23 months

I don't normally do posts on this monthly, but in this past month, Laneah has just blossomed. She is like a little sponge, absorbing every piece of knowledge she gets. Tomorrow she will 23 months! Only one month before she is two. She is growing so fast.

She is talking so much now and can repeat pretty much anything you say. She likes to go up to random items in the house or when we are out and say what the item is. She often takes me by surprise because she knows a lot of them without me telling her first. I made a list of my favorite words that she says right now.

*"Why?" She said this to me yesterday and it blew me away. Normally this is something a three year old asks. She had gotten into the cat's room and I caught her and scolded her saying she couldn't go back there. She got a really grumpy look on her face, looked me in the eye and challenged me with this simple question "why?" Smarty pants; she has asked me why several more times since then.

*"cook" and "kitzen" (kitchen) -Laneah loves to pretend cook and to "help" me cook. Grandma got her a play kitchen for her upcoming birthday that Laneah is going to love.

*"K" Her version of o.k.

*"tickle" Now she not only likes to be tickled, but she likes to tickle you. And she will say "tickle, tickle" while she does it.

*"eww, yuck" Nana taught her these words as an attempt to get her to stop playing with her poop. Didn't work, but now she says ew and yuck a lot:)

*"toyz" She says it really funny; holds the o and the s

*"cookie cookie" (cookie monster) Laneah still loves Elmo above all other Sesame Street characters, but Cookie Monster is a close second. Her Grandma got her a Cookie Monster doll and she loves to feed it cookies. She says "cookie, cookie" in a monster voice, just like he does.

*"boo boo" She says this and "owie" when she falls, bumps into anything, etc. She also says owie in a whiny voice when she is tired or grumpy.

*"um"- This is really funny. One day she said "Mommy?" and I replied "What?" and she said "Um..um..um" I cracked up. It was so unexpected. Now she says it all the time.

*"I don't know" A Nana taught phrase as well. Really cute.

*"I did it!" When she is proud of herself she will throw her arms in the air and exclaim "I did it!"

*"Hug" She will say hug and then run and jump in your arms.

New and Current Things:

Budding Artist- She has "painted" the walls and floor with her poop, colored on the walls and couches....supposedly this means that she will grow up to be very artistic. I bought her some non toxic craft puddy by Crayola to encourage her artistic tendencies. Today we used it to make shapes.

Scaring people by roaring like a lion and making her hands like claws.

Playing sports and being outside. I think she would live outside if I let her. Rain, heat, cold, nature; nothing is a deterrent. She also loves playing all sports- basketball, football, baseball; you name it, she loves it.

This little girl loves to run in circles. She is like a little puppy chasing after her tail:) She runs in circles laughing until she falls over from being dizzy or tired.

She has always been somewhat independent, but has been more assertive about it. For example, she wants to hold her own gogurt, but mommy doesn't want her too because it means a lot of yogurt on the floor and Laneah, and a lot of times, me too.

She recognizes a few emotions now. When she cries and I am not sure why, I will ask her "what is wrong?" to which she responds with "cry" in a sad voice. She also knows happy. And when she is having a good time and running around she will shout joyfully "happy!"

She knows the names of most of the body parts and can point to them when asked. Sometimes she does it on her own as a game.


Separation anxiety to the extreme with me only. Laneah has a five foot radius on me. If I am not within 5 feet she cries and screams. It gets much worse when Jason gets home. She is afraid that I will leave so she clings even tighter to me. If I do other activities without her, she screams and cries and holds onto my leg or tries to push me away from what I am doing. If I do leave, she is fine though. It is just when I am around. I can't wait for this phase to be over. *sigh

Laneah can count 1-10. She loves numbers and counting. She also has a favorite number, 8.

She also has favorite letters- l, e, h. She asks me to sing the alphabet song to her often and tries to say alphabet. She can repeat 23 of the 26 letters so far.

Can identify the basic shapes- circle, square, star, hearts and triangle and can also say them.
Laneah is so smart, funny and beautiful. We are so blessed to have this little princess in our lives.