I'm sure I don't know the half of things since she's a girl and she's only the first, but a few months ago I was answering the door and she was by my side. Then I'm shutting the door and seriously within minutes I'm not sure where she went and then I find her in the bathroom and here is where I find her...
You know she's got skills because this is a pedestal sink! She only had minutes to get up there. She is climbing up bar stools and I think I've already displayed her in one of her drawers. I think she's bummed I settled for a water table instead of a pool in the backyard so why not just make the water table her pool so she climbed up into that as well. The list goes on and on. She can pull herself out of the pool. But the ultimate climb thus far came last week when she went down for her "nap". I put it in quotes because she doesn't really nap. Maybe once or twice a week, If I'm lucky. I more or less just put her down in her crib and then she talks and rests so that I can have some "Jamie" time and she can have some quite time. I had put her down and it had been about 25 minutes or so and she was still talking away in her room. I happened to be in a nearby room when all of a sudden I heard the doorknob on her room.... no way! So we had her reenact later that night...
(There was no crying during the nap, probably this was only because we made her do it 10 times because the video camera wasn't working and we had to do it on Dustin's phone... we're so mean!)
Our Little Ute
For those that know our family, especially Dustin, we are big University of Utah fans... Go Utes! A couple of months ago, Taylor got a hold of a key chain that played the Utah fight song. She would hit the button repeatedly and I would clap along to it. It got to the point where Dustin would sing the fight song and Taylor would start clapping. Then later, we noticed sometimes that Taylor would start clapping and singing na na na na and it sounded kind of like the fight song. It seemed random the times when she would do it. Little did we know that she was way smarter than us. We were in the car going somewhere and she started doing it in her car seat and I was like Dustin, she's doing it again and turned to look back at her. I noticed the car next to her had a big sticker of this
on the back window next to her. That little stinker. The logo was on the key chain so every time she saw the logo she was clapping out the fight song and processed the fight song along with the logo. Dustin has a cycling jersey so every time he puts it on same thing. She was even doing it to the US flag. I have no idea where that came from. She has now toned it down and now just says na na every time she sees the logo. But now it has gotten to the point where little miss smarty pants associates it with sports so the other night we went swimming and she saw people playing tennis and pointed to them and said na na and then when we took Quique for a walk and people were playing soccer she pointed to them and said na na. It's amazing how their brains process.
Our little Foodie
I thought we were going to have the pickiest eater and I'll be honest, it depends on the day. But then sometimes she will eat some of the craziest things. Especially when my mom and sister are around! Whenever I go home to Cali there is a Sushi place that we always go to, I think we've been going since my sister was like 5. They know my mom by name and even though they just changed ownership, they still give my mom her “discount” when she goes. Although I have introduced Tay to seafood, I'll probably hold off on the raw stuff for a little bit longer, but here is my (at the time) 21 month old eating seaweed salad and sipping miso soup from a straw. She was also digging the crab and cucumber salad. More like she ate the crab off of the cucumber (and loving it!)....
Then there's another Italian place I love to go. It's so hard because Taylor is at such a hard age where sometimes she does a great job and sometimes she is just a pill. Of course she was being a pill so we had to go outside which was actually nice. Pasta is actually her favorite, but I wasn't sure about the Gorgonzola sauce and the certainly not the peas, but she wasn't even eating off her plate, she was just eating off her Grandma's and she couldn't eat fast enough!
Here she is eating some Mexican. Nothing like some guacamole, enchiladas, black beans, rice and who knows what else all over your face. How would it be if we all ate like this? At least she seems to be enjoying it (in a psycho kind of way)???
But I will say that her very favorite is dessert. She can be the bottomless pit when it comes to chocolate or ice-cream. Wow... just like her mom! Maybe she needs to learn some control from her daddy. :)You don't know how much her love of food makes her mommy and daddy happy. Sometimes I joke with Dustin about how we may not have ever gotten married if we both didn't love food as much as we do. There is nothing we enjoy more than enjoying a fantastic meal together even if it means a hefty price tag at times, so we are so excited to see our little one following in our footsteps.
(INTERMISSION, Potty Break, Lunch Break, whatever)
Our Little Flirt
There is something about the red hair that seems to lure the little boys at her gymboree classes in because she has had a couple of different boys give her some sweet hugs. But thus far, there are just two boys with whom I have actually seen my sweet little angel flirt back. Have you ever seen a one year old flirt or be smitten? It is actually quite sweet. The first time I saw this was when we were at that sushi restaurant in Cali in March, so Tay was 18 months. It was adorable. What was crazy was when I went home 3 months later and she was still smitten with him. He was so sweet with her. And she would just watch his every move and would always want to give him a high five. At least she has good taste!
She's already started the "I'm not into you" act, even though she is... wow they learn early! Taylor's other crush is a bit closer in age, but she still goes for the older ones... watch out daddy! Camden is one of Dustin's best friends' sons. If you could see how sweet he is with her, you would have a crush on him too. He dotes on her and plays with her and just makes her feel like she's a big kid and somebody special. It warms my heart just watching him with her. In church he'll hold her on his lap and play games with her and even I wouldn't even be able to tear her away from him. Camden is one person who can cheer her up when she's sad and she'll run to him if she sees him from a distance. She has a very special place in her heart for him and it's very apparent.
Current Obsessions
Airplanes/Helicopters – This has probably been for the past 7 or 8 months but whenever she hears one she always points to the sky and now she usually says bye as it flies away
Babies - Probably obvious from my previous post
Elmo - Probably obvious for most kids this age
Shoes – Tay doesn't say a lot of words yet and this was probably one of her first, she's also a girl, there are probably many reasons, but she loves pointing out shoes yours or hers
Bugs – This is a newer obsession. She will crouch down or lay on the ground and look at them.
Izzy would pick them up and put them on her hand so now she'll even pick them up. She loves them!
Flies/Butterflies/Bees – To Tay, anything bug that flies is a fly. She doesn't really like flies. She does like butterflies but she doesn't always say butterfly and sometimes can only say fly. If Tay can see that it's a bee, she does like bees, which really scares me because she wants to touch it. It's all a learning curve right now.
Swimming – She loves going swimming or as she calls it fwim. She has no fear. She jumps in, pulls herself out. She can't actually swim, but she loves being in the water.
Cats and Cows – She loves animals but most recently she loves cats and cows or as she usually calls them meow and moo. I really don't understand the obsession with cats since Dustin and I really don't have any interest in cats. My mom has one that she somehow inherited so that must be how, but it's mow or neoooooow. She also loves roaring when she sees pictures of bears, lions or tigers. Apparently she's more into sounds than names.
Singing/Dancing - She sings at during the day, in the car, at church and she dances when she hears music and during sytycd on tv. She LOVES to sing and dance. But again, normal for any kid her age.
Rocks – There is a pond where we take Quique to swim. Sometimes we'll hang out there for 30 minutes or so and Tay is totally content just throwing rocks the entire time. In fact, the girl may be developing quite an arm. Time will tell, I guess.
The Moon – When we go on our walks later in the day or evening, she will point up at the sky over and over again pointing at the moon. She loves looking at the moon, knowing where the moon is and showing everyone where the moon is. When we were walking down the street the other night it went behind the tree for a second and she got so sad and when she saw it again she was so happy. It was so cute.
Well... very long post, but there's a bit of an update on Tay!
