Socks and Shoes

Norah's new thing is trying to put her own socks on.  She has long been amused by her own socks.  She likes to play with them, wave them around, carry them with her, etc.  However, it's only been recently that she has actually been trying to put them on.  She can't do it yet, but she definitely has the right idea.  Also, she understands "Sit down and take off your shoes."  When we get home we tell her to sit down and take off her shoes and she tries.  She can undo the velcro, but she can't pull the shoe off entirely on her own yet.  Lastly, while on the topic of socks and shoes, she loves the book "Put On Your Shoes" by Dan Stiles.  Auntie Jillian gave her this book, and when the little girl in the book says "No" Norah turns her head back and forth from left to right for additional effect.  Luckily, she doesn't mind putting on her own shoes or taking them off!

14 months

Norah turned 14 months over the weekend.  Here are a few of her current highlights:

• She loves to read.  Her favorite books right now are Bee-Bim-Bop, Put on Your Shoes, Curious George books, and Hippos Go Berserk
• Norah's words right now are "ba" for a lot of things, though I think she is trying to say the real word.  It just happens a lot of her words start with "b" (i.e. book, banana, bottle, etc.).  She says "bye bye", "mama", "uh oh", and her version of "papa/dada" though it sounds like "ba" sometimes.  Those are her primary words.  She does say "yeah" and "hi" sometimes too.
• Norah is expanding her signing vocab as well and now uses "more" and "all done" in addition to "milk" and "eat" which she was doing before
• Norah is really into stacking things...cups, bowls, etc.  She also likes to stick her face in the bowls.
• She loves to throw her dirty diaper in the Diaper pail and then wash her hands
• Norah has started to try and put on her own socks.  She can't do it, but she tries really hard
• She is definitely walking very fast now.  We have to watch her more closely as she is quick, though she still loses her balance once in awhile or has to do a balance check

She is a happy 14 month old and so much fun!!  Here are a couple pics from the weekend.  Her hair is a little out of control because we have resorted to putting it in a top ponytail to keep it out of her eyes.