Georgia girl

Time for an update on this sweet gal - 21 months now!

She is really turning into a sassy little girl, in funny and kind of different ways than Ellen, but sassy nonetheless. I keep forcing stickers and small objects on her - Ellen spent hours that way at this age - but she isn't nearly as entertained. She did have fun with these stickers and I left them on her leg all day, then Could. Not. Get. Them. Off. She is probably scarred for life.

She is talking much, much  more - using lots of phrases now. She is still pretty hard to understand, even for me, but I can see the intention and the lightbulbs going off - love that.

She can jump with 2 feet off the ground, climbs on anything and everything and loves to run and chase - much more motor inclined than Ellen ever was.

She knows her body parts and can say most of them. Belly button is her favorite and she will lift up your shirt to see yours. She says "rawr!" for "What does a lion say?" and also for every other animal, mostly because she thinks it is funny.

She is kind of a jokester - asks if all food is hot ("ha?") over and over, even if she knows it isn't, just to get a rise out of me. She will do a fake little "all done"  sign when she is eating and if I ask her if she's done, then she smiles really big and says NOOO!

She finally says Ellen - "ay-yen"- and asks for her constantly if she doesn't know where she is. The other day when I picked Ellen up early from school, Erik got Georgia ... she came barreling in the back door hollering, "AY-YEN! AY-YEN!" and stormed right past me to get to her.

She wants all of her snacks in a bowl - "a bow" - especially goldfish ("fiss"), her favorite. She also always gets Ellen a bowl for a snack, or if I give Georgia a cracker she always asks for one for Ellen. So sweet.

They do play together nicely quite a bit, but also there is more tantrum-ing from both of them. Georgia messes up Ellen's stuff, and Georgia can't be trusted with coloring or small objects.

When we went to Chicago, Betsy taught Georgia to answer the question: "Where is Mama?" and she said "Ago!" I thought she was so smart, then I got home and realized that she thought that meant "All Gone!"

Georgia can come backwards down the stairs - such a big milestone - and now loves to try to walk up the stairs holding the railing, but really is just a smidge too short to reach.

She got bit at school by a classmate and on the way home from school I asked her, "Did you get a bite?" and clear as day she responded, "Don't Bite!" Now I ask her all the time, because it's so cute to hear her say it, "Do we bite?" NO BITE! "Do we hit?" (she proceeds to hit me)

She loves to scoot her high chair up to the bar and eat dinner with us - beams from ear to ear. She is starting into a little picky phase of eating. I really can't complain because my kids are both great eaters, but irritating nonetheless.

She also has a new habit of screaming - MOOOOOMM! - whenever she needs me, even if I'm right next to her or driving the car right in front of her. Charming.

She is sometimes a good helper - will occasionally play along if I try to get her to help me. The other day I was pulling weeds and she was playing in the driveway. I heard her rustling around in the garage, then she comes striding out with a big ol' leather work glove on, ready to join me.

At other times, however, she is as obstinate as can be. Lots of hitting and pushing things away, quite determined that things go her way. She also has this funny thing about throwing a fit while running toward me, arms flailing in the air, so I will pick her up. Even if I'm the one who made her mad! I think it's because every time she cries I ask her if she needs a hug ... I guess she does. :)