Growing Girl!

Every day I look forward to finding out what new thing Finley will do or learn.  She is a sponge and is so inquisitive!  In just a couple of minutes she learns what something new is called or learns how to say another word or animal noise.  The best part is that she retains it even when we've worked on it for such a short time.  For instance, I explained that a sheep says, "baaa" for just about two minutes.  She never repeated it in the moment but hours later when I asked her what a sheep says, she quickly said "baaa"!

Oh and hearing her pronunciation of baby go from bebe to baby is remarkable.  She sounds like a little adult now! 

It also seems like we have turned a corner with the fussiness.  She has been soooo much better at meal time - not throwing all of her food on the floor, drinking a little more juice or water, and a little more open to trying things.  She loves to point at everything on her tray over and over again to learn the names of each type of food.  When she gets ready to throw something, we ask her to put it back on her tray and most of the time she does.  The positive reinforcement is going a long way these days.  She will close doors/cabinets when asked, give us things she is not supposed to have in her hands and throw trash away all.  We just ask with a please and thank you and she smiles and follows through with the task. 

Her sleep has also improved in the last week.  Could it be that walking has coincided with the better sleep?  Or is it because we decided not to give her the milk of magnesia anymore?  We are trying high fiber oatmeal and juice to see if we can get by without medication.  I hate having to force her to take it each day and I really hate her taking something everyday.  

Finn loves to help with everything and "do it herself."  Last night, she wiped herself with a wipe after I took off her diaper and then threw it away in the diaper pail! 

Why not put everything on your head? 

On the move to pull everything down in the closet. 

Finn found her bin of shoes, most of which don't fit yet, so now we have to try them on and take them off multiple times a day.  haha. 

Oh the mess that is still the backyard...

This girl was practicing walking with the broom...if that doesn't speed up the process I don't know what will.  She looked like a little weight lifter deadlifting the broom. 

Now the dirt needs to be spread ,garden wall built, and grass planted, but at least the trash is gone...

Just a girl and her dog relaxing after dinner... well, one of them was getting to relax...