I was reading my post from almost a year ago about Lilly not sleeping through the night, and I was struck by how much life can change in a year. Lilly now sleeps 11 or 12 hours at night. Although she is still the sweetest little person I have ever met, she has changed so much in the past year. Now, she walks, talks, and roars like a lion. Lilly hides her pacifiers in her toys and then days later rejoices when she finds them. She sleeps with up to seven pacifiers in her crib at a time. When Lilly turned one, she found her throwing arm and began throwing her pacifiers out of her crib. I quickly grew tired of constantly fetching her launched pacifiers and came up with a brilliant plan to rid our house of pacifiers. That plan lasted a day. Now, my philosophy is that she finds comfort in pacifiers and the problem of her throwing them out of her crib isn't really a problem. When she turns two, I'll reevaluate the situation. Maybe she will be ready to move on from pacifiers.
People have told us time and again that this time with little ones running around the house will fly, and they are right. Matt and I agree that we had to experience this for ourselves, before we could understand what people meant. I am fortunate to have the opportunity to stay home with my baby during the day. I haven't missed anything, and I cherish every moment. Apparently, I have been so busy cherishing, that I haven't taken the time to blog much. Sorry!
Lilly is interested in dumping toys out and sometimes putting them back where they go. She also loves to read. She will either bring us a book to read, or she'll even read to herself. One book, Moo, Baa, La La La, involves three singing pigs saying, "La La La," and on the next page are the words, "No, no." Lilly has started to point both of her index fingers and say, "No, no" as we read the book together. I love it! Recently, Lilly turned to my in-laws' dog, Oscar, a dachshund, and said, "No, dog dog!" because he was sticking his nose on her too much. "No" is Lilly's favorite word right now. She says it even when she doesn't mean it. I will ask her if she wants a drink, and as she shakes her head "No" she reaches for the cup to get a drink. I can't help but laugh. Matt and I don't say "No" a lot, so I'm not sure why she's obsessed, but I understand that it is a common word for toddlers to use.
Speaking of words, here is a list of words Lilly can say, I might be missing a few:
1. No
2. Mama
3. Dada
4. Hi
5. Dog
6. Duck
7. Roar (as in the sound a lion makes)
8. Baby
9. Whoa
10. Water (everything that she drinks is water, regardless of what it really is) :)
11. More
12. Nose
13. Eye
14. Hair
She can point to all of her different facial features (i.e. eyes, nose, mouth, etc). She also twirls in a circle to "Ring Around the Rosie" and giggles when I fall down on the couch. When we get to the falling down part of the song, she races to the ottoman and lays her head down, giggling the entire time. She also knows it's funny to put sliced olives on her fingers.
I could go on and on about how wonderful Lilly is to me.
