Communication

As of yesterday, our "little punky" is 15 months. What fun! I thought I'd better give an update since she is growing and changing so fast.

Our lil J is an excellent communicator. I couldn't begin to tell you how many words she knows. Dozens. This past month she also started saying short phrases like 'thank you', 'bye-bye', 'nite-nite' etc. As of the past few weeks, she has added short sentences like 'where'd it go?' and 'there it is!' and 'see-you!' (later) and 'i got it'...I could go on and on. She also knows parts of several songs including "Happy Birthday" "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "Old McDonald Had a Farm."

Language development is totally fascinating to me. It's amazing. I downloaded these (really poor quality) videos the other day. Jenna repeated everything she heard on the video (that she wouldn't say while I was recording). Stinker!

I really love how she knows what she wants and what she doesn't want...and she'll let you know! Jacob was 18 months when this happened. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was so exciting not to have to guess what he wanted to do or eat...

She still does EVERYTHING her big brother does. I'm not sure that will ever change. She's a feisty little thing. Like her Bubba, she never slows down. Ha! And I thought it was just a boy thing!

That's all for now. I'll leave you with a few pictures. Yo wekkom (you're welcome in lil J language).Jenna and DaddyMom, stop taking my picture all the time!Cheeeeeese!For Aunt Heather and Nana: look who's not afraid of his truck anymore!!!

And last but not least, my favorite picture of them all. Look at that little curl on the side of her head. It is the most precious little thing in the whole wide world!

Trick or Treats

our bee and unicorn

Our bumble bee with his bumble bee. This was an emergency costume since the duck costume we bought a month ago was now too small! Guess our little guy is growing!

Jenna's costume was a bit small...notice how short it is. I think it was uncomfortable to have the hat part on so it stayed down most of the night.

"Trick or Treat Please In My Bag!" was Jacob's phrase of the night Halloween. We trekked around the block, our bumble bee running ahead and our little unicorn in the wagon. Speaking of the wagon, I blinged it up a bit with glow-sticks. Safety first! Jacob enjoys getting a "trick or treat" after eating all his dinner or for being an extra good boy. Jenna enjoys sharing them.