Another month has flown by and my baby just keeps getting older and older. As much as I miss my tiny little baby, I really do love this age. It is a lot of fun to hear Shelby say new words and watch her as she discovers new things. I'm not going to do my traditional "14 Things", but there are a few things about Shelby at this age that I want to jot down:
- Shelby can now tell you what a kitty cat, snake, puppy dog, monkey, and lion say.
- Shelby loves shoes. Her shoes, my shoes, all the kids in nursery...
- Even though I don't think Jeremy and I really have Southern accents, Shelby is proving to be a Southern belle. When she says "bye", she says it with the biggest drawl. "Baa", she'll say as she waves her hand.
- She loves Roxy. She is so amused by her and loves to watch her run around the house playing fetch. She loves when Roxy will get on her hind legs and is just as tall as her.
- One of Shelby's favorite games is "Monster". Either Jeremy or I will say, "Don't get me!", to which Shelby replies with a loud, "Rrrrrraaa!", and proceeds to run after us. Usually we run out of the room really fast and wait just outside the door. Just when she peeks her head around the corner we jump out. Shelby will squeal really loudly and run back the other way. She could play that all day if we had the energy.
- She has been sleeping in a "big girl bed" for almost a month now. Ever since we moved we had problems with her sleeping in her crib. We finally put a guard rail up on the full bed in her room, and scooted the crib up against the end, so she is almost completely caged in, and just put her to bed there. She sleeps there all night long, and Jeremy finally can sleep without a foot in his ear.
- Shelby is still one of the sweetest little girls. She always lights up when she sees another child and will quickly say "HI!" in an exited, high-pitched squeal. If both Shelby and the child are on the ground, she will usually walk up and try to give kisses.
- Shelby is not just friendly with other children, she makes adult friends pretty fast, too! Just today at lunch at Chick-fil-A, two men asked if she wanted to come back to the office to work (actually that is kind of creepy now that I think about it), and she was putting on a show for two other couples- running back-and-forth between their tables, giving them "fives" and laughing.
As I was writing these things down, it made me realize how truly grateful I am to have such a healthy, happy little girl. We are extremely blessed to have Shelby in our family.
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