Ava at 18 months

18 months. What a milestone! I cannot believe that little baby is now 18 months! (I've been working on this post so long she is now 19 months, but oh well) I wanted to make a list of all the things she is doing at this point so I don't forget. However, there are so many things that I have no idea if I'll be able to write everything!

Words that most people can understand:
People:
Ava
Lexi
Mom-o (this is my name. I have accepted it and now absolutely adore it)
Caca/Gaga (ok, maybe not most people understand this but its "Daddy" haha)
Gigi (my mom)
Papa (suppose to be Poopaw / my dad)
Papa (suppose to be Poppy / Chad's dad - yes these two are the same)
Mimi (Chad's mom)
Pepper (their dog)
Cocoa (my mom's dog)
Kyle (sounds more like Cow)
Chelsie (Chee)
Brian (Bown)
Brett (Bett)
Kevin (He is know as Uncle Toomah so she says Moomah)
Donna (nona)
Blair (bur)
Laura (yarah)
Ellie (Eee)
Dana (nona)
Pooh
Roo
Eeyore
Owl
Rabbit
Simba
Mufasa (sasa)
Blue (from Blue's Clue's)
Elmo
Abby
She knows a lot more people if you ask where so-and-so is, she can point to them.

Animals:
Woof-Woof (for a dog)
Meooow (cat)
Elephant and sound
Sheep and sound
Lion and sound (sounds more like raiuhn)
Giraffe
Turtle (Turl)
Gurrr (for a Bear)
Tiger (in a whisper/growl voice - kygahh)
Ribbit
Oink-oink eeee (Pig)
cococoOOOO (rooster)
Horse and sound (howse)
Cow sound (mooo)
Zebra (babah)
Monkey sound (AEH AEH AEH! - this is always extremely loud)
Snake sound (ssssss)
Bee and sound (instead of buzzing she just says beeeeeee)
Bird and sound (ee ee ee)
Panda (she adores pandas, its hilarious!)
Owl and sound
Hippo
Alligator (aldigurdur)
Bear and sound
Antelope (weird that she knows this one, but she does!)
She says bee for ladybug but I guess that wouldn't really count haha
Penguin
Whale (this is my fav right now! its hilarious. Whaaaaayle)
Kangaroo (garoo)
Butterfly (and she flaps her hands around)
Duck and sound (guck)
Chicken and sound
Mouse and sound (mowf)
She knows a lot more if you say "where is the ____" and she can point to it, just hasn't figured out how to say it yet.

Body Parts:
eyes
nose
mouth
ears
hair
head
hand
feet
toes
tongue
eyebrow
(she knows where just about everything is, but can't say everything yet)

Foods:
banana
grape
yogurt
cheese
fruit snack (nack nack)
cracker
puffs (for recces puffs)
peach
apple
orange
chicken
pizza
doughnut
waffle
pop-tart

Colors:
red
blue
yellow
green
pink
purple
orange
black
white

Other Words:
baby (and she says ohh baby! when she is rocking a baby)
milk (nuk)
chocolate milk
juice
more (MO!)
me
yes
no (she knows this one too well)
mine (this is new - and she uses it ALL the time)
hello
bye-bye
ball
potty
this
pool
bite
yum
all gone
all done
please (peeeeeese)
thank-you
bath
shoes (oofs)
hat
book
hot
wet
night-night
blankie
paci (pas)
swing
bite
teeth
lab
water (wa-wa)
march
hop
moon
sun
sock
go
color
piano
ride
bowl
hooray
amen
buckle
bow
diaper
tv
picnic
pretty
sit down
pillow
candle
oval
fly
flower
tree
ice
wipe
bubble
dance
light
lamp
Cardinal
baseball
War Eagle!
alright
oh wow

She's also starting to put words together. She's said several 2 word phrases like a word and then the color of whatever she is pointing out, or a person and a description word about them but the longest sentence so far was when we were watching Lion King and she said "Oh! A baby lion!"

Speaking of, her favorite things to watch right now are The Lion King and Winnie the Pooh. I believe we've watched them a combined total of 5000 times now. I must say, these are SO much better than watching the little baby shows. Those were getting a little annoying... :)

Favorite food: any fruits really. Blueberries and bananas are at the top of the list!
Favorite color: I'm not quite sure on this one but I'd say either pink or yellow is what it seems like.
Favorite animal: Dogs, giraffes and pandas
Favorite activity: anything outside and swimming, also dancing

She is a very smart little girl which can make things challenging at times but she's getting through it! She still isn't the best sleeper, and her sister is outshining her in that category for sure, so maybe she'll learn something from Lexi! She has a very sweet heart and is always hugging and kissing things and people. 95% of the time she is very, very sweet to Lexi and I love watching them interact.