Landry is such her own girl these days with more personality than can seemingly fit in her little body. She's doing almost everything except walking. :) She just doesn't seem to really want to. I know I should rush it, but it's starting to feel a little late in the game. She can take several steps at a time, like up to 10 or so, but then she squats or plops down and crawls the rest of the way. I don't know why I feel eager for this at all because it truly is another huge good-bye to babyhood. So this is my pledge to be content and enjoy her cute little booty-shakin' crawl as long as I can.
Landry knows exactly what she does or doesn't want and isn't afraid to tell us. An exciting development in the last month or two is her increase in signing. She's a signing machine now and I do think it's helped a lot in her level of frustration. She picks up on it so easily now and applies it to all situations. For awhile her most favorite and used sign was please. She would do it anytime she wanted anything and with vigor. Now she does drink, milk, more, all done, and some others she's made up herself like patting her head for a headband (which she still promptly removes only to want it on again), pulling on the back of her shirt for her hood to be up (she loves wearing hoods!), and pointing in any general direction with an urgent fuss for wanting something.
She's making more talking sounds and has a few words- dada, mama (sometimes), gaga (cats or animals), ma (more), uh-oh, pop (when Daddy pops peas in her mouth). I feel like the signing has cut back on her desire to talk, but I remember the boys going through that as well and I know she'll catch right up.
She's become a bit of fashionista and absolutely loves wearing shoes. It is so cute and funny. If she sees them she'll say please over and over pointing and then when you get them she does a cute little one syllable laugh. Darling! Her most recent favorite are the too-big black, patent leather Mary Janes Grandma Marge got her at Goodwill. But they fit pretty well and she looks pretty darn cute in them. And once she has shoes on she doesn't want to take them off. As I mentioned she loves wearing hoods and I'm just getting the feeling that she's going to be picking out her own outfits before too long as well. I'm not excited about that day, except for the fact it will be more Landry personality shining through.
She still seems to have a pretty short attention span and rarely gets lost in her toys. I can't remember what is normal for this age, but she has no desire to sit and play in a room with toys- even if I'm there with her. I seem to be her kryptonite you might say because when I'm around (which is almost all of the time) she just wants to cling to me and whine at me. We're working on this and I"m hoping she'll outgrow it soon and be more interested in things that can hold her attention. She seems to like non-toys more that require fine motor skills, like putting a pen in Macy's dog bone or taking coins in and out of Papa's coin jar, or emptying my bathroom cabinets. Most days I feel like I just can't find any activities to keep her engaged. We'll see.
She's made the official transition from 2 naps to one this past month. At first she just wasn't tired at 9 and then if I did try to put her down by 9:30 she wouldn't go to sleep again for the rest of the day. Like other sleep changes it was a little bit of a rough transition, but I think she is just this week really settling into a better routine and has been happier overall for it. We've had some long, cranky mornings trying to make it to 11:30 or noon and then she'd only sleep for 90 min sometimes. Even 2 hours after a long, trying morning just hasn't seemed like enough. But now she's able to handle the morning much better and has taken good afternoon naps. She's still doing great at night and sleeping 12 hours straight. I am so proud of how far she's come!
She is very aware of everything her brothers are doing and desperately wants to be a part of it all. It's hard to explain to her why she can't have gum or join them on the top bunk- which by the way I have no idea how we're going to keep her off of when she can finally climb the ladder. She loves their cozy coupes at Nana's house and they continue to be so good and patient with her. They are the best big brothers I've ever seen.
Overall Landry can be summed up in a word Nana applied to her on Christmas Eve- spicy! She knows what she wants and will fight for it. She has such a sweet personality and loves to do a pretend shy routine where she buries her head in whoever's holding her if there's someone she doesn't know talking to her, but she also knows how to wear me out! There's never a dull moment and I can't wait to see how she continues to grow!
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