serena update.

she talks!
she is like a sponge, learning new things every day. a few words that she has pretty well mastered: baby, baba {bottle, balloon, or bye bye}, mama, dada, yeah, cracker, no no {though she mostly only mimics this one so far! not looking forward to the day when she says NO to everything...}, fish, ny ny {night night}, ball, shoes, and a few animal sounds {moo, meow, barking, sssss for a snake, and a few others i can't recall at the moment...}

she walks!
when she feels like it. the most i've seen her take is about 8-10 steps before she decides to crawl {it's much faster}. she also wants us to hold her hands and walk her around non-stop. fun for us :) and she can get to standing from a sitting position with no help.

she climbs!
she can go up and down the stairs all by herself {and does it all day long}. she is also starting to make attempts at climbing the furniture.

she eats!
also when she feels like it. lately she loves strawberries, watermelon, pizza, crackers, raisins, grapes, marshmallows, french toast, scrambled eggs, cooked carrots. she has been drinking whole milk for a while now, and the transition was a piece of cake. we're trying to get her off the bottle. right now she has a bottle when she wakes up in the morning and one before bed. then she just has sippy cups throughout the day. next to go is the morning bottle.

she makes messes!
oh my. like a true toddler, she is into everything all the time. all bathroom doors must be shut at all times. she loves to go for the toilet, garbage cans, and toilet paper. pulling everything out of drawers is a favorite. and she also loves to shred paper into a million pieces. this morning i found her chewing a piece of gum. she is good. she is very good.

she plays!
toys are becoming lots of fun for her. she loves to put everything around her wrists and neck as jewelry {wonder where she learned about jewelry??}. she loves flipping through her books and talking to herself. she likes to walk around with blankets on her head. she LOVES playing outside. my parents have a big grassy backyard that she loves to crawl around and explore. she has been loving cherry hill, but we usually only stay for about 2 hours and then she's had it.

she grows!
she wears size 2T clothing and size 4-5 shoes. so basically she's huge for her age. she still has super chubmaster thighs. it will be a sad day when she thins out :(