20 Months ~Amelia~

So far the late fall/early winter festivities have proven to be a great time.  Amelia is taking it all in stride and taking it all in.  Because of lack of snow we haven’t really had the chance to play in it at all but we are hoping we’ll see some soon.  

Daddy's little girl

Growth:

Weight:  Forgot to take it this month (oops!) 
Height:  33”

Nearly all of Amelia’s 18 month clothes have been taken out of rotation.  She is in 24 month and 2T items.  Diapers are still a size 4 and shoes a size 5-6. 

Mobility/Coordination:  We affectionately refer to Amelia as “Meals on Wheels.”  Although I am not a fan of the nickname “Meals” it is definitely fitting for how active she is.  She is getting much faster at going down the stairs.  She sits down, turns onto her tummy and goes sliding down.

She now gets her coat on by flipping it over her head if you lay it down on the floor in the right direction.  

Decorating Christmas cookies

Language/Communication:  Speech has continued to grow exponentially.  Amelia can say shoe off, milk please, more please, owie and stop it.  “Please” comes out more like “peas” and is absolutely adorable when she still pats her belly for the sign language.    In the spirit of Christmas, she also likes to point out “Mary” “baby Jesus” and “Joseph” in nativity scenes.  When asked what a cow says, Amelia replies with a very boisterous “Mooooo” and when asked what a sheep says Amelia replies with an equally enthusiastic “Baaaaa.”   

Personality/Amelia-isms:  Amelia is still our mini little fireball.  She’s mostly happy and silly but lets you know when she isn’t or doesn’t want to do something. 

Bucket head

Sleep:  No news here… One nap in the afternoon and then bed at 6:30-7 and sleeping through the night.

Eating:  Amelia still pecks at her food and generally doesn’t eat much.  You’d think she’d wither away but she definitely has not.  We’ve found that she seems to enjoy eating during the day more than eating a big meal at supper.    

Teeth:  Amelia popped her lower left incisor this month.  That means she is done until her 2 year old molars decide to make an appearance.   

Illnesses/Owies:  None

Helping decorate the Christmas tree!

Brother/Sister Moment(s):  Amelia is beginning to understand the concept of sharing and she is usually ok with it.  Of course her and Grant have their spats but if I say “wait your turn” she is usually content waiting. 

Firsts/Adventures:  We’ve had a lot of fun this month.  Thanksgiving was very nice and the weekend after we went and cut down a Christmas tree.  Amelia loved riding in the sled to pick it out.  We decorated a gingerbread house together and went to the Wisconsin Dells for our annual Fisher Christmas Vacation.  She wanted absolutely nothing to do with the Santa we saw there (and same goes for the Santa we went and ate breakfast with and Papa George dressed as Santa).  Amelia was initially timid in the waterpark but warmed up quickly.  It wasn’t long before she was trying to wander to the pool/slides on her own (normal fearless Amelia tactics).

Come play with me Vada!

 Likes:  stickers ~ park light show ~ unzipping zippers ~ taking her socks off ~ wearing shoes and trying to put them on ~ reading (she will actually sit still for an entire book now!) ~ picking out the book we read each night (usually the Noah’s Ark story we have) ~ helping unload the dishwasher ~ singing and being sung to ~ blanket or “bah-boo”

Dislikes:  eating at dinner ~ empty milk cups

Toddler Moment(s):  The unfortunate problem of being a younger sibling is you learn both the good and bad behaviors of your older sibling.  Amelia has taken after her brother when she doesn’t get her way by stomping her foot, grunting, and blowing raspberries.  This type of behavior didn’t start in Grant until quite a bit older it seems!    

Potty Training:  No real strides in the potty front.  Amelia still only likes to sit on the small potty but that only lasts for about 10 seconds tops.