17 Months

Ari Taylor @ 17 Months Old

Such a pretty girl who is very affectionate and loving, sweet spirited and intelligent. Sure, she shares her opinion on occasion and shouts her needs a little loud but she has such a wonderful temperament thus far in life!

She is growing too fast and learning so many words and actions on a daily basis; its hard to record all the words she says and how well she listens to our commands and how she communicates what she wants (via signage and words). My favorites recently are: turtle which sounds like 'toetoe', nose, nuzzle, night-night, water, bear, lion and flower (followed by a sniff or two to smell).

She eats well still and loves to help out in the kitchen. Her favorite foods recently have been toast, strawberries and raspberries, eggs, pancakes (who doesn't love pancakes?), oat muffins and black beans.
Still loves to sit and look at books and be read to from her plethora of picture and word books. She likes to play in the pool, on the porch, in the garden and in the bathtub. She loves Elmo "Melmo" and likes to watch Sesame street while I make dinner.

We are still using cloth diapers and since she hasn't figured out how to climb out of the crib, she's still in one! She likes to have her teeth brushed and hands washed (OCD tendencies from me and Dan...) She loves giving kisses and blowing them at strangers and people she meets. She still struggles with going to the nursery but they tell me she does fine after I leave.

Can't wait for her to meet her 'sister' which she now says and points to my belly (and on occasion, kisses it).