Seventeen & Smiley

Waverly is 17 months old! 

She is full of spirit, such a charmer and just a great kiddo!

To celebrate this milestone, Mommy bought her a few treats!  The first thing she noticed were the new shoes poking out of the gift bag.  She loves her shoes!

Shoes are Waverly's favorite thing right now!  She loves to put them on, take them off and try on someone else's!  She loves to call everything around her shoes and show everyone she meets the sign for shoes.  She liked her new shoes so much, she had to model them for awhile!

Signing is going very well!  Waverly knows all the signs from her Baby Signing Time movies.  Her favorites are shoes and cars, of course!

Waverly's vocabulary has increased over the past month as well!  I keep a running tally of the words she can say accurately and she is up to approximately 75 words!  Not too shabby for 17 months!  Her newest words are helicopter and apple pie.  But my favorite... She has learned to call herself "Wavey".  If you ask her where Waverly is, she points to herself and shouts, "I Wavey!"

In addition to new shoes, Waverly was treated to a brand new box of crayons (since Crissy dog chewed up most of the last box!) and a new puzzle!  We are trying to teach her numbers, so this counting puzzle will come in handy. 

Waverly is really developing her personality.  She likes to play shy around anyone she hasn't seen in awhile, but then she warms up!  She makes everyone laugh by running really fast and then walking, ahem, marching with her belly poked out to go really slow. 

Waverly is usually fairly quiet, but give her a telephone, known as her "hello" and she will shout so you can hear her!  Everything is a "hello" now!  She has a whole conversation, all at the screech decimal...

"Hello?  How you?  Bye!"

Waverly stays busy, learning new things every day, playing all the time and just bring joy to our lives.  She loves visiting her friends and family and she's the perfect cuddler at night night.  Its hard to believe she's already 17 months old!