Genevieve turned 20 months last week. Time is cruising by so fast! She will be two before we know it. Here's what our little Nev-Nev is up to these days...
Talk, talk, talk...Genevieve's vocabulary has exploded over the past month. She repeats many words we say and even puts 2 and 3 words together sometimes. I would guess that she relatively clearly says more than 50 words now; some are easier to understand than others. This morning we were looking for her shoes and she said "shoes, where are you?".
Singing...I sing to Genevieve a lot. Mostly I sing silly made up songs about how we love Genevieve. So, I shouldn't be surprised that Genevieve loves to sing "night night Nia night night shh shh" as she puts one index finger over her mouth and the other hand against her ear in a sleeping motion. It is so sweet! The other night Nev came into bed with us at about 4:00 am and she was wide awake for some reason and starting singing that song! I had to focus hard to pretend I was asleep and not encourage her with a smile so she would go back to sleep!
Dancing...Nev still loves to dance and will start dancing whenever she hears a song she likes! She continues to enjoy the Wiggles and imitates their clapping and dancing as she watches.
Active, fearless and independent...Genevieve is very active, she is not afraid of much (except taking a bath of all things!) and is usually very independent. She will walk far away from me and explore where ever we are. These are all great traits but can be scary sometimes. She loves to jump (she can jump about 1 millimeter at this point :) but the scary part is she recently tried jumping off a high bench after watching her siblings do it which resulted in a face-plant and some scrapes! She also will run and climb on any playground equipment without fear; this puts fear in me, however! Nev is also getting quite good at dribbling a soccer ball quite a long distance!
A people person...Genevieve has never met a stranger and often walks up to strangers at games or at church and will start interacting with them and has been known to start riffling through a stranger's purse from time to time! She especially loves kids and will quickly become part of any group of kids she is around.
A baby-lover...Genevieve loves babies and will point to a baby and say "baaaby baaaby" and walk over to them and look very curiously at them. She is good about not touching or grabbing at the babies she sees (unless the baby is her cousin Antonia)!
A fashionista...Genevieve continues to love shoes and has been known to convince other little girls to take off their shoes so that she can try them on herself! She also loves to go through her clothes and try on difference pants and shirts. She struggles to get them on but sometimes is able to get a pair of pants on (usually backwards) or a shirt over her head. The shoes, however, she can get on herself very easily!
Genevieve adores her siblings....And she cries when I drop them off somewhere. It will be very tough for her when they start going to school most days. She will often yell out their names when we come in the house and though she is not very interested in watching TV she will sometimes snuggle with her siblings and watch what they are watching. I think she just likes being part of the gang. She loves to follow them around outside and just be with any of them. Luckily her siblings adore her as well!
Sleeping...Genevieve sleeps about 10-11 hours straight through most nights. As the summer has moved along her bedtime has gotten later and later; right now it is usually 9:30 pm when she goes to bed and she usually gets up around 8:00 am. Nev take one approximately two hour nap a day beginning around 1:00 pm.
Food...Genevieve continues to be a good eater. She is a protein lover and not much of a carb girl (unlike her mom)! She loves yogurt which she loves to feed herself, sausages (chicken apple from Costco is a favorite), chicken and beef, asparagus, eggs, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, chicken nuggets, broccoli, grapes, strawberries, dried mango, almonds and cashews and much more!
Animal lover...Genevieve really enjoys the cows, dog, kittens and she loved seeing all the animals at the county fair.
Opinions abound! Genevieve definitely knows what she wants and is not afraid to let us know! She will cry and get frustrated if she doesn't get something she really wants but with a little humor or a fun alternative we usually (though definitely not always!) can distract her still.
Genevieve is just so much fun and has such a fun, happy personality! We Love You, Sweet Genevieve!!
