Little Sweets.

I thought it was time for an update on Eleanor. She is running and walking faster everyday. She has very little anxiety around complete strangers. She will walk up to anyone in a store, restaurant, or park, say "Hi!" and start rifling through their bag. Or she will holler something incoherent at them. She can't control herself. Her friend, Juliet, who she played with at Ikea the other day (a much wiser woman at two), had to multiple times drag her out of the clutches of strangers, clean up after her, and coax her up from rolling on the floor (after rolling with her for a few minutes, of course).

As opposed to her lack of judgment when it comes to complete strangers, she is very wary of people we see infrequently. Usually that is because she is out of her comfort zone, and likely she can sense my desire for her to interact. (Also, in terms of play dates, it usually means being around other one year olds, who she seems to have no interest in.) Around people she is "supposed" to be interacting with, Eleanor is very shy (like her mommy always was/is).

Eleanor has about 25 or 30 real words that she says. Like, ones I can identify as correctly spoken, regularly used words. Then, there are the "words" like "I did it," that she says all as one thing when I say "No, no" to something she is doing. She knows "I did it" means she acted in some way, but she doesn't understand that those are three separate words. There are more that seem to mean things that I can't put my finger on. And, she also seems to have a one year old language all her own. Also, she has begun to speak in some two word sentences. As in, "Get cow," or "Hi Daddy."

Also, she is getting a 'tude. The decibels of screaming we've reached in the car and often the high chair are unparalleled (other than by her friend, Juliet, in her own car). Also, when she doesn't get what she wants, she yells "EH! Get it!" Very snotty. :o)

Finally, her favorite thing is just goofing off. She makes faces, motions, and little dances just to make us laugh. And, how can you not laugh at that little face?