Here's a list of the words that Olivia says:
NAMES
Mommy
Daddy
Grandma
Grandmama
Grandpa
RyRy
JJ
KK
Missy(sounds like Minnie)
JenJen
Noah(soundslike Wo-Wa)
Lauren(sounds like Oren)
Olivia(she calls herself Ya Ya...wonder why...Noah!)
Shelby--her best friend :)
Cleo(sounds like Leo)--her other bestie :)
Jesus
Elmo
Abby
Minnie
WORDS
Doggie
Baby
Bro
Ball
More
Please
Proszę(please in Polish)
Thank you
Love you
Hungry
Lunch
Cheese
Juice
Cereal
Water
Walk
Bubbles
Splash
Back
Down
Up
Hold you(when she wants to be held she says this and it cracks me up because it's what her cousin, Noah, says too :)
Nie Nie
Bless you
Achoo
Yellow
Purple
Orange
Blue(this is what she calls blueberries)
Car
Cat
Duckie
Cookie
Candy
Strawberry
Arm
Nose
Eyes
Toesies
Hand
Bum bum
Chi chis
Hi
Hello
Bye Bye
No
Yes
Uh Oh
Button
Go
Spoon
Fruit Snacks
Blankie
All done
All gone
Bird
Balloon
Mouse
House
Flower
Num num
Poo poo
Stinky
Pee pee
Help
Popcorn
Dance
Moon
Cow
Pizza
Hot
Jump
Shoes
Pants
Swing
Two
Away(she'll say this for throw away or put away.)
Teeth
Toothbrush
Owie
French fries
Bite
Banana(Nana)
I'm sure that there are more words that she says that I just can't think of right now. If you ask her to say a simple word, she'll repeat it pretty close to what it is supposed to be :) She does NOT preform when we ask her to though, so it's hard to get her to say anything when we're on the phone or if we put her on the spot. She's a little stinker :) She is starting to put two words together, but not on her own yet. For example, she'll say "more" and I'll say "more, please" and she'll repeat by saying "more, please." It's just another thing she'll be picking up in the near future, I'm sure of it!
Here are a few things that Olivia's been doing over the last few weeks/months.
She is such a fun, high spirited little girl. She cracks me up constantly :) As I type, she is sitting next to me with a family size box of Corn Pops and eating them straight from the box with a plastic spoon. She's a weirdo :)
She is super active and loves to climb on anything and everything. She's starting to climb up the back of her high chair and it scares the crap outta me!! She can climb up onto our bed and will jump around and mess up all the pillows.
She likes to take off her pants whenever we're just lounging at home. She tries so hard to put them back on, but hasn't mastered getting them over her bum yet :) She likes to try and put her socks and shoes on too, but that's something that will take some time to master.
She likes to trace her hand on paper whenever she sees a pen and will get pretty upset if you refuse. She is starting to throw a few more tantrums, but, thankfully, whatever the situation, it can be diffused pretty easily.
She loves to sing songs like Popcorn Popping and Itsy Bitsy Spider and loves playing Ring Around the Rosie and This Little Piggy.
She loves to try and catch things. Throwing is not a skills she's acquired yet :)
She loves to give hugs and kisses. She kisses anything actually. It's weird. She'll kiss your finger, knee, leg, arm, or toes. She'll also kiss pillows, balls, her animals, dogs, food, etc. I don't know when it started, but it's pretty funny.
She loves to go to the park and has absolutely NO FEAR when it comes to any play structure she's ever been on. She goes directly to the highest slide and goes for it :) She likes the swings, but would prefer to be climbing, running, sliding, and hiding. She's very independent and doesn't need me to be by her side the entire time. It's wonderful knowing that she is content doing her own thing, but it's also a huge worry knowing that I need to keep my eyes on her at all times. She is a Momma's girl, but once she's comfortable with her surroundings, she's off and running. I'm sure that's how it is with most, if not all, toddlers.
She loves to go on walks and will point out the birds, dogs, cats, cars, pretty much anything she sees.
She loves to dance and will move to any sound with a beat :) She loves to spin and dip and sway and stomp. She just LOVES moving!
She is starting to prefer certain stuffed animals and will choose her two Minnies over any other toys. She has a blanket that she got from her Grandma and Grandpa Shear that she likes over all her other blankets and will ask for it.
She likes to brush her teeth and depending on the day/night, she'll sit fairly still for me to brush them. I let her brush her own teeth once I'm finished and she doesn't a pretty decent job. Haha! Makes Momma proud :)
Yesterday, when she was hungry for a snack, she walked over to her high chair and asked to eat. I got her some strawberries and some dry cereal. Before I walked away, she asked for a spoon. It was pretty cute. I love that she is starting to communicate in her own way and I'm glad I can understand her fairly well :)
She tries to count to three, but the only number that sounds like anything is the number two and then she follows her counting by saying, GO!
She loves my growing belly and no matter where we are, when she wants to kiss it, she'll kiss it! Like, when we were in the grocery store yesterday. She was sitting in the seat and kept rubbing my belly. Eventually, she leaned over the bar, wrapped her little arms around my tummy and kissed it :) Of course, I had to stop walking, get on my tippy toes and get into a position where she could actually reach the baby bump :) I'm sure some people were confused.
She loves to be tickled and loves to tickle people. She'll lift her arms over her head and wiggle her little fingers and hand as a warning and then she'll tickle you :) She thinks it's hilarious.
She can bark, meow, moo, and quack.
She can point to her head, hair, ears, eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, tongue, arm, hands, fingers, chi chis, belly button, bum bum, pee pee, legs, feet and toesies when asked. She can also point to her head, hair, ears, eyes, tongue, nose and hands if asked in Polish.
If you tell her to go "night night", she'll pretend to fall asleep. If you say "wake up" she'll open her eyes and act alert :)
She folds her arms and closes her eyes for family prayers. It usually doesn't last long into the prayer itself, but she's getting the hang of it :)
Her favorite foods right now are: strawberries, cheese, kiwi, blueberries, pizza, cinnamon toast and cereal.
She is getting so big and doing so much. I'm sure that I could take hours to write about everything she's doing, but I don't have the time seeing as I have an 18 month old who needs quite a bit of attention :)
She went to the doctor on Tuesday and her doctor was completely impressed with her verbal and motor skills. Olivia repeated every word we were telling the doctor she says on a daily basis, she got up and danced for all of us, she said "thank you" without being prompted to do so when the doctor handed her a tongue depressor to play with, she talked(gibberish) non stop too. She did great! It was her first doctor's appointment where they let her wear this cute little hospital gown. I wish that I had taken a picture. She was sooo cute in it :) Here are her stats:
20lbs--15%
31.5in--60%
Head--97%
