22 months!

On August 13th (her first day of "school") our little (not little) Blakely turned 22 months!  

This was the month of the language boom.  The day she hit 22 months she started stringing 2, 3 and 4 words together regularly.  As I am writing this she said to me, "Mommy tie shoe please".  It blows me away how fast this happened.  One day she was just saying single words and now that.  Awesome.  She also repeats everything we say.  I can tell she is able to make more sounds now that she could a month ago.  She never could really say the "c" sound, like in cat.  Now she can.  And we all know how well she says football ;)

This was also the month of the potty training.  I've said this before but I want to mention it in this monthly post as well.  She is doing very well.  I don't know when you say your child is "potty trained" but she is well on her way.  I can't remember the last time she had an accident at home.  I don't ask her when we are at the house, I just wait for her to tell me.  When she and I go out during the day she wears panties and does well.  She FINALLY went in a public restroom and that has helped tremendously.  Now we don't spend a ton of time in the car on the Min.nie potty.  Score one for Mommy.  As much as I hate public restrooms it is so much easier to take her to the bathroom when we are out for lunch than to stand outside of my car in the 100 degree weather for 20 minutes while she holds it and plays games on my phone.  I am hoping this week at MDO she will start using their potty.  Last week her teacher told me she seemed scared of it but finally went when she saw another girl go.  When I take her in this week I am going to go with her and maybe that will make her not scared of it!  Also, I am sure after writing this paragraph I am going to eat my words and she will totally regress.  Let's hope not.  

This is what happens when you potty train your cloth diaper wearing toddler.  No pants fit!  Gangsta ;)

A super fun thing she started doing this month is hiding.  And she is really good at it.  When I had my little day to myself and she was with Lonnie all day, he called me and told me that he lost her for like 5 minutes!  She was hiding in the laundry basket.  I lost her one day and found her in the princess castle {picture below} being as quiet as a mouse and completely still.  It is really amazing.  Now we have to hide from daddy when he gets home everyday.  It is cute but I am sure I am going to hate this talent of hers.  

She calls herself Boppy.  She thinks she is saying Blakely but Boppy it is.  I don't want to ever forget that because it is so cute and I know it won't last long.  

She is a total bottomless pit this month.  I guess she is having a major growth spurt but she wants to eat all the time.  She doesn't really eat breakfast well but starting at about 10 am she wants to eat constantly.  Some favorites are pasta with sauce to dip, carrot sticks, and apple slices with peanut butter.  

{always eating}

She has loved Mic.key Mouse Clu.bhouse for a while.  But now, all of the sudden, she is super attached to her Min.nie.  She has to go everywhere with us.  Even if Blakely says she doesn't I always bring her because if she asks fo her when we are out and we don't have her?  Oh dear....

We have had some super fun pool days this month.  I think most weekends were spent at the pool.  Of course I don't have many pictures because I spend my time chasing her around and making sure she doesn't dive head first into the water.  But here is one from last weekend.  We spent most of the day there with Jenni and GranDi.  Blakely loooooves her Jenni {it sounds like Gigi and that just might stick!}.  

She is liking the water more and more each time we go.  This specific time she jumped into the water {with me catching her} at least 50 times.  She will kick when I tell her and will actually let me takes my hands off of her and she will swim around a little bit.  She doesn't quite have the arm paddle down yet but we are working on it.  I really wish I could get her in to swim lessons but all the places here want them to be 2.  Maybe someone has fall lessons or something.  I am going to look into that.  


Happy 22 months sweet girl!  We love you so much!