21 Month Update

I guess I better start planning the birthday party soon, huh??  Three more months.  Yikes!

Well, I’ve lost track of the words she’s been picking up, as there are new ones every day.  However, there are a couple fun ones:

Please.  Yes… seriously.  She says please.  And she says it with this big grin when she wants something from you.  Sometimes she’ll even say it without your having to remind her!

Cheese.  She’s been eating a lot more cheese lately, which is good!  The lactose thing seems to have resolved itself over time, which is what we were hoping for.  But the really funny thing is when you go to take her picture, she says “cheese” (well, sounds more like tseeeez, but its pretty clear what she’s saying.)  I’m still not sure where she picked this up.

Play.  Sometimes we’ll have this discussion:

Me: Mina, should we go eat lunch?

Mina: Play

Me: Eat?

Mina: PLAY

Me: EAT??

Mina: Plaaaaaaaay

And on and on.  This one cracks Mark up.

She can say things like moon, guy, out, up, down, more, bounce, pooh, potty, pretty…

She can (with help) say her ABC’s as far as E.  After that she just gets bored.

She can (with help) count to ten!  Ok… by help I mean a LOT of help.  But she’ll repeat all the numbers after you, and when you say “Seven” she actuallly just moves on to “eight.”

I’m sure there’s lots more to tell, but she’s demanding I do the Pooh puppet for her.  Well, it’s really a wash cloth, but she doesn’t seem to mind.

Tonight: dinner at the Redondo Beach Cafe!