16 Months

Clothes:Size 12-18 months.  We are just now transitioning you over to the 18 month sleepers, but they are way too long!
Shoes: size 3 shoes
Diapers: size 4

Sleep:You are still sleeping about 12 hours from 8 pm.-8 am.  We love it and hope it continues!  You nap during the afternoon once anywhere from 45 minutes to two hours.  It is VERY rare for you to have a long nap.  Svea, you have your Daddy's sleep habits.
Teeth: 6 Teeth (two bottom/four top)  You have three molars coming in at once.  Two on the top and one on the bottom.  Poor thing they have been giving you some troubles from time to time.

Traveling: We went to Wisconsin Dells with Daddy's family!  You enjoyed swimming, playing with your cousins, and snuggling with Grandma!
Talking:New words you have added this month are yep, yah, up, down, and apple.  It is hilarious to listen to you say apple.  It is most definitely your favorite fruit and even pears are apples to you. You've also started signing please when we do it first.  We are working on helping you know when to say please now:)

Favorite Activity: playing with your mega blocks or any type of blocks.  You love to build a high tower "up, up, up" you will say. You get so excited when we bring up blocks.  You'll run to your room to the drawer that holds them and make what we call the big O face of excitement.

Favorite Books:You enjoy so many books it's hard to narrow down a couple, but Mommy took you to the library the other day and you had the best time.  We checked out a couple of kitty books and you are obsessed with them this past weekend. You got a couple of free books and prizes for reading 1,000 books before Kindergarten too! They also have a little house at the library for kids to sit in and read.  You marched right in and sat on the little couch and laughed.  There were as underwater scene painted on the walls and you immediately started doing your "glub, glub" sounds and hand motions for fish!  Very cute!
Favorite Foods: Applesauce, peas, sweet potatoes, oatmeal, and Greek yogurt.  You are very slowly opening up your variety of foods you will eat.  Just this past month you've become more open to broccoli!

Foods Disliked: Carrots! Yuk Mommy!

 Favorite Songs: Sometimes Mommy will sing you Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes and you think that's funny, but you especially like it when we play songs from our ipods.  You love to dance so much.  We are so impressed with your rhythm and the beat you can keep with different songs.

Dislikes: Getting your diaper changed right before bed!  Yikes....that's a tough one!

Favorite Word: Mom and Dad....you are constantly calling us by name, which we love although apple might surpass us.  Recently you will repeat this word over and over!  You still struggle with the "p" sound and it is so funny.  You get a cute little smile on your face each time we praise you for saying this word.

Things we are learning: how to jump!  You swing your arms, bend your knees, and jump!  You can't get your feet off the ground so sometimes you will lift one leg while you do this. You are also getting pretty good and blowing your nose.  You try to do this all by yourself when we give you a kleenex, but if we put a tissue up to your nose and say blow you do try.  Sometimes you get it and sometimes you suck in.  We're not sure if you just picked it up from watching us or if its' something Lynda taught you at daycare.

 For some reason she loves "jumping" on this blanket.  She'll run over to the chair and have us lay it out on the ground so she can practice her skills!