17 month update

You are growing so big!  I can't believe that you will be old enough to go to nursery in a month!  You are truly testing out your boundaries and fighting for whatever independence you can get.

Some things about you at 17 months:

*You are saying so many new words, although I may be the only one who can understand them!  I'm constantly translating for other people, even Daddy sometimes.  New words: baby, pee-pee, Bennett ("nennett"), where is it ("wizzit"), outside ("ow-sye"), Pocket ("dahdet"), Red ("whey"), off, lotion ("wub-wub"), more ("me") - you also sign "more!"
*You are good at following simple directions.  You'll throw things away for me, give things to the puppies, or take things to whoever I tell you to.
*We bought a small potty for you to start getting acquainted with so that potty-training will hopefully go easier down the road.  You've grown very fond of the gummy bears I bought you for your potty treats and any time you spy the bag on the counter you'll point to it and ask hopefully "teat? teat?" You know the rule is you only get one if you sit on the potty, so I'll take one out and tell you to sit on the potty and you'll toddle over and sit on it (rarely correctly, or sometimes you'll stand in it instead, but it still counts!)
*You still love playing with cars and get excited if you see a big truck outside.  Whenever we're at a store you throw a fit if you see a toy car and we don't let you play with it.
*You are kind of obsessed with the puppy kibble.  You'll happily munch on it if we don't catch you first.  We have to hide it behind the couch so you don't get to it, but you are already learning how to climb so I have a feeling that it won't be much longer before we have to come up with a new solution.
*I showed you how to put on lotion and you LOVE it.  If you see a lotion bottle you'll ask for the "wub-wub" (rub rub) and hold out your hands so I can put a little bit on your palms, then we'll have to prompt you to "rub rub"
*You have a hiding spot in the house where you think I can't see you - you hide in your room behind the rocking chair. 
*Tooth #7!  On the bottom next to the middle right.  Popped up around December 1st.
*You love Aunt Ayisha so so much.  She is your favorite person in the whole world.  You start bawling when you realize she's about to leave.  She's the only person that you will cry over other than me.  She's a very good mommy substitute because she parents you the same way I do, but every once in a while you show me that you still like me best, which is good for my ego!