14 Months Old

It is so fun being a mother. We all know that Madison loves me (of course!)...Anyway, yesterday while watching TV, Madison saw me and Ryan holding hands. She came up to us and took Ryan's hand away from mine. We held hands again, she took his hand off again. We did this about 3 or 4 times before she decided to take ownership and threw herself on me. I love it!

She's only 14 months old and it's amazing how much she understands. We always encourage her to say new words and nothing comes out of her mouth but she does have a handful of words in her vocabulary. She says Mom, Hi Dad, uh-oh, hat, ball, rrrrrrrraaah (growl like a lion), mmmmm (moo like a cow), mmmm(in a very low, choppy sound--imitating her fart & burp), Ra-ra (Dora), Bruh-Bruh ("Brown Bear" from the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?)

She also dances! She has 3 styles of dance moves. The first is your typical swaying side-to-side to a slow melody (she does this to Barney's "I love you" song). The second is when she swings her arms back and forth like Daniel-san in Karate Kid II (you know, that toy drum thing). The third is when she sings and spins around in a circle (she usually dances this way when we sing the alphabet song).

This video clip is dance move #2