Yesterday, Harper turned 16 months old. As she gets older, it's nearly impossible to get photos of her (especially if you ask, she will laugh and run away) so I'm sharing photos from our trip to the Houston Zoo today as part of her 16-month update.
This month Harper's language really exploded. I remember being a little worried at her 15-month checkup that she wasn't saying many words (to which my pediatrician replied "don't worry, my son didn't talk until he was 3, and now he works at Google). Thanks for the reassurance, doctor.
About a week or two after that check-up, it was like someone flipped a switch and this girl started to say new words practically daily. It's awesome. She even talks to herself in her crib in the morning. If she wakes up earlier than usual we just let her hang out for a bit chatting and flipping through books.Favorite Moments, Memories & Milestones:new words:
"wawa" for water
cheese
bubbles
open
purple
oh no!
uh-oh!
this
ba ba ba for sheep
up up!
staaarr (said drawn out, just like that)
hi
bye
baby
all done
"nay nay" for horse
She also started to say "I don't know" (but it sounds like one word)--- she shrugs her shoulders and puts her hands up by her sides. It slays me, it's so cute.
Loves the song "wheels on the bus." It is now part of our bathtime routine. To keep it fresh, I make up new lyrics to the song and sing about things that wouldn't actually be on the bus�like a cow. I also sing that "the star on the bus goes twinkle twinkle twinkle" and "the spider on the bus climbs up the water spout" because she loves those songs too. She looks at me all the time and does the "wheel turning" motion with her arms and says "buh buh buh" so I will sing the song. It's adorable.
At night when she is ready for bed, she goes to the gate at our stairs and turns around and waves and says bye to Lulu.
She knows her shapes. One week at daycare they learned aboout shapes and I try to reinforce what she learns there while we play. You can watch a video here and here.
She knows some of her colors and is getting great at puzzles and matching them correctly.
She cries hysterically if you take away an eating utensil. If this girl has a spoon, she uses it, even if it means most of her soup ends up in her bib pocket
One day she saw a mom holding her newborn baby on the blacony on the house across from ours and now whenever she goes to the window she points and says "baby baby" even if the baby isn't there. Sometimes, the baby will be there and she will alert me to it. I hope our neighbors don't think we're staring.
Harper had her first pigtails in her hair this month. Her hair was finally long enough!
She loves stickers--- she likes to put them on herself, windows, books, toys.
She loves to color- you can check out some of our favorite coloring tools here.
She likes to put laundry into the laundry basket and put things in the garbage�sometimes she tries to take things out of the garbage can and now we have clear packing tape on it so she doesn't try to dig in there. My husband is thrilled I taught her that.
She knows most of her body parts and will point to them when we ask on her own body, or ours. She likes to dig inside my bellybutton. Laughs really hard when she does it. It kind of hurts, but it's cute.
She is very playful and mischevious. Always testing boundaries and playing little games with us.
Likes to play a game where she offers us food and then is all "psych!" and pulls it away and laughs and laughs.
Has been a total daddy's girl for the last few weeks. It's always "dada dada dada."
She answers questions with yes or no all the time now.
She still loves to dance. We regularly "get down" to some tunes. She's got moves, y'all.
She often brings Lulu his octopus toy and laughs when she throws it to him. She loves watching him run around the house.
I hope you had a great weekend! We had so much fun at the Houston Zoo, definitely check it out if you're ever in town. We bought a membership so we can go all year, especially when the weather gets cooler. We got there early enough to see the elephants get baths, including the baby elephants and it was adorable!
