18 month stats

Kaya is 22.5 pounds and 32.5 inches. And she's been in size 3 diapers for almost a year now!

The drive home

One day recently, Mommy looked in her rearview mirror to see Kaya with her blanket over her head. Then she heard "Boo!". "Ha ha Ha" from the backseat. Kaya played Peek-a-boo with Mommy for part of the drive home :)

Another day, Kaya kept lifting up her sippy cup (so Mommy could see it in the rear view mirror) saying "up up up". It's only a matter of time until that cup hits Mommy in the head.

Happy 18month birthday

Kaya is 18 months old today! To celebrate, Mommy and Kaya went to the Please Touch Museum.. Kaya LOVED all the fun activities there. She especially liked shopping in the mini supermarket and checking out the Alice in Wonderland maze. Plus she had pizza for lunch - always happy.

Training

Kaya used her "big girl" potty twice this weekend! Not officially training her yet, but when she shows interest, she gets to sit in the special seat. LOL.

List of Words

Mommy is trying to keep track of the words Kaya is using, so here goes:

-Cat, Dog, Bear, Mouse, Moose "Moo", "Baa", "Neigh". And Bug (For the lady bug book)
- Water, Walrus, Rabbit, Moon (for the book Goodnight Moon), and Book.
- Elmo, Mama, Dada, and No.
- Shoes
-"Dis" and Dat.
- Kaya
- Hi, Bye, and Night-night
- Work - because Mommy is always telling her that this is where Dada is! (and it's true..)
- Mess - anytime she drops something on the floor, it's uh oh. mess. uh oh. Kaya is OCD about cleaning just like her relatives!!
- Nose
- Mouth
- Eye
-Bird

First Sentences

Over the last week, Kaya has said two "sentences"! Okay, so they are both short, but we're very proud anyway.
She pointed to the flower on her shirt and said "Dis a flower".
And she also said "I don't know" many times. Given that her favorite word lately is "no" we don't really know if she knows what she's saying - probably not!! but it's cute!!

Tickle Me Elmo - banished

Kaya LOVES Elmo. But the Tickle Me Elmo has proven to be too much for her with his loud, crazy antics. She's afraid of him. So Daddy had to hide him in Mommy's closet - up on the shelf, facing the back wall, for awhile. One night Mommy was sick of Kaya trying to pull diapers out of the diaper pail, so she put Elmo on top to guard it for awhile. And that worked! But later that night, Kaya picked up Elmo and pointed to the bedroom door. Then she went to the closet and tried to open that door. Then she basically 'told' Mommy to put elmo back up on the shelf!

so that's where Elmo stays now. But Kaya likes to visit him several times a day and say Elmo night-night. Just to make sure he's ok. :)