This is Alexis about to make a silly face:
And this is Alexis smiling up at her daddy
(who was standing above me trying to make her smile):
Alexis adores her daddy.
We just got back from our great Western Australia adventure on Friday. We are still recovering (Alexis has been taking 4-6 hour naps and sleeping for 12-13 hours at night -- none of us slept that well in the campervan), but everything is unpacked and all the laundry is done, so hopefully we will get back to our old routine soon. I have a huge post in the works that details all of our trip, but it will probably take me a week or so to get it finished. Something to look forward to.
Something funny Alexis is saying at the moment is "nooey" for "noodle". She loves pasta/noodles, but only long spaghetti. I made a bowtie pasta last night and she wouldn't eat any of it, even though I used the same sauce I always do.
Alexis is 20 months old today. It never ceases to amaze us how fast she is growing and developing. I made a long list of the words she could say at 18 months and two months later I couldn't even begin to make a list. She has easily tripled or quadrupled her language skills in two months. She is now starting to put two or three words together into coherent phrases. I commented to John today that when she was first learning to talk we would have to actively teach her a word by constant repetition. Now she learns words by just listening to us. Today at church she was looking at books with John and should could name the zebra, tiger, rabbit and puppies (she only used to say "dog"). Even though we've read these books before, she's never said these words before. And on our trip, she learned words like dolphin, emu, and snorkel. It was so cute to hear her say "Daddy snorkel" when John was in the water and we were on the beach. Alexis amazes us everyday with how much she is learning. She loves to be goofy and silly, and is also very stubborn. She has already developed her "glare" that she gives us when she is mad or doesn't like something. She has also been known to glare at strangers who get too close to her. We love her.
Something funny Alexis is saying at the moment is "nooey" for "noodle". She loves pasta/noodles, but only long spaghetti. I made a bowtie pasta last night and she wouldn't eat any of it, even though I used the same sauce I always do.
Alexis is 20 months old today. It never ceases to amaze us how fast she is growing and developing. I made a long list of the words she could say at 18 months and two months later I couldn't even begin to make a list. She has easily tripled or quadrupled her language skills in two months. She is now starting to put two or three words together into coherent phrases. I commented to John today that when she was first learning to talk we would have to actively teach her a word by constant repetition. Now she learns words by just listening to us. Today at church she was looking at books with John and should could name the zebra, tiger, rabbit and puppies (she only used to say "dog"). Even though we've read these books before, she's never said these words before. And on our trip, she learned words like dolphin, emu, and snorkel. It was so cute to hear her say "Daddy snorkel" when John was in the water and we were on the beach. Alexis amazes us everyday with how much she is learning. She loves to be goofy and silly, and is also very stubborn. She has already developed her "glare" that she gives us when she is mad or doesn't like something. She has also been known to glare at strangers who get too close to her. We love her.
