15 months

Likes:

Saying "uh-oh"

Crossing her feet when sitting

Sitting in laps

"S" and vowel words (shoes, socks, sleep, arm, owl, out, up)

Showing off her tummy

Animals

Food being on the table for her to pick up, not being fed to her

Baths and playing with water

Being outside

Other kids - doesn't really matter the age

Her backpack - wearing it and saying "backpack"

Jumping (her heels leave the ground but toes stay firmly planted, it's very cute)

Looking at herself in the mirror

Playing hide and seek and peek-a-boo around the furniture

Holding a finger of 2 people while she walks; today she had mine and grabbed a lady who was selling stuff at the market

Dislikes:

Getting teeth (4 new ones either cut through or are just about to including 2 molars!)

Getting her hands too dirty

Being held on walks

Clips or headbands in her hair

Co-sleeping

We don't co-sleep well.  I sleep lightly, Jeremiah sleeps through anything and Tegan takes up more room than we both do.  However, this week we've had a number of nights where our bed was the best place Tegan would sleep.  I love these pictures, to me they show exactly how I feel in the morning: exhausted, disheveled but utterly in love with our family.  No matter how hard the night was, Tegan wakes up happy and ready to play.

14 months

I'm so late with this, and picture-less!  I'm posting anyway, and will get a picture in soon!
(We're back in Nepal, over jet-lag and Tegan is about to pop 2 more teeth through!)

Likes:
Dogs
Cats (known as "meow" or more often "mao")
Sitting in laps
All animals (and their noises)
Peas
Cars
Books (especially the ones with animals!)
Giving kisses
Pointing out shoes and socks ("sh sh sh")
Going up stairs
Holding onto one of our fingers while she walks so she can go faster
Carrying stuff around (the heavier the better)

Dislikes:
Santa

Language Development

Tegan is learning 3 languages.  English, Nepali and baby sign language.  She's been understanding a lot of what we say in English, what the nanny says in Nepali, and signing some words herself, for quite awhile.  In just the last few weeks her language output has really increased.  She learns signs quickly, can identify things by pointing to them after we say them, and mimics sounds after we say words.

Sign Language:
up
down
more
please
thank you
all done
chair
dog
bird
monkey
water
eat
orange
aunt
again
pretty - Nepali version
namaste - Nepali greeting
yuck (garbage) - Grandma's version

English Language:
Tegan knows many animals and refers to them through their sounds - "meow" for cat for example.  She does: lion, dog, cat, elephant, fish, sheep, Donald Duck, and owl.

She's been saying Dada and Mama for awhile, and "sh" for shoes or socks, but last night she said "arm" after I said it while changing into her pjs.  She then repeated it a number of times, pointing to her arm and ours.  This morning she said "owl".

Nepali Language:
She understands simple statements and requests, even after our 3 weeks away.  It's hard to know what else she knows since we don't speak it at all.

We are excited for all this learning and can't wait to see what she says next!

Christmas break

We had a wonderful Christmas break.  It was certainly a whirlwind and though like always we didn't get to see or do all we wanted, we did do a lot!  (I counted Tegan slept in 5 different cribs in the last 3 weeks!)  Here is some of what we were up to:

This is how excited Tegan was for Kenny and Zuke's!

Portland with Grandpa

Helping Nana read to her class

Jet lag

Multnomah Falls

Matching Christmas morning

Tegan's love for dogs is growing

Foot rub and football

Christmas toys!

Santa visit

We visited Santa today for a McMenamin's Breakfast with Santa at the Crystal Ballroom (where we got married).  Tegan was less than happy to see Santa, but enjoyed the breakfast!

13 months

Likes:
Blinking (understanding both english and nepali)
Feeding her doll cheerios and water.... sometimes monkey gets in on the action too
Loving, patting and kissing her doll
Giving kisses
Cheerios and water, I think she would live off them if we let her
Letting you know something is pretty or nice by waving her finger and clicking her tongue (taught by the nanny)
Climbing into laps, especially to read a book
Eating
Making elephant sounds, mooing like a cow and doing the sign for monkey
Telling us she wants up with baby sign
Her friend Felix
Other babies
Seeing herself in pictures

Dislikes:
When she doesn't get what she wants - duh
Photo shoots during nap-time

Photos by Peter Hennigar