17 Months

Miss Hadleigh Claire was 17 months old on Tuesday.

Her major accomplishments include:

walking, which she now does more than crawling

feeding herself, which she is becoming pretty good at

knowing where her belly button, head, eyes and ears are

recognizing and naming anything that moves other than a car...helicopter, planes, trucks...

putting away her toys, sometimes

dropping her morning nap and sleeping 14 hours at night

making new animal noises, recently adding bees, lizards, cats, and horses to her resume

getting stung by a bee and not crying at all

traveling down the CA coast

putting her feet in the Pacific Ocean

having somewhat regular fits when she doesn't get her way

She is a funny, funny girl and we love her more all the time. She is still super loving and will often give kisses on the cheek without any prompting. When we were at the doctor's office yesterday she crawled up in my lap and gave me multiple kisses...she likes it when I keep turning a different cheek to her. It was super sweet.

She LOVES her belly button. She will pick up her shirt and say "baby" which is her word for belloy button. When she finds it with her finger, she pushes her finger inside her BB and then sucks in her gut. I also have taught her the song "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" and she thinks this song is hilarious. She always giggles and grabs her head when I start singing it.

Just this week she has started saying "wow". She makes her mouth into an oval shape when she does it...so hilarious!

Pictures:

HC and Nana Patti with the elephant seals

HC and Dan at Berringer Estate

HC and Emma Stoddard

HC in the pool