21 months

Happy 21 Months to our sweet Shelby!

Only three months to go until your second birthday! Yikes! I know I said this last month, but your verbal have really exploded this month! All of a sudden, our baby is purposefully communicating with us..how and when did this happen?!

Here are a few more pics from our photo shoot....

 Here's what Miss Shelby is up to these days....

--COMMUNICATING! Your two (and sometimes three!) word phrases are amazing! One of our favorites is: "Wu-wu pa-pa down!" Translation: Wubby (as in Wubbanub) paci (pacifier) down. As soon as we come into your room to get you out of your crib, that is the first thing you say to us...which just makes us laugh. You are always distraught over the fact that Wubby & Paci are on the floor, yet you are the one who threw them there! Ha! If we don't retrieve them for you fast enough for your liking, you start yelling: "Hep, peez!" Translation: Help, please! You are very dramatic about the whole situation. :)  Another favorite phrase is you adding the word "please" to the end of your "more ____" request. Last month, you started saying two-word phrases such as "more nana" (banana) or "more che-os" (cheerios), but now you are adding please to the end of those phrases...which makes it all the cuter. :)
--loving bubbles, slides, books, the hose, baby dolls, and stacking things...even things that are not meant to be stacked! ;)
--This month you learned how to do something that totally melts Mommy's heart. You grab a book off your bookshelf, walk over to me, and plop yourself down into my lap for me to read it to you. Up until this month, you would either stand next to me as I read it to you or you would sit in my lap if I put you there. But all of a sudden, you started voluntarily sitting in my lap, and now that's the only way you can listen to a story! Ha! We probably ready a minimum of 30 books a day. You have a serious love for reading!
--you have very clammy hands/feet, so if there's ever a piece of hair or fuzz on the carpet it will often stick to your hands and feet. This happens several times a day, and it drives you crazy! You start yelling "hair! hair! hep peez!" and bring it over to me immediately. It's so funny!
--counting to ten & identifying all of your numbers from 0-10!
--saying your ABCs (with the exception of L) and recognizing all 26 uppercase letters & several lowercase, too!
--having a bit of separation anxiety, but only when the three of us are all home at the same time. ;)  Sounds weird, I know! When it is just us girls at home, you are fine if I leave to go to another room for a few minutes. But if the three of us are all downstairs together and Mommy goes upstairs for a minute, you have to wait at the bottom of the stairs until I get back. And the same thing happens with Daddy. But if one of us leaves the house, that doesn't bother you. You just don't like us disappearing within the house for a couple minutes at a time.
--your favorite TV show is still Super Why on PBS Kids.
--you love to listen to your Kindermusik CD's at home. Your Kindermusik class is out for the summer right now, so we spend a lot of time listening to the CD's.
--you are enjoying crayons & sidewalk chalk for a couple minutes at a time now! If you want to color, you will just go over to where I keep your crayons in the counter and just stand there and wait for me to get them for you. :)
--you have a very toothy grin now! :) I'm not sure exactly how many teeth you have now, but when you smile we no longer just see those front four teeth! You have a whole mouthful! I'll try to get a picture of it soon :)

We love you, Shelbo!!!