Kyleigh want a cracker! and counting to three

Quick little story or two:

Kyleigh was eating her lunch today and didn't seem to want any more milk or other food. I had told her once lunch was over she needed to take her nap. I had just cleaned her all up and was getting ready to get her out of her high chair when she banged on her tray and said, "cack-er". Being the smart mom that I am, I interpreted this to be cracker and gave her one. She was pretty excited that I knew what she was saying. Can't believe how much my little girl is starting to talk!

I know I said this the other day, but Kyleigh appears to be able to count to three as well. She doesn't quite get the fact that it is counting, but does know two comes after one and three comes after two. The reason I don't think she quites understands it is because when we were putting on her socks yesterday I said, "one sock. What sock is this?" And she said, "two and three" which in Kyleigh language sounds like "do and dree".

Kyleigh's Life on December 28th, 2011

Kyleigh is at such a fun stage right now. Today we were watching Baby Genius video's that just came in the mail. Kyleigh was watching one about Animals. They were showing all sorts of video of butterflies when I looked to see Kyleigh raising her arms straight up in the air above her head and then lowering them out. I wasn't sure what she was doing until I realized that she was imitating the movements of the butterflies.

Also, today when I was finishing up changing her diaper I was counting what snap I was on with her onesie (something I've done for almost every diaper change from day one). I said, "one" and then she said "two". I told her "very good. What comes after two?" She grinned and said "tree." We practiced a few more times and then went about our day. This evening when Jon got home (many hours later), he was showing me something we got in the mail today. Kyleigh wanted to see it and so he gave it to her. He said something about it being a little baby dumbbell. I grabbed it and showed Kyleigh how to use her "dumbbell" (it's really a part for our new trailer hitch for our car). I said, "and one, and two, and Kyleigh what comes next?" She said, "tree". Jon was grinning and I said "did you hear her?" He was like "yeah, but did she really know what came next?" I was like, "yep we practiced this afternoon. She knew that three was the next number." My smart little girl!

Totally unrelated, but wanted to remember later on at this point in Kyleigh's life she has 7 teeth though I noticed number 8 is poking through again today - maybe it will actually stay this time.

Kyleigh at 12 Months

I can't believe that my little girl is already a year old. It seems like just yesterday I was delivering her. Already in the short time she has been with us, she has been such a delight.

I'm not planning on writing a whole lot...I just mainly want to start jotting down a little each month about what she is up to developmentally.

Kyleigh is still not walking - which is totally fine with me. She does walk along the couch or furniture as long as she can have at least one hand holding on to things, she cruises right along.

These days, she tries to imitate pretty much everything she hears. Just a few minutes ago she was playing with her toy from Amma and Papa that is about sea animals. Pretty sure she just tried to say dolphin and turtle.



She currently does say:
Mama
Dada
Papa
No
Dog
Woof-woof
Duck
Quack Quack
Ky (short for Kyleigh)

She also has picked up on some sign language - though we didn't teach it to her. She rubs her belly for please and also raises her hands up in the air when she is done with her food.

She turns out the lights, claps her hands (especially when we praise her), high fives, waves and blows kisses.

It's a good thing she catches on to things quickly because if she didn't I think we'd have a lot of meltdowns on our hands. She has quite the little temper.

It is so much fun seeing her learn something new, she gets so excited - especially when she says new words or repeats after someone. You can tell she is really wanting to be able to communicate with us.

That's all I can think of for now. I'll try to add stuff every now and then.

Kyleigh's First Year in Review

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