22 Months

Wow, Hadleigh Claire is 22 months! I cannot believe that in just two short months my little girl is going to be two. We are having so much fun with Hadleigh these days. She just loves Annelise. Yesterday when we were getting ready for church, Hadleigh ran to Annelise's car seat and got it all ready for me to put her in it. She loves to push her in the swing and bounce her in the baby seat. This morning she walked up to Annelise and said "hi baby, hi baby". It was super sweet.

She is still a sleeping machine. The last couple of weeks she has been sleeping from 6pm until 10am and then still taking a 2 hour nap! I think part of that was because she was sick, but when she is well she sleeps until 8am, so life is still great in the sleep department. Sometimes she just likes playing in her crib and will play with her animals long after she is awake. Even if I go in to get her up she will ask to stay in her crib.

She loves being outside on walks or getting the mail, or just running around.

She loves our weekly family outings and was just a doll at our trip to the High Museum on Friday. We took MARTA to midtown and she just loves to ride the choo choo. As we were walking through the paintings she took a special interest in the landscape art and kept saying "Whoa!' "Dude!" Everyone around her got a real kick out of it. She also enjoys when we go out to eat, and on Friday loved the fried calamari as our appetizer and shared Dave's corn chowder and my lamb gyro.

Reading is still a fav past time. Her recent favs are "Pajama Time", an Elmo alphabet book, and a book about a mole and a bird (I can't remember the name). She also LOVES "Good Night Moon" and "Little Quack". Whenever we go in her room she says "Moon? Quack?"

Sesame Street is her fav show and we watch it some days over breakfast. She can name all the characters and especially loves Elmo and Grover. For Christmas she got a Sesame Street dvd that has lots of songs on it. She asks to watch it almost all day long.

Jackets (and sweaters), hats, and shoes are her favorite articles of clothing. As soon as she wakes up she wants to put those things on her body. Amazingly she has figured out how to put her shoes on and also manages to get them on the right feet.

Dave is still her favorite and as soon as she gets up in the morning she asks about Dada. She just loved having him home so much over Christmas.

She gives lots of hugs and kisses these days, and will even give a little back scratch when asked (Dave taught her that).

She still eats just about anything we put in front of her. And if it is on our plate she is even more interseted in eating it. Last week Lrod was over for lunch and Hadleigh was begging crackers off of her. If I am eating it, she wants it!

She seems to be learning more words, and she definitely understands everything we say to her. We do think that she is probably a bit behind in her vocabulary since she hasn't begun to use sentences or put words together. She babbles and sings a lot, and she memorizes books. For example, in our Pajama Time book, everytime it says pajama time in exclamation we raise our hands in the air. She knows where each exclamation is and will raise her hands before I say the words. She also has a book called "Head to Toes" that I have read so much I have memorized. I will quote the book to her and she will point to each body part and even point to the body part before I say it. She is so funny. Again I am thankful for a laid back pediatrician who knows sometimes children don't go by the books.