Most notably, at 29 months, she has started stuttering. It seems to ebb and flow, and was "bad" when it first started, and then was not so noticeable, and in the last week reared it's disfluent head again. I can't really tell if she's aware of it or uncomfortable with it or not - every so often she'll laugh at herself doing it, but she doesn't seem to be struggling, per se.
With regard to the rest of her communication - she's a chatterbox, plain and simple. She says "tell me" and puts her hand to her ear if we ask her a question she doesn't know the answer to. She says "why mommy? why daddy?" constantly. CONSTANTLY. We make a concerted effort to never say "just because" or "it just is," but reflect her questions back for her to answer, or provide the truth. She says "smeeto" for mosquito and "agilator" for alligator (as in, "see you later agilator"), which Alex and I think is just the cutest.
Her shyness seems to have drastically reduced, and often times she might even be the most outgoing one in the group. Unless she's put on the spot, then she just clams right up, with her fingers in her mouth. She still loves nothing more than having people laugh at what she says or does.
She now prefers big kid paper books to board books.
She is empathic, tells us without prompts that she loves us. If we express any kind of discontent she pats us and says "it's okay mama/daddy." If another kid at the park falls or is crying, she says to us, "it's okay baby, no big deal." She regularly provides unsolicited compliments: "Look so pretty, mommy." "I love you, mama." "Have nice day soccer, daddy?" "Make you feel better daddy?"
She seems very aware of the feelings of others - for 98% of her waking hours. There is still the other 2% that might boast some tantrums or otherwise center-of-the-universe behaviors. She's also gotten very good at taking "space" or a "time out" on the stairs, either alone or with one of us, and practicing big breaths to make her body feel "better" or "ready" or "happy."
She loves to pee outside. Especially in our front yard.
She's come to enjoy performing concerts on her ukelele. Neked. Her current repertoire includes Baby Beluga, Twinkle Twinkle, Happy Birthday, and You Are My Sunshine.
Adventures this month included Cow Camp, swimming with Harlow and Monroe, boat camping with Mimi and Papa and Daddy, swim lessons with Daddy, Panther Creek camping with the Menne's, picking blueberries and going to a concert in the park with Beebee, roadtrip and camping in Eastern Oregon at Wallowa State Park, daily park trips, frequent ice cream treats, s'mores ...
And my favorite photos from the month that didn't make it elsewhere in my blog posts ...
Sandy buns, riding on Pinecone after boat-camping with Mimi and Papa.
Toddler knees = always a bit scraped.
Future Florida retirement resident.
First visit to Mama's Vancouver VA office.
Lover of s'mores.
Swim lessons at SWCC with Daddy. And the neighbor across the street as her teacher.
Smiles and sunshine on the front patio.
Bad hair day, via static electricity.
First marimba concert at Bridgeport.
Beaverton concert in the park with Beebee.
She looks just like Mama here.
Baby buns are the very best.
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