Gia just before 23 months

In less than 2 weeks, Gia will be 23 months. She's very clear about where things go and how things should be, when she wants something and when she's done. She continues to love school and her classmates, as well as pretty much all animals. We talk about her baby sister arriving most evenings before she goes to sleep (she can't help but notice that she's running out of room on my lap as I read her stories). Gia wants her to be here now, and sometimes lifts up my shirt and says "Come out!" but seems to understand that baby sister is still growing, and will say, "Baby -- napping." In the meantime, she's happy to talk about the pink shoes and binkies that she will give her. Gia is learning to speak new words every day, and putting phrases together. Here are some of the things she's been saying in the last few hours:

• "Binky fall down!"
• "Blankie on!"
• "Wake up!"
• "Flush now." (She's just started to respond to what "soon" and "now" mean.)
  
• "No Nana home."
• "Miss Nana. Miss puppy. Miss Ahnee." (Auntie)
• "Naked!"
• "More. Peez" (Please)
• "Neh-neh" (Thank you)
• "Puppy home. Keep!" (We had 2 puppy visitors in the last few days, and she wanted to keep both of them.)
  
• "Gia turn!" (You can imagine that she uses this one whenever she wants to do something we're doing.)
  
• "Guk lick nose." (Gus -- the dog -- licked my nose.)
• "Wobba hining (Turkeys are hiding. We taught her that turkeys say "gobble gobble," and she says, "Wobba wobba," and now just calls turkeys wobba.)
• "Clean hand!" (She also declares when she wants us to clean her mouth, nose or face)
• "Sippy. Cup."
• "Baby Shister."
• "Mommy booties on. One. Two."

That's the snapshot from today. Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season!!