19.5 month update

I wanted to write this up so I had it with everything else. I figure I can just print all of this to keep track of what Emma is up to so she can read it years down the line..

at 19.5 months...
Signs Emma knows: She uses most of these on her own if she hears the word or sees the object. Uses quite a few to expresses what she needs and wants.
milk, food, more, done/finished, please/sorry (uses same sign), thank you, cat, dog, fish, lion, bird, giraffe, smart, bathroom/potty, baby, brush teeth, comb hair, drive/car, train, airplane, paper, book/library, up, down....

Words Emma knows (whether understandable to anyone else or not!):
woo-woo (train), dog, cat, cow, mooo, ah-ah (arf-arf), mama, daddy, num (yummy/food), mmmnmmmn (her response to what Cookie Monster says)

Body parts Emma knows:
eye, ears, mouth, nose, head, hair, teeth, toungue, cheeks, chin, eyebrow, eyelash, hand, elbow, fingers, arm, leg, tummy, butt, back, knee, shoulders, foot, toes, heel (with some help, we are just learning this)

She has 13 teeth (unless another has started to poke through in the past week or so).

She is getting good at recognizing where we are when we are driving around town. She never fails to point out
- the market (where a mighty mouse ride is)
- the plaza where the video store and Pamida are (we do a little shopping there)
- the bank
- the gas station we get our gas at
- the shopping center that has the ice cream parlor(num num if we even drive near it!)
- she recognizes the train crossing south of town (woo-woo if we drive near a crossing or she sees a train, moving or parked)

Does hand motions for: Itsy Bitsy Spider, Head shoulder knees and toes, Where is Thumbkin, If you are happy and you know it, and the wheels on the bus.

Does not watch too much TV. She is interested in: Lazy Town, Blues Clues and The Backyardigans but mostly for the music. Blues Clues is the only on she will occasionally tune into for more than the music.

Really into caring for her babies (can be her cabbage patch, a little people person or another doll). She likes to feed them, give them a bottle, burp them, rock them in her arms, put them to bed in the cradle, take them for rides in the doll stroller, and "change" their diapers (she grabs a diaper and opens it and lays them on it... will grab the diaper cream and wipes if I forget to put them up too!).

Emma loves to dance, play at the park and outside, paint, color, play with rice, water and sand. She enjoys the library and checking out books and videos. She really enjoys story time each week and seeing her friends there.

Sleeping an average of 12 hours a night. Naps are hit or miss but when she goes down she will sleep an hour up to 3 hours.

OK that is it for now, Emma is done playing on her own and it is time for family time!