Updates...lots about L...

So I haven't updated the blog with all the little things I write down in my notebook about L on a fairly regular basis. So here goes:

9/22/09: L can open the fridge by herself. As D says, "ahhhh!"

9/23/09: L's back right bottom two year old molar pokes through.

9/25/09: L measures 34.5".

9/27/09: L's stomach growled (hunger) and she said, "tummy farted."

9/30/09: L peed in the car seat after she refused to go at BSF before we left.

10/1/09: L peed in her panties & pants upstairs.

10/8/09: We didn't put L to bed in her sleep sac b/c she had a fever and then the next morning she climbed out of her packnplay and ran into grammie's room.

10/15/09: L climbed out of her crib while I watched both in the morning and evening.

10/16/09: L says "B-I-N-G-O" and has been singing "twinkle twinkle little star" for about a month. She says "oh no!" to things she deems a big tragedy. She also peed in grammie's toilet with a stepstool the entire 11 day trip.

10/17/09: I sang to L "do you know what time it is?" and L replied, "clean up!" She'll tell you it's getting dark outside and it's past her bed time.

10/18/09: L climbed out of her crib in the morning and came into our room and said, "Hi daddy. Climb out crib. See daddy." (D forgot to put her sleep sac on backwards so she got it off & climbed out of her crib.)

10/21/09: see post.

10/22/09: L said that she'd sit down away from were I was going to open the oven door. Then she covered her ears with her hands. I asked her why and she said "steam come out of there." ;)

10/23/09: L said, "go to the park or something."

10/25/09: L said, "see zoo after nap." D said "No, we already went to the zoo." Then L said, "See zoo all day."

10/29/09: I realized she can do the 1-9 number puzzle and the shapes puzzle by herself. She said "School bus. Get older. Excited school bus get older." When she sees a baby picture of herself, she says, "L-dee was born." Later she said, "born a baby."

10/30/09: B/c of the aforementioned climbing out of the crib (it was hard to her to fall asleep b/c she'd always climb out of the crib; we'd find her all over the place; we'd find my paperback books in her crib, etc.), we borrowed a crib tent from our friends. Tonight was the first night in the crib tent and she thinks it's special b/c Wyatt is sharing it with her.

10/31/09: L does the hand motions and says "tapa" to this aborigine song on the Wiggles tape.

11/14/09: L says things like "one more book, that's it daddy."

11/20/09: L can rehearse her dance routine in bits like tip toe with harnds and arms above her head, sashay, gallop, "sledding," etc. She can also dance along with the Wiggles' videos. It's really cute! She's having real conversations now. She talks a lot more in the last week or so. She wants to "help you." She's been very stubborn & defiant and cries easily. She hugs the Little People baby Jesus and says "love you." I ask her if she can help mommy and she'll say "No!" She likes to help cook/bake. Last night she got the egg carton out, pulled out the eggs, and helped crack the eggs into the bowl and then wisked the eggs with a fork. Then she moved her stool over to the stove, said it was hot, and helped me poor the bowl into the frying pan. She'll also lay out all the muffin liners in to the muffin tin and help stir the batter. She'll pretend to cook too with her little plastic frying pan and wooden spoon. [We've since had to limit the cooking of eggs b/c she always wanted to make eggs and then she wouldn't eat them.]

11/28/09: Instead of "ut oh spagettio," L says "ut of mageteos" or "ut oh bettygoes." When we were leaving Mario's house, L said, "Bye Mario. See ya later." Then she turns to me and asks, "We going home?" And I said, "yes." Then L said, "But I want my Mario."

11/29/09: I caught L after she had turned on the toaster oven and put the magnets in it. Thank God I saw something suspicious and caught it before they melted or caught on fire! Especially since it was our brand new toaster oven!

12/2/09: L said, "I have a throat in my mouth again." Translation: "I have a tickle in my throat."

12/3/09: L said, "I'm thirsty. I want some milk too." "I'm hungraaaayyyy...open this for me." "Have to eat my chicken first. Then it be all gone."

12/4/09: L said, "Mommy so excited see sister."

12/18/09: L said, "Ut oh. I made a mess."

12/23/09: L's got a long list of things she now says after the phrase, "Get older..." Here's some of them:
"Get older go on school bus."
"Get older have butter." (peanut butter)
"Get older go football game."
Also in the last week or so, she's finally doing spontaneous "love you" without us asking, prompting, or saying it first. It feels so good to get a big hug and "love you" (or "Love you too" or "love you lots and lots") out of nowhere. She's also for at least the last three months said, "love you. no doubt about it. you my best friend." and she'll say it really fast in this sing-song way. It's really cute.

11/20/09...things L can do...

• L can rehearse her dance routine in bits like, tip toe with hands & arms above her head, chassé, gallop, and "sledding"
• L can also dance along with her Wiggle*s videos -so cute!
• L has more real conversations -talks a lot more in the last week or so.
• L wants to "help you"
• She's also very stubborn, defiant, and cries easily
• L hugs the L*ittle People baby Jesus and says "love you"
• If I ask her if she can help mommy, she says, "no!"
• L likes to help cook and/or bake. Last night, she got the egg carton out, pulled out the eggs, and helped crack the eggs into the bowl and then whisked the eggs with a fork. Then she moved her stool over to the stove, said it was hot, and helped me poor the bowl into the frying pan. She'll also lay out all the muffin liners into the muffin tin and help stir the batter. She also likes to pretend to cook with her little frying pan and wooden spoon.