Love "You"

My baby girl is 20 months old today...

It is bittersweet.  I am so very proud of all her accomplishments, each milestone she crosses, each new task learned.  She impresses me every day. 

Just in the past two weeks, Waverly's verbal skills have sky-rocketed.  She has been adding new words to her collection and repeating every word she hears.  She also began using phrases.  Now she will tell us that the cows are "over the hill".  She says, "I don't know" and "Oh dear".  She's getting very good with using different tones to inflect different meanings with her words, too.  We all adore the way she says "noooooo..." when trying to fit puzzle pieces and "well-ll" when she gets the piece in the right place. 

 For a long while now, we have been telling Waverly to say "I Love You" to Mommy and Daddy, at least at night-night.  She has alwasys replied with the cutest "you" instead of the entire phrase.  This week, however, she began saying the sweetest "love you" at night-night.  Another sign that she is growing up...

Waverly is doing wonderful at learning to ride her "bike" (which used to be known as a "ride", so another new word has been applied), perfecting her "jump" and learning flips, tucks and rolls.  She begs to do "weeee's", which means a toss in the air. 

Over this past month, she has mastered all of her puzzles, even the harder ones!  She is doing great with her arts and crafts, coloring and painting too!  She likes to play with trucks just as much as she does her baby dolls.  She is very imaginative!

As hard as it is to beleive that she is already 20 months old, her accomplishments are there to prove it.  Waverly is such a delight.  Love you, little girl!