Words

Dear Isabella,

You have more words again! "Bao" (ball), Abby, and Dad. You also said "pop" once when we were playing with bubbles and "eye" twice yesterday when you poked my eye because I was pretending to sleep.

You are also becoming interested in the potty and we try to put you on the potty before bath each night. Once at Grandma's house you happened to make shishi when you were up there and you were so proud! You thought it was the greatest thing, Grandma said, and kept making your sign for "more." Last night I put you on and you sat for a little bit and I asked, "all done?" And you shook your head, and after a couple seconds you made shishi again! Maybe it's time to start thinking about really potty training you.

You had a check up today and you're 24 pounds which is the 25-50th percentile, and 32.25 inches which is the 50-75th percentile.

You always keep us on our toes with all the climbing up and down the couch, and being curious about everything. You are also very opinionated about what you want and when. I'm not sure where you get that from. ;)

Also, you say "up" when you mean up and also when you mean down!

You want to be friends with Orange but he's still not very sure about it. Your feelings get so hurt when he doesn't want to play.

That's it for now Monkey. I love you!

Love,
Mommy

My Monkey

Dear Isabella,

Your name isn't Bean anymore - it's Monkey! You're such a rascal climber. In a flash you scramble up onto any furniture you can. You sure keep us busy.

You're also talking! Your words so far: no (go figure), up, oh-way (Orange), mum-mum, Mom, wow, meow.

Your speech therapist told Daddy last week that we have to completely take away your pacifier even at naptime and bedtime. We thought it would be a terrible struggle. The first night you cried for exactly 20 minutes. The second night was less than 10 minutes. The third night was about one minute and now you don't cry. You do ask for it and we have to show you all the places we used to hide it but once you see it's gone, you are satisfied.

You're such a big girl already. Slow down, Monkey!

Love,
Mommy