22 Months Old

Clothes:You wear 18 and some 24 month clothes. 18 month pants still fit you, but you are in 24 month tops and jammies.  Mommy and Daddy went fall/winter shopping for you the other day and bought 24 month and a few 2T sized shirts.
Shoes: Size 4
Diapers: Size 4 diapers during the day and size 5 at night.
Sleep:You sleep from about 8:00-8:30 until 8:00-8:30 the next morning.Since Kieran came home you've been waking up when he cries sometimes.  You usually are very quiet or sometimes you will just talk yourself back to sleep.  You for sure have your Dad's sleep habits though...it takes you forever to fall back asleep.  Other times we'll come into your room and give you a hug/rub your back and your back to sleeping immediately. 
Teeth: 14!  You got two new teeth on the bottom this month.  It might be why you woke up too at times in the middle of the night.
Traveling: We traveled to St. Cloud hospital to have your brother.  Does that count?
Talking:You repeat EVERYTHING! Your vocab is quite impressive and you amaze us all the time in what you know. You say your brother's name better than your own, but you don't have to change...we love hearing you say "Bye-ya"! When we play little games with you and ask you things that are obviously "No" you have the cutest way of saying No.  I can try to get it on video!

Favorite Activity:Right now you are loving your balls, your "guys", and you have taken a little bit more interest in your babies.  You want to change their diaper and feed them more.  Probably because you see us doing that with Kieran.  You LOVE to be outside!  It's been hard this month with a new baby, but when both of us are home we try to get you out there.  Gaga is really good about getting you outside too.  We still go for a nightly walk before bed.  If we give you a "fruit snack" (which is really dried fruit) you will go into the stroller more easily.  We bought a double stroller too...so far we've gone once with all four of us! You also love to go for walks behind our house in the retirement community.  We run on the sidewalk or go and smell the flowers.  You are a funny little girl and love to try and make us laugh.  You don't always care if we think it's funny either.  If you think it's funny, then it's funny!
Favorite Books: You don't really have a favorite this month.  Some days you want to read, read, and read some more and others you have no interest in it. You love getting library books every couple of weeks.  The last time we went to the library you even picked out one of your books on your own!

Favorite Foods: You have the same favorites!  We haven't tried any "new" foods this month really.  At some meals you don't eat very much, but then you'll usually make up for it later in the day and eat, eat, eat! You still love string cheese and would eat five a day if we let you:)
Foods Dislike: You usually hate anything new the first time you try it!
Favorite Songs: You can now help us sing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and Jesus Loves Me.  Mommy tried the Itsy Bitsy Spider with you the other day and you almost have it:)

Dislikes: You hate being confined by the straps on your stroller and booster seat.  You are constantly stretching yourself against it.  You don't like coming inside and have had a few tantrums about it:)  You are such a good little girl. I think I can count on one hand how many time-outs you've had this month.  You quit the negative behavior afterwards too.

Favorite Word: You don't really have a favorite word that you repeat over and over.  We did hear the word "mine" for the first time this month though...uh-oh! Maybe "Baby Kieran"...you've said this quite a few times this month for some reason:)
Things we are learning: You've learned one new shape since last month and it's oval! Sometimes you will say four when you count 1,2,3. You started adding a please to the end of your thank you this month. You seem to be getting more consistent with some colors.  I think you may know a few more, but I'm not sure yet. You are starting to grasp the difference between a boy and a girl.  You will identify them when we are readying books. You learn new vocabulary words on our walks and remember them after only one time of hearing it. Daddy thinks you are brilliant and I would have to agree. 

Svea, we are so proud of you.  So far you have transitioned to be such a good big sister.  You love to get Mommy a diaper and throw them away when we are done.  We hope you always know how much we love you.  You will always be our baby GIRL:)