Seventeen Months Old.

I can't believe this girl is 17 months old. One more month, and we will be halfway through year two. How does time move so much faster you have kids?!

Brooklyn is just starting to understand a little more speech and to use a few words. Her words are "juice" (can mean food or drink), "bye-bye", "bubbles" (said buh-buh), "uh-oh", and oddly enough, "touchdown." Click here if you don't believe me. Or if you just want to see a cute video. In speech therapy she is working on learning her body parts and names of family members. So far she can identify her nose. We are still working on everything else. She is starting to understand a few spoken commands like "sit" and "no". She can also use sign language for "more" and "all done."

Physically, this girl is all caught up. She is all over the place climbing, running, walking, tumbling, etc. She is working hard on her fine motor skills, but other than a few balance issues, her gross motor skills are right on target for her age, hooray! In occupational therapy, she is working on her pincer grasp, using a spoon to feed, stacking blocks, and turning book pages.

At this age, Brooklyn's favorite things are her blankie, shoes, freeze-pops, snuggles, mashed potatoes, swinging outside, doing anything independently, blowing kisses, Praise Baby dvds, Barbie dolls, and dancing.

We sure do love our 17-month-old!