Oops! 6 months later

Well, I haven’t blogged in 6 months, and you know how much growing a developing a child does between the ages of 16 months to 22 months!  So since I haven’t kept track of exactly when she said these words, I’ll copy the list here of many of the words that were spilling out of Sayda, back when she first starting saying lots more words.  Baby, night night, elephant, mama, Elmo, banana, water. Ahna, einstein. Ow, wow, thank u. Diego. Woah, more, ball, apple. Shh. Hippo. Puppy. Gentle. More. Please. There tis. Hey. Boom. Good girl. Quack. Amen. Potty.  Around the time she was starting to say these words, she would also mimic after the big kids, “aaahh choo!”  So cute!

Just to note, at 16.5 months, her weight was in the 75^th percentile, and her height was in the 60^th percentile.  Of course I didn’t write down her ACTUAL height and weight.  I’ve always been bad at that, and I truly don’t know why!  Grr!!

Also many months ago, we first starting noticing the things that she would to on command, and how it is always neat to see them understanding things and responding.  These things include folding hands to pray, sing, dance, funny face, get a diaper, get shoes, sit down, let's go, gimmie a hug, and blow on your food.  I also remember around this time when she was pointing out the body & face parts when you asked her to- eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hair, head, hands, belly, feet.

Now that she’s 22 months old, she’s also saying all of those body parts as well, and even today was the first time she began to dress herself.  She did really well!  She got her pants all the way one, except they were backwards, and she got her head through the shirt!  Getting your arms in without help is tricky at that age!

Sayda’s speech isn’t anywhere near where Diella and Ethan’s were at this age, but we she has always been very comprehensive!  She’s now saying things like  I also think her articulation is going to become as crystal clear as Ethan’s was, and early on like Ethan as well.  Some words she will only pronounce two letters of it, like “potty” she says like “paw-Ee.”  But other words, that I would consider to be difficult to pronounce, she says perfectly, like “bounce.”  It’s interesting!  One cute one is that she says oops like, “oats!”

One word she says wrong, that I think is so cute, is cookie.  She sort of says it backwards, like “kee koo.” 

 I must mention how incredibly well-behaved Sayda is when we take trips to the store, and also when we take walks.  Both Diella and Ethan are generally pretty rambunctious, and when we’re at the store, Sayda always sits in the cart so calmly, and just observes.  During walks, she simply holds my hand and enjoys it, without trying to run ahead with her older brother and sister.  Since Sayda has always gone in these crazy spurts of screaming being her form of communication, it is VERY nice to be in her calm presence during these times!

I hate to blog something that isn’t a good memory, but I must document about Sayda’s screaming phases.  It was her way of communicating, since she wasn’t saying a whole lot of words yet.  Plus, of course, the big kids pick on her, or leave her out at times, and of course that is frustrating!  It wasn’t always just an upset or angry scream.  Sometimes it was a joyful or hyper scream too, but regardless, our ears had just about had it with the screaming.  We finally were able to break her of that!  But it returned a few times.  One of those things that she’ll do better at for a while, and not scream, but then it will surface again at times.  Girl is LOUD.

Before Sayda was 18 months old, she would hum along a few notes to the lullabies that her little Glow Worm plays while she’s in bed.  Now she’s singing along with the songs that her big brother & sister sing quite well!

She was jumping with two feet at 20 months.  I’ve seen her use both her right hand, and her left, so we’ll see which one becomes more prominent. 

I’ve had nicknames for every kid.  For some reason I used to call Sayda, Molly.  Like every day.  I don’t know why, but I always called her Molly, HAHA! …. I’ve since stopped calling her that, but also for who knows what reason, I started calling her Noona.  Just a little nickname.  I still do, but not nearly as often.  Noona.  

Sayda Loves Silas!  But she’s STILL not too gentle with him.  Well, she is at times, but she just really invades his space, haha!  I’ve even heard her say, “gentle” when she’s gently touching his head.  But I’ve also seen her try to open his eye when he was asleep, haha, oh my!  She does love him though!  She used to say to him, every time she would see him, “Hi Sayda!” hehehee…. Now she says “Hi Silas!”

I hadn’t gone over colors with Sayda yet, as of a few weeks ago.  I was still working with her on her ABC’s.  But a few weeks ago, I was walking her down the stairs, and she pointed to a color chart I have on the wall, and she said, “orange!”  My eyes widened, and I took her close to it, and I asked her, “which one is orange?”  She pointed to the right one!  I still dunno if that was a fluke or not.  I still praised her and cheered her on!  She didn’t know any of the other colors, but now I go over them with her much more often!

So watching movies, and reciting movie lines is a very common thing in this house.  I must say how proud I am of Sayda, that she is only just starting to form sentences, but I heard her quote a movie line the other day.  Not during a movie, just one day while she was sitting and playing alone.  It was a line from Shrek 2.  Sitting all alone, I heard her say, “far… FAR…. (whisper) away.”  HA!!!  Loved hearing that!  Her favorite movie is Tangled.  She usually doesn’t move a muscle or blink an eye for the whole thing.  I’m gonna have that be the theme for her 2^nd birthday!

Another thing Sayda has gotten very much into…. Sharpies!  Ahhhh!!!!  One day she got a hold of one, and she was wearing shorts.  So her legs were ALL drawn on!  Then later, mommy didn’t put that thing away high enough, so she did it a Second time that day!  Then I remember once we were at Grammie O.’s house, and sure enough, somehow she sniffed out a marker and went to it!  I had been much more careful about hiding those things since then, and we haven’t come across it for a long time, but just yesterday I left one out, and her tummy was covered!!!  SIGH!!!!

She’s really a cool girl.  She’s Very sweet, she has the most gorgeous smile, and she has always done pretty well obeying.  I really think she might be a singer!  We’ll see! 

Two of my favorite things about her, though they may seem small, just mean so much to me.  When we take a walk (which is quite often), she is SO well behaved!  She rarely wants to take off running, or goofing off with the big kids, and instead she just holds my hand the entire way, quiet and just enjoying the time together.  My other favorite thing is when she often comes up to me, and just ever so gently touches my face.  Usually there’s not even a reason, she’ll just smile, and look at me, and run her hand down my cheek.  It’s the sweetest thing, and I love it!