Elliana 22 Months

It's hard to believe that in 2 short months our baby girl will be 2 years old! As much as I wish I could keep her little, I do love seeing her fun, spunky personality come out each day. There is no "normal day" in our household, not with Elliana here! But she keeps us entertained and laughing all the time, and I wouldn't want it any other way. 

So I want to start doing a better job of keeping up with memories, funny words and sayings, and just how Elliana is growing up, and this is the main reason I started blogging. 

So here is Elliana's 22 months update...

Clothes: She can wear some 18-24 months, but we mostly buy 2t to make sure she's comfortable in it. I love shopping for her now more than ever! Didn't think it was possible, but it is! She's turning into such a little girly girl and likes to pick out outfits when I'm going through her clothes, trying to figure out what she will wear that day. Her favorite things to pick out and wear around the house are shoes!

Favorite Foods: Bananas, Apple Sauce, Cheese, Toast, Goldfish (or just "fish" as she calls it), Veggie Straws, Corn and any kind of Pasta. It's crazy how their taste buds change, she used to love chicken, and now won't eat it, which isn't fun because we eat a lot of chicken. If she sits down and actually eats a meal, it's been a good day! She's at the age where she's too busy to eat, or doesn't have much of an appetite. But some days she acts like she hasn't been fed in weeks! Oh and she loves snow cones! The snow cone truck came by the splash pad while we were there, and Elliana had her first one! Girlfriend would not give up that spoon!

Favorite Words: Animals & animal sounds, love you, see you (see you later), please, thank you, baby, uh-oh, and if she wants to watch something in the morning she will tell me. It's usually Elmo, Hot Dog & Minnie (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse), Cat (Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood), or Let It Go (Frozen). She's also learning how to put together sentences, her favorite..."Go get it, mama. Please!" At least she's polite about it! She also says "I need you mama" and "Hold you" She loves to sing as well, and I love to hear her. My personal favorite is when she puts "Let it go" and Hot dog" together.

 

Favorite Activities: She loves to be outside! Every morning after breakfast she points to the door and says "Outside??". We live very close to a park with a splash pad so we spend a lot time there. She loves to swing, play at her sand/water table, in her playhouse, and playing with our neighbor's cat. We go swimming almost every other day too. Gosh..I'm going to miss summer!

Favorite Things: Babies, babies, and more babies! I have never seen a kid at this age so crazy about babies! Not just baby dolls, real babies! She has to talk to one as soon she sees him/her out in public, and asks where the "baba" and "papi" is. But she is crazy about baby dolls just as much. We can't leave the house unless she has all (4) of her babies. We are working on getting the limit down to 2, which has been working out pretty well! She's just now getting into her kitchen that she got for Christmas. She's always played with the doors on it, but her imagination is starting to kick in more, and she will "took" like mama. It's so precious. She still carries her "boo" around too, which I love and know I will cry when she stops... Our newest thing lately is going out for donuts, and she has been loving it!

Signature Moves: Dancing, singing & sending herself to bed when she's tired. Giving hugs and kisses to everyone, including the dogs. Patting her baby doll when baby is going "night-night", telling everyone "HI" when we go out. Jumping off the top of the couch on the cushions. It sounds much dangerous than what it is, trust me. We are always close by watching her and making sure she doesn't fall. She did fall one time and it scarred me to death. As soon as I picked her up and starting checking her all over, she pushed off and said "HOP!"...I guess it was time for round 2! 

Other Milestones: She's doing better than ever on her potty training! We've been working on it for a few months, and even though she got the concept of what to do in the potty, I don't believe she understood the whole tell us when you have to go. I never wanted to rush potty training, which is one of the reasons we started her so young. But she goes back to school in September, so I would LOVE it if she was totally trained by then! Fingers crossed! She's learning her manners and I couldn't be more proud. She says "Please" Thank you" and "Scuse me". We are working on counting and right now she can count to three. She also knows certain colors...white, black, purple, and green. 

I love this age so much, and this little girl! She's growing up so fast and learning something new each day! She amazes me every day!