17 months has flown by!

Laila has grown so much. Instead of writing a long book, i'm just making a list of the cutest things she does and some of her new milestones.

1. She is now climbing on everything she can. She finally figured out how to climb up on the couch. Then stands and runs across it. She doesn't seem to care when mommy yells at her to sit, she just looks and laughs. I can finally just leave her to sit and eat a snack or watch some of her fave shows (she does love her morning dose of playhouse disney) without sitting by her. She knows how to climb down the proper way without hurting herself. Good job baby girl!

2. Wow! Her vocabulary has become so much better. She constantly uses words like "bubble","water", "minnie", "uppy", "ball", "juice", "cheese", "down", "mommy", "daddy", "koda", "milk", "yes", "no"...just to name some off the top of my head. She "ruff ruffs" like a dog and makes an elephant sound. It's so much fun listening to her. There are times when she repeats full sentences that I say to her. You can say most words and she will try so hard to repeat them. She has got a lot better since the binky monster came (i'll make a seperate post for that). Most mornings when she wakes up and I slowly open the door, she smiles, looks at me and says "MaaaMaaa!" I say "yes baby...good morning?!" and she says, "Hi!" in the sweetest voice. Gives me a hug and a kiss and makes my entire day! oh! and her latest thing is copying me when I sneeze...she moves her head and goes "chooo" ha!

3. She loves to sing and be sung to. She knows the abc song and is pretty good at starting it out. And her new faves are "ring around the rosey" and "humpty dumpty". And she still loves to dance. She dances in circles.

4. She still loves her babies. She walks around with her stroller and pats baby stella on the back, and rocks her back and forth. Gives them their bottles and binkies. We definantly have a girly girl...dollhouses and dolls, princesses and ponies! Whenever it happens she is going to be a great big sister!

5. She wants to help mommy clean. My mom even bought her her own little broom because she would always steal mine!

6. Those molars are coming through like hot cakes! She is very close to a full set of teeth. They are sharp and hurt!

7. On June 14, 2010, while we were in New York, she took her first poopy on the potty. She was constipated so I decided to take pressure off her belly and sit her on the toilet...all of a sudden I heard some plops. I screamed to Marisa and Jordan that she went poopy on the potty. They came running in. I was so excited I went to grab my camera for a photo op. Right as I was going getting ready to go grab my camera, Jordan flushed the toilet...it was so funny! And just the other day at GiGi's house the same thing happened. She seemed to be having a hard time pushing, so I tried it again. No wonder why she couldn't get it out, it was the longest turd I have ever seen! (Yea...Laila is going to be so mad at me for telling this to everyone when she gets older). I'm hoping potty training is easy for her. I'm not rushing it yet.

8. She goes into our closet and puts my shoes on! Just the flip flops and slippers, no high heals yet...I'm waiting for those days. My sister and I used to play shoe store with all my Grandma's 100's of shoes she had.

9. On Father's Day, Laila seemed to not be feeling too good. We brought her to Papou's office so he can check her out. She had a mild ear infection. Her first one. Luckily we caught it before it got worse. She has been on amoxicillin for the past 10 days. She has been so good considering.

10. Still holding off on this haircut thing. It's a hot mess, but I am nervous! Her hair just sprouted out so much in the past 5 months and I love it. Her hair goes down to her mid back when it's wet. She has the cutest curl and some layers. Maybe I'll just have them cut her some bangs so it's not hanging in her face. eeeek!

and lastly, the looks we get from the little sas is unreal. I told her no and the look I got was indescribable. She stared at me with these pouty eyes, I stared right back at her for a good 10 seconds, then she gave me the biggest smile. I had to turn away so she wouldn't see me laugh. I'm thinking maybe a future career as a comedian...but i'm sure Laila is thinking a princess.