Cupcake Wednesday

I decided that cupcakes were in order to make a rather boring Wednesday a little more fun.
Loralye agreed.

She really was crazy happy to be eating a cupcake.

She just wasn't a fan of my camera's flash in her face.

This is the best picture I got.

I realized today that with all of the posts I've been doing lately, I haven't put a Loralye update on here. And considering that my blog is the only place I really write down what Loralye's up to, I better catch up.

1. She now has 13 teeth with 1 more almost through and 2 more on the way. Needless to say, she's been drooling a lot lately.

2. She has FINALLY started giving kisses. We have been trying to get her to do that for months, but until this past weekend, she's just been a hugger.

3. She walks everywhere now if you hold her hands. She points her feet out like a penguin and bends her ankles in a bit though. I'm trying not to freak out about it. Her 15 month check up is in a couple weeks and I'm going to see what the doctor thinks about it.

4. She completely grasps the concept of being silly now and not only laughs at people acting silly, but does silly things and laughs at herself too (ie. bonking her head into something repeatedly, crawling around in circles as fast as she can, putting things on her head, etc).

5. She has started hitting (especially when she's angry) and we are trying to nip that one in the bud, but so far we're not getting through to her. She also likes to hit my mom's dog in the face. She thinks it's funny when the dog freaks out and runs away. What happened to my gentle girl?

6. She is still very loving, in spite of her discovery of hitting. Almost every evening she will get right up next to us and snuggle her head into our sides or shoulder or chest and give hugs or kisses.

7. She is starting to use her imagination a bit. While we were in California last, she was sitting on the floor next to my Grandma's (rather creepy looking) life sized doll and picked up it's hand, waved it at Aaron, and said "Hi!" to him.

8. She is becoming more and more opinionated every day. I try not to give into her too terribly much, but it is rather funny to have a kid who is not afraid to tell you exactly what she does and does not want. She's particular about her food, toys, being touched (especially her hands and hair), getting her diaper/clothes changed, being encouraged to walk when she'd rather crawl, being moved when she's content with what she's doing, being ignored, etc. It's like living with a little diva sometimes.

9. She is still growing like a champ. She still fits into her 24mo/2T clothes, but all of the summer clothes we bought for her are 3T and they fit her great. I'm curious to see where she measures at when we go to the doctor next.

10. She babbles all the live long day now. She'll babble at people, her toys, while reading a book, or just while she's walking around in her walker. She still uses real words now and then, but for the most part it's baby nonsense.

I think that's about it on new things with her. She changes every day and it is so much fun to watch her grow up. I love her more and more all the time. I didn't even know that was possible :)