Sky turned nineteen months old today!
She is now as old as Aiden was when she was born and that blows my mind. She just had her eighteen month well-check and as expected she's still off the charts (over 100 percentile) in every area - verbal, physical coordination, height, and weight. When her pediatrician walked into the examining room Sky jumped to attention and said "Doctor, here ear" as she pointed to her ear. She remembered from her last visit (when she had the stomach flu and an ear infection) that the doctor looked in her ear with her flash light.
I think this little girl is going to be an overachiever in every facet of life. She is now talking in short sentences. She understands everything you say to her in both English and Farsi. She also now knows a few words in Tagalog and can count to ten in Tagalog.
She is already involved in a lot of extracurricular activities. Once a weeks she goes to the Little Gym where she's learned how to do a somersault.
She goes to the library twice a week for toddler reading time. She loves to sit in a big circle with other kids and listen to a story. After story time she spends a little time playing with other kids. She likes to pretend that she can read and sits there and mumbles to herself as she turns the page.
She has a standing play date with her friend Sophia once a week. They share snacks and sometimes even lunch together.
She tags along with Aiden to soccer practice on Saturdays. The way she participates with the rest of the kids you'd think that she was on the team.
She loves to play outdoors so I thank god for the warm weather the past few days. She likes to walk around our yard and identify deer poop and fox poop. I'm not kidding, people. She also spends a lot of time at the playground right before lunch where she works up a good appetite.
She's obsessed with stairs...that's right, stairs. If I let her, she'd just go up and down the stairs all day long. Maybe she's going to be a climber when she grows up.
Sometimes she fights with Aiden over a toy or a snack. If I try to resolve the situation by giving Aiden another one of the same thing they were fighting over she quickly changes her mind and tries to give Aiden the original object so that she gets the new one.
She loves to sing the following songs: Happy Birthday, Patty Cake, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, the Birdie Song, and the Bumble Bee son.
She loves her animal figurines and can name and tell you the sound each make: lion, elephant, tiger, cow, giraffe, alligator, bird, horse, pig, monkey, duck, goose, snake, and probably others that I can't remember.
Dear Sky,
ReplyDeleteYou remind me of your Daddy at this age. He too was talking and using new words every day in short sentences. He wasn't the singer that you are but he sure did know his animals. I bet you will be always be an animal lover.
You are so very clever and quick and yes, an over-achiever. There is so much to do in this world and so little time you might just as well do as much as you can. God has blessed you with amazing talents so you need to exercise them.
You Mommy is so smart to write all these things down now so all of us can remember these days. Before you know it you will grow up and we might forget these special times.
Keep knocking their socks off at the doctors visits, at story time, at the gym...you've gotta do what you've gotta do.
xxxooo Nana Beth
Sky, you never cease to amaze me with your accomplishments. You are such a natural beauty and a dynamic personality for a 19 month old little girl, you are way beyond your years! What a delight and pleasure it is for me to share a little glimpse into your precious life and Mommy gives me the chance to share in your growth and development so often. Thank you so much, Mommy!
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