Ashlyn- 14 Months

Ashlyn is now 14 months old.

She is as active as ever!  She runs a lot and jumps and climbs anything she can now. She hasn't managed to climb out of her crib yet, thankfully. Her favorite thing to do is dance. We watch a lot of the show "Yo Gabba Gabba" because she loves to dance to the music and we got tired of watching hundreds of Barney episodes. She really likes playing outside but it's a lot of work keeping up with her now.

She also LOVES bubbles. Her grandma got her a bubble machine for the bathtub so she points at the bathroom door and says "Bubble"!  Ashlyn has learned to say several words in the last few months. She says (or tries hard to say) "shoe, socks, ear, nose, eye, hair, baby, bubble, momma, daddy, no, cat, dog, hi, bye, banana". She uses them all in the correct context except for "no"!  When she wants something, a lot of the time she will point to the item she wants and says "no?" like she's asking a question. We try to get her to say "please" instead but she hasn't caught on yet.

Ashlyn can point to her eyes, ear, hair, nose, mouth, head, hands, belly button, and toes when asked. She's also understands most things we ask her like, "Do you need a diapie (diaper)?", "Do you want to take a nap?", "Are you hungry?", "Are you ready for your bath?", and "Where's your cup?"  The past few days she's been learning how to scribble with a crayon. She likes it but scribbles so lightly you can hardly see anything on the page. Another new favorite is blocks. One of her Christmas gifts was baby blocks (the kind that fit together). She's enjoyed learning how to stick them together and pull them apart, although she becomes impatient very quickly and throws a fit if they don't fit together right away. She throws a mean temper tantrum and she's very testing but we love her and we are learning to be patient with her.

We've given her a fork a few times. She is not too bad at using it but she would rather just pick up the food with her fingers or have us feed her.
 Sometimes she will eat just about as much as we do and other times she'll only eat a few bites.

We love spending time with her and watching her grow. We're excited to see how she'll change and grow in the next few months. Here are a few pictures of her (some recent and some from up to a couple of months ago):

 Eating a lemon! 

A couple of fun pictures from my phone