Playground

School has a preschool playground that we often visit on the weekends.  Tegan is getting braver and braver and trying out the equipment after being satisfied with just the sand and buckets for awhile.  And boy does it take every fiber of my being to not hold her every step of the way through that play structure!

Photo dump

Too much cuteness has happened and not enough time to blog it all, so here are some of my favorites lately:

Eating flour

Helping make cookies

Skyping

Wait for me dad!

Seriously contemplating climbing the play structure

Her own little couch on the floor

Signing "thank you" (at Namo Buddha)

Yay for food!

Flower girl

16 months

Likes:
Climbing
Her doll, giraffe, cat and bunny
Making her dolls and animals sign words and pretending to feed them
Peek-a-boo
Going for walks
Pancakes
Dancing
Birds
Talking - both real words and babble
Computers
Her friend Felix, who we came up with a sign for and realized how often she thinks of him
Balls
Throwing garbage away
Pretending to do something (like share food or give you a kiss) and then turn and run away laughing


Dislikes:
Diaper changes
Staying inside too long

Walking

Tegan loves to go outside ("ow, ow" which also somewhat confusingly means "come, come" in Nepali) and walk holding 1 or 2 people's hands, depending on what is available.

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