Words

Lark is about to hit her fourteenth month of life and has been making our lives a continuous surprise-infused time of joy. She is talking, not just with her hands now. She is reading her books on her own (as long as they have the word ball on the first page) and is working hard at her ABD's (she can't figure out how to say C yet :D) She can copy the sounds for A, B, D, and M, and says Ball, Baby, Dog, Mom, Dadda, and Bird nearly perfectly. She can make some animals sounds, like buzzing, mooing and tick tock/clicking sounds. She's vocalizing much more lately, and says Yum when she wants some ice, and Dere while pointing to embellish her desires of locomotion, and when she agrees with you she says Yah. She's taken to cuddling her stuffed toys and any pillow formations around the house. She recognizes people in pictures (especially Dadda). She recently was babysat by Auntie Kelsey and fell asleep with her. She has also transitioned to being a stroller baby, literally she wants about 5 walks a day in the stroller and is very insistant. She lets me know she wants a walk by crawling to the door, picking up one of my sandels and crawling back three-legged to me, dropping the sandel on me (or throwing it at me) and crawling back to get the other one. I usually give her the choice of carriers (which are in a basket by the door) and laetly she's been choosing the stroller instead. She's cut herself down to 2 naps a day, one around 10am and one around 3pm, instead of her prior three naps a day, 9am, noon and 3pm. She sometimes still goes to bed around 6-7, but lately it's been more like 8-9ish....sigh. She's got 11 teeth and three molars and is working on an incisor. She's rediscovered her love for reading, and more specifically, her desire for specific people to read to her at specific times. It's no longer good enough for Mom OR Dadda to read her a book, now she knows who she wants and is insistant until she gets it. She is also very specific about which books she wants to read. Her latest favorites include, ABC's, Don't Touch It's Hot, and Mr. Brown Can Moo, and her mini Mickey Mouse books.

Update complete. Will try to write more often in the future.