17 months (but who's counting)

Practicing one of her yoga moves which sometimes results in an unexpected flip.

It's hard to believe my Puchis is 17 months old now. Ugh. Where does the time go? I thought I'd use this post to update some of the words, likes and dislikes of the girlie.

Words - she doesn't have as many words as her buddies from playgroup or from playschool. The doctor isn't worried however, because she's hearing 2 languages at once. It's typical for bilingual babies to be a little slower in language. Here are her words: hi, byebye, uh oh, 'ate (Kate), 'yrie (Kyrie - those "k" names are hard!), mama, papa, Lala, Nana, Mara (Tia Marga), Lo (Tia Lo), bubbles, no! (A LOT!), 'ame (dame - give me - usually said at a scream), 'ey (like "hey" for Mama Mama), agua, wow, da da (down dog), 'avi (javi), Nena (for Nena/Marga), bebe (baby), all da (all done).

Helps with dressing and undressing and "brushes" her own teeth (obviously with some help), also tries to comb her own hair.

Brushing her teeth (sort of).

Follows 1 and 2 step statements ("pick up pink panda and put him in your bed").

Loves: bubbles, music, dancing, gymnastics class at the Y, preschool, climbing things, singing (the best is when she does the "e-i-e-i -O" from Old McDonald, without the "O" part), sneaking into the pantry and finding a snack for herself, her kitchen toy, her red wagon, dogs (at least from afar - big dogs up close frighten her terribly), doing some yoga, puzzles (the wood kind), books (especially about animals), and veggies (but only purreed kinds right now), making a mess (unfortunately for her mama).
Yes, she enjoys reading in the nude.

She also likes to drink water in the tub - gross, I know.

Dislikes: fingerpainting (and painting in general... thought Art classes would change that but no luck), the cold, hates wearing her coat, and hates having her diaper changed which makes that a true adventure.

Fave Foods: (most of the time - right now she's kind of a picky eater but generally speaking these are true) mini meatballs, salmon, rice, black beans, any soups (especially quinoa and chicken tortilla), legumes of any kind, hummus, grapes, raisins, dried peach slices, soy milk, puffins cereal from Trader Joe's, coconut macaroons from Whole Foods in DC, saltines, Trader Joe's cereal bars, pupusas from Dona Azucena, hot & sour soup.

Height: 29 1/2 inches (according to my best measuring)

Weight: about 21 pounds (though often feels like more)

General: Overally, still an ever-smiling, ever-happy girlie. However, we have seen glimpses of a stubborn streak a mile wide (don't know where she got that from). Gets frustrated when you try to help her do something (like hold her hand when walking down the street) and starts stomping her feet saying "no no no!" - Miss Independent. She's had a couple of meltdown/temper tantrums and over this past weekend we've had to enact a time out/cool down corner in the kitchen because she threw her toys when she was frustrated with something. She sat in time out (crying the whole time of course) for 30 seconds. She was miserable but we kissed and made up afterwards and then she picked up the toys she'd thrown.