Thus, random facts about Ivory as of late:
She...
- confuses eat with more (sign language) & will only sign the correct sign when she wants to. Which leads to the next point...
- is as stubborn as ever--but cuter then ever.
- throws tantrums often. gets disciplined often. catches on pretty well.
- wants Mom's 100% attention 96.7% of the time.
- signs: milk, apple (sort of--it sometimes resembles more of an open handed scratching of the upper cheek/ear), bed (one handed)
- points to her head, tummy, nose (she especially loves pointing to Dad & Mom's nose), toes, and mouth when directed--most of the time
- immediately cheers for herself upon finding & pointing to the correct body part
- still laughs best for daddy
- walks on her knees, yet is completely disinterested in moving on her feet
- loves books. I leave a book in her bed always and she will often hand it to me when she wakes up and wants me to read it several times before getting out of bed. She also drags books out & looks at them for long periods of time or hands them to people to read to her. She especially loves books with flaps, like the ones she received for her birthday and the set of small books (Peter Rabbit treasury) handed down from cousins Bella & Alex.
- can find & identify cats in almost any setting. Yesterday, she screamed ca at the top of her lungs upon sighting Angel (our cat) on the back porch.
- in addition to cats, identifies anything else exciting as "ca".
- still adores animals of any kind. She thoroughly enjoyed playing with my friend Jennifer's cocker spaniel puppy, Nora, while Mom & Dad took the youth group on a canoeing adventure.
- holds up one finger when asked, "How old are you? Can you say one?" -- when she wants to.
- has four teeth.
- is less fun while teething & pacifier weaning.
- passionately loves swinging in any form. She especially enjoys the pink swing Mommy & Daddy bought for her birthday. Swinging outside cures almost any ailment. Seriously considering hanging another one inside...
- acts like a complete wiggle worm / fuss budget in church lately.
- possesses a definite attachment to her crochet blankets (she has 2 favorites: one pink, one multicolor. Made by Mrs. Feral, a lady from church & my older sister, Sherri). She likes cuddling up to them, dragging them everywhere she goes, sticking her fingers through the holes, laying on them in the oddest places as well as her bed, and being wrapped up in them.
- still thoroughly enjoys eating. Whenever she sees me cooking, someone eating, or finds food in her diaper bag, she begs for food with "please, eat, please, eat!"
- completely tunes in to Sesame Street in the morning. She is so focused sometimes she misses bites of food I try to feed her--that's serious focus for this food-loving-kid.
- thinks Elmo is her best friend & enjoys making her stuffed Elmo dance as well as dancing to the elmo songs on her musical Elmo from Grandma & Grandpa C.
- believes washcloths make great hats & loves taking people's hats off & watching them put them back on, over and over and over and over...you get the point.
- talks on the "phone" (phone, fork, hand, etc.) constantly, "hewo, hewo, ya, babble, babble" hand it to mom to talk. Over and over and over...we do this often.
- says "hewo" every time a phone rings--yes, even in the middle of church service.
- acquired a deep interest in rubber ducks, bath time, and pooping in the tub (4 is the current running total...).
- actually picks up a few of her toys every now and then.
- helps put her arms through her clothes as I dress her & swaps things from one hand to the other on her own while dressing / getting in the carseat--such a big helper.
- grows cuter & bigger every day!
- misses her grandparents, aunts, uncles & cousins!!! (or maybe it's Mom who misses their entertaining skills)
- is extremely excited about playing in the leaves with her cousin Carter & all the other family this fall! (well, I'm sure she is, she just hasn't verbalized it yet)
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