Such a fun stage!

My sweet baby is not much of a baby anymore these days. She turned 1 1/2 this month and has been showing her personality so much. This stage is a blast and I'm starting to understand how one's child(ren) can become his/her best friend. They are just little people, little friends!

Here are some things Sybil is doing/saying these days:

1. She's really beginning to tell me what she wants. If she's not doing it verbally, she is showing me in very blatant way. Two examples of this...a) We were reading a book that was teaching counting in Spanish and it just happened to use fruit with each number. We got to number three where there were three strawberries displayed. She said "three" and then "strawberry". I then moved on to "four" and she said "strawberry". After agreeing that there were strawberries, I ignored her and went on to "five". She stood up, walked over to her high chair, climbed in and touched the tray, saying strawberry. This mama finally caught on and I went and got the girl some strawberries!
b) I went for a run this morning. After I showered up and came downstairs, Sybil followed me into the kitchen. She opened the cabinet and pulled out a pan and then handed it to me. Then she tapped on the oven/stove. I looked at the clock and realized I had lost track of time and it was lunch time! So I followed her cues and made the girl some lunch. She's SO obvious and SO clear.

2. The Sybil show airs at 5 and 7pm every night. When this girl gets tired, she gets so goofy. So every evening she entertains anyone around. Most of the time she just makes silly faces or runs around the room as fast as she can, but sometimes she does some really weird/hilarious stuff. Yesterday she went up and down the stairs with her head between her legs, laughing and smiling. Then today she would pick up a toy, set it on the shelf, and then secretly knock it off and die laughing. She is her father's daughter--a true goof at heart.

3. She is saying everything right now. She pretty much repeats the end of anyone's sentence. We figured out her method the other day. Andrew asked, "Sybil, do you want a dog or a cat?" She excitedly replied, "cat!" One second later, "Sybil, do you want a cat or a dog?" "Dog!" Whatever you end with, that's what she chooses to repeat. (We must beware on those accidental one-word sentences :/)

4. She's learning to sit still (finally!). We have just recently introduced a few Disney movies (starting with Frozen). She is obsessed. This child, who usually has an attention span of 15 seconds, is sitting for whole scenes, even whole movies now. She calls Frozen, "Broze" and asks for it by name every day. While she watches something that she likes, she sits on the couch bouncing her legs, smiling, and laughing under her breath. It is the. CUTEST.

5. I once thought Syb was going to be a tomboy, but her inner girl has been coming out lately. Her newest thing is getting freaked out by dirt. She will come to me, shrieking, with something stuck on her finger. The second I pull it off, she's fine. Or, if there is a hair or spec of dirt floating in the bathtub while she's bathing, she shrieks and frantically pushes the water away so that the "gross" thing will not touch her. It's comical.

6. Lastly, she's so affectionate. Just recently she learned to say "love you," but even before that she had been signing "i love you." Now she willingly will hug my back and say "wuv you," and...I melt.

Just wanted to share with some of you a few things my child is doing. I am one proud mama.