14 months old

Maria is now 14 months old. She continues to get taller, but not much heavier. She has graduated from unsteady walking to running, and is developing and expressing her independence. This has lead to the development of a bit of a temper...can't imagine where she got that from (said with a hint of sarcasm). She is also beginning to talk a lot more; I can think of at least 6 words she now uses: baby, uh-oh, daddy, momma, hi (occasionally into her phone), bye (with the toy phone today), and no. The "no" is quite cute, as I'm pretty sure she is using it for "yes" too. She may even have a word for "Tucker", Grandma and Grandpa E's dog...but you'd have to ask them, and she has her form of "all-done" for meals. All in all, it's pretty amazing to witness first hand. As for what she understands...that you can see increasing daily. In fact, if you tell her that she "needs her pants changed" she will walk on her own to her change table for you. She's a smartie all right.




She has also finally cut two more teeth! This has changed her look quite a bit...gone is our baby...definitely the parents of a toddler now.