1. She used to sleep on her back as a baby and grew to HATE being on her tummy, but now that she can crawl I frequently find her sleeping on her tummy with her knees tucked under her while sucking her thumb. It's so cute!
2. She has learned to feed Maggie all of her Cheerios from her high chair.
3. She has an umbilical hernia, which causes her belly button to pouch out or look swollen. The doctor said it should fix itself by the time she is 3 or 4 years old. I've gotten used to it, but I frequently ask her where her 'big 'ole belly button' is.
4. She favors her left hand, and always has.
5. When she's tired she gets very excitable and will very quickly alternate between a laugh and a cry. Now that's a girl!
6. She hardly ever stands flat-footed. She's usually up on her toes!
7. She loves animals more than people. We are definitely taking her to the zoo next year.
8. She likes to play in her crib after a nap.
9. She sleeps with a stuffed sheep that we call her 'fat sheep'. She likes to cram it in her face and roll around with it. Ever since she was little she has enjoyed sleeping with something against her face. It used to scare me, but I've accepted it.
10. She knows that camera = smile.
11. She loves things she cant have, and since learning object permanence, I can't hide them from her as easily.
12. She says 'da da' but not 'mama' no matter how much I work with her - although she has no idea what she's saying.
13. She's fascinated by older children. She will stop whatever she's doing to stare at them.
14. She only really pays attention to me when I sing to her - she LOVES music. She only watches TV when I put on her Praise Baby DVD (Thanks Margaret!) or when I'm watching a sitcom and the theme song comes on at the beginning.
15. She lets me cut her fingernails without any struggle.
16. We found out accidentally that she likes chicken crispers from Chili's. Our 2 year old neighbor shared with her at dinner when we weren't looking!
17. She has started noticing when I eat something and will watch me with her mouth open as if asking me to share.
18. She has freaky night vision. The other night I was in her room about to give her a bottle and I couldn't even see my hand in front of my face but she reached out for the bottle when I picked it up. I figured at first that her eyes had adjusted better than mine, but after sitting there 10 minutes I still couldn't even make out her face.
19. She likes to fake cough.
20.She has a long torso and short legs like her Mama.
21. She hates to sit still, but there are a few places that she will accept it like her carrier or in her highchair.
22. She almost always has her mouth open and her tongue out.
23. She doesn't like cold food and won't accept a bottle unless it is at least warm - although we are working on eating yogurt.
24. She is a lot stronger than I thought she would be. I have a hard time prying things out of her little fingers - like her spoon!.
25. She kicks her legs when she eats, and if I don't feed her fast enough she speeds up the kicking.
Now that you've read all that, here are some pictures to reward you! I've mentioned a few times that we had to lower Allison's bed because she was climbing up the side too well. I finally got some pictures of her attempts at escape. Can you tell she's pretty proud of herself?
