Blabber mouth

I was really hoping my last post was at least a February one so I wouldn't feel so guilty, but in fact it wasn't, and now it's halfway through March. Geez. So, to keep up, I have Lilah's calendar in front of me to do the update. So much has happened - she is one busy girl!
Lilah's vocabulary has exploded over the last several weeks. We have started a running list of new words. New words she says on her own, and not just in repeating, because she'll repeat just about anything. I'll see what I can do from memory, as the list is downstairs.

banana
book
thank you
please
milk
juice
water
fish
breakfast
mouth
nose
hair
hat
eye
hello
bye bye
go
night-night
let's go
cookie
baby
up
down
snow
toes
shoes
push
excuse me
whoa
uh-oh
yes
no
bath
wash

That is most of them at least. Now not all of them are understandable, especially out of context, but she's at least trying them on for size. So cute, until she gets mad at me for not understanding.
We made another trip home at the end of February for two weeks. It was great to see everyone again and to spend some non-holiday time just hanging out and visiting. Lilah LOVED seeing her Nana and Papa, and even got a special visit from Mimi and Papa during the last week. She is so lucky to have such awesome and loving grandparents that she loves so much. She loves looking at their pictures, which we do on a regular basis, and now points to them and calls their names. Really cute. And at night she gives them kisses before bed.
Just today she was able to use a spoon for the first time without spilling the food off of it. She uses a spoon a lot and brings it to her mouth but she always tips it and pours whatever right off. Today, she adjusted her hand as it was in motion to her mouth and didn't let the applesauce spill! I was so proud. What a big girl she's becoming!
One of my favorite things we discovered while we were at mom and dad's was Lilah shouting "Hello!" every time the phone rang. It was particularly funny because we don't own a house phone, and my cell phone doesn't have a normal ring, but she's figured it out. Every time it rang, she would drop what she was doing and run over to the phone, "hello! hello!"
Since we've been back she's been a crazy girl, eating constantly, loving being chased, and doing crazy dancing as often as she can. What fun and tiring days we have!

Silly dancing part one - she did this ALL day




Part II- Still dancing two days later