Finley is 23 Months Old!

Weight: 23 lbs

Teeth: 14, incisors on top and bottom are popping through

I love to: 

• Read, read, read - still at the top of my list! 
• Elmo- I sleep with Elmo each night.  Mama is planning an Elmo birthday party for me:) 
• Play outside and going for walks.  I especially like playing with bubbles! 
• I love to "run, run" with Daddy.  He holds my hands and runs with me all over the house and swings me over top of things:)  
• I also like to "fly up high, fly down low" with YaYa and Daddy.  
• I love to chase Marley all over the house with my popping toy and scream. 
• I love to wear Mommy and Daddy's hats (especially Daddy's ACFR fleece hat).  Daddy says I look like a hipster.  I also like to find bracelets and necklaces to wear (Mommy's rubberbands, etc.)
• Make recipes!  I love to make recipes with Mommy.  
• Play-Doh -  I really like to make "spaghetti" or "worms"  
• Climbing up my foam gym pieces and jumping off into Mommy or Daddy's arms.  
• Play hide and seek!  

I can: 

• Say short sentences. I am speaking very clearly now!  
• Match pictures from inside books to those on the covers/spine and back!  My memory continues to impress Mommy and Daddy all of the time! 
• Help unload the dishwasher and put away groceries from the store. 
• Help fold and put away laundry
• Finally ride my rocking horse by myself
• Pull my wagon full of stuffed animals around at YaYa's house. 

I love to eat:

• Mac and cheese 
• Amy's pizza bites 
• Chic-fil-a nuggets and fries and sauce
• Peanut butter
• Eggs (Daddy eggs - scrambled with cheese)
• Waffles
• Apples
• Raisins
• Cranberries
• Yogurt
• Whole wheat crackers
• Garden salsa Sunchips
• Sour cream
• Ketchup
• Clementines 
• Cheese
• Ham
• Turkey

I don't like to eat:

• Vegetables and meats unless they are lunch meats

Favorite songs:

• Country music on Pandora - especially George Strait and Alan Jackson.  I run to Daddy when these artists come on and make him dance with me and sing to me.  I call these Dada's songs. 
• Elmo's songs
• Any of the Super Simple songs or Patty Shukla
• Baby Shark 

Favorite books:

I love them all, but rotate through favorites that I want to hear each day.  Some are added to the list daily and some are taken off daily. 

• Geraldine's Big Snow
• Pets I Wouldn't Pick
• I am a Rainbow
• I Hear a Pickle
• Puppies
• The Golden Egg
• "P" is for Potty - Elmo
• The Giving Tree
• Giraffe's Can't Dance