Tuesday, May 30, 2006

15 Months


Gabriella playing with her door.
This toy is still a hit!


Gabi pulled the chopper
out of the kitchen cabinet.


Gabi got a package!
Gabi loves to read books.


Growing Toddler
Here's how Gabi measured up at her 15-month check-up:
  • 30 inches tall (25th percentile)

  • 21 pounds 3 ounces (25th percentile)

  • head circumference of 48 cm (90th percentile)


Gabi has also taken to
carrying a purse around.

Such a big girl!

Decatur Arts Festival
On Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend, we went to the Decatur Arts Festival. In the children's area, we heard storytellers and listened to a concert and did some artwork.

Gabi watches Papa make bubbles.

What fun it is to stir the bubbles!


Mama helps Gabi make handprints.


Mama and Gabi do
sponge painting.

Gabi makes a mess
with finger paints.


Papa and Gabi draw with sidewalk chalk.


Gabi chases a butterfly.


Mama and Gabi admire the doorway artwork in the Square.


Our refrigerator proudly displaying
Gabi's art from the Decatur Art Festival.

WORDS
Gabi can say 21 words now! I could probably add "cat" and "hair" to this list, too. Plus, she can roar like a lion and pant like a dog. Gabi has also used some two-word sentences, such as "more rice."
  • ball

  • banana

  • bear

  • bird

  • boo

  • book

  • duck
  • hi

  • hot

  • juice

  • Mama

  • more

  • Papa

  • puppy
  • purse

  • rice

  • shoe

  • slide

  • stairs

  • uh-oh

  • yes


Gabi reads a book after her bath.


Gabi likes her first taste of chocolate milk.


Yea! Cheeseburger!

Zoo Atlanta
We took Papa to the zoo over Memorial Day Weekend to play with the Fisher Price toys in addition to all the regular exhibits. It sure is hot outside!

Gabi rides the car at the
Fisher Price exhibit at the zoo.

Honk! Honk!

The queen drives the dump truck.

All aboard!


Gabi pets the lion fur at the Wild Like Me exhibit at the zoo.


A little lady in red pushing her stroller.

SIGNS
Gabi's signs count as words, too. Even if she says a word and does the sign for that word as well, it counts as two words because her signs are like a different language. Bilingual children who learn the same word in two languages have actually learned two words. Gabi uses 15 signs, and there are some others (drink, elephant, lion, and Papa) that could probably be included here as well. She recognizes as many more when we model them.
  • all done

  • bird

  • bye

  • cat

  • dog
  • fish

  • hi

  • hot

  • milk

  • more
  • no

  • rabbit

  • stand up

  • Where is it?

  • yes


What a mess you made with your oatmeal, Gabi!


"Mmmmm!" Gabi says when she tastes her ice cream.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi niecey...you look so pretty with your haircut. I esp. like that cute red shirt that you have, someone really cool must have gotten it for you. haha Can't wait to see you...Jordan, soon to be Tito Jordan, looks at your pictures and says, "she's so cute!". We love you...