I am 20 Months Old Today!

I am 20 months old today!  Not sure when they stop counting in months and just say I'm "One and a half", or "Almost Two", but I guess Mommy and Daddy still want to think that I'm a baby. But, when they ask if I'm a baby, I tell them "No", which they think is pretty funny.  

In fact, whenever Mommy or Daddy ask a question in conversation, I always answer "yes" or "no", even if they aren't talking to me.

I have been amazing Mommy and Daddy with my talking that they've lost count at how many words I know because I pretty much repeat the last word of every sentence I hear.  When we're reading books, I point to everything on the pages and name everything I see.  

But I do have some difficulty pronouncing multisyllable words.  For example, I say "nana" for "banana".  When I grab my octopus toy or see an octopus in a book, I call it "ockpus".  I say "anmals" for "animals", but I do know that Mommy's water bottle and my milk bottle are "bottles" (and I prefer my bottles over my sippy cups for milk).

I'm starting to sing my ABC's, but I basically know the tune more than the letters in order.  

And I'm so sick of counting.  Ever since Mommy and Daddy figured out I knew how to count (or at least knew my even numbers), they have been trying to get me to perform for every auntie.  I now refuse to perform.  If we're reading a book and Mommy starts pointing at things and counting, I push her hand away and turn the page.  Just let me read the book for pete's sake.

My favorite foods these days:

* edamame (though I can't quite say that word, so I just point at it)

* scrambled eggs

* rice

* noodles (macaroni, long noodles, short noodles, any kind of noodle!...and I can say "Noodles")

My favorite activities:

* Drumming...I love drumming everything in the house and have tins and drums all over the place.

* Stacking blocks and making towers

* Playing with all my different Elmo toys (I make Mommy put the Elmo cd in the car everytime she drives, so if you hear her singing Elmo songs, you'll know why!)

* Running, climbing, and playing at Nana's & Popsicle's (I especially love playing in their yard, in my hiding hole, which is a shady tree covering a secret place to find sticks and rocks and all kinds of cool things.  It's also where Daddy used to play when he was little.)

* Reading books of course (I'm still really into animals and naming them and the sounds they make...though I think that every seal, dolphin, and shark is a "whale".)

* Playing 'hide and go seek' or "Where's Chase?" when we're eating dinner.  I cover my eyes, and Mommy and Daddy never know where I am!  Then I take my hands away and just laugh!  

* Watching "Choo-choo", a.k.a. "Thomas the Train" and old Muppets videos.  

* Playing with dogs and feeding birds

* Singing songs and dancing

Mommy and Daddy keep saying that this is their favorite age because I'm so much fun to be around and am doing new things everyday.  Mommy recently introduced playdough to me, but just like my crayons, I mostly enjoy taking it out and putting it back into its container.

I'm so excited to meet all of Mommy's friends and see my cousins and family in Seattle and California in a couple of weeks!  It's going to be so much fun!  Do you think it will snow again for me??