to you)
There are many more things, but these are the ones that come to mind.
Landry has also learned to jump with 2 feet. Up until now, she would bend her knees and give it all she had. But only one foot would come off the ground and it would end up being a stomp rather than a jump. Yesterday, I told her to jump and to my surprise, she really jumped.
I've also observed Landry's imagination getting bigger. She does a lot more role-play. This means we have to be very careful about how we act around her for sure. It warms my heart to see her kiss her baby dolls and tell them she loves them. She's going to be a great mommy one day. We are excited for Christmas and her birthday because she will be getting lots of new toys that will foster her growing imagination.
Well, I guess this is where my post will end for the night. I'll be sure and post pictures or video next time, especially for the Grandmas. Maybe I can capture some of her new developments on film.
