Whether it's first thing in the morning and "up" out of her crib is her desire. Or it is breakfast time and today she wants "bah-nana" or "egg" or "go-gah" (yogert). She demands "down" or "wah-k" (walk) if she is being carried but would like to walk herself. And she often announces when she is in a dirty diaper and needs changed.
She is in the parrotting stage big time so nearly anything that comes out of my mouth she will try to repeat. She has said "i-minu" (in a minute), "ah no" (I know), and "hol on" (hold on).
She loves her toys, especially her baby dolls (and some of my old baby dolls) and her stuffed animals and asks for them and goes to find them if necessary. She loves playing make-believe with them and she will feed them, change them, give them a paci, or hand them to me saying "up".
She also loves "Bob Bob stole" (Bob stroller) and "Ah-chie" the roomba floor cleaner and likes to talk about both of them anytime she sees them. One of her favorite words is "help" and she has no problem asking for it if there is something that she cannot get to. She still signs a lot too - most of the time along with her words - but it is still very helpful in clarifying what she needs and just plain cute in the times that I understand her speech fine.
She is quite a climber these days and will get off of almost anything by herself and has figured out she can climb onto the dining room chairs to climb onto the dining room table and get whatever she desires. She has started parent tot gymnastics classes at the gym I coach at and it is so fun to see her there.
She can work zippers, some snaps, and she is obsessed with buckles. The buckles on her high chair, and car seat are her favorite things! Fortunately she hasn't figured out unbuckling but loves to buckle them. She works on it going "click, click" until she succeeds or gets frustrated and asks for help.
My favorite thing right now is that she will come up and hug my legs (or Nana's or daddy's) and say "hug" and the other night she said "love you daddy" to Jesse before bed which melted my heart.
