14 months and GrOwInG!

Aunt Bug is always able to capture Camryn at her best :)  Here she is the day before her 14 month birthday

     Although I hadn't planned to do a stat update about Camryn until she was 15 months, I was afraid I would forget ALL the things she has learned since her first birthday.  This age is so miraculous!  She learns something new every day!  I love the inquisitiveness, independence and happiness she expresses each day.  I love watching her curious little mind "work." In two short months Camryn has learned how to:

• walk backwards
• spin in circles (and fall down afterwards :)
• say ball, cookie, up, bad, bye-bye, uh-oh (she is imitating so many new sounds...can't wait until those turn into words too)
• open all of the doors in our house
• somewhat maneuver objects she pushes (understands you sometimes have to move them in a different direction or turn things left or right)
• give hugs, kisses and the start of blowing someone a kiss
• show you no....she shakes her head and entire body when you say no to her...so hard not to laugh!
• be a picky eater (we know we now have a toddler on our hands)...will often refuse to eat something at one time of the day, but loves it during a different time
• "get" someone (this is her version of tickling/grabbing them)
• tear paper
• pick up her toys and return them to the container they came in
• bite food into smaller pieces (seems like a weird thing to write about, but she has just shoveled food in her mouth, regardless of it's size in the past)
• use steps, objects or her leg to climb up onto things
• to climb up on the couch
• complete certain procedures or routines...with a little help :) (feed the dogs, warm her milk, put the dog in the crate)
• follow more directions (like go get your toothbrush, get your shoe, get your cup, etc.)
• show frustration...aka throw a fit when something doesn't go her way 

At 14 months Camryn loves:

• milk...this girly goes through 3-3 1/2 cartons of soy milk per week
• grapes, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, bananas, watermelon, cantaloupe, marshmallows, and french fries, goldfish and cookies...those are pretty much the only foods right now you can guarantee she will eat at any time
• reading her I Love Puppies and any other touch and feel book...we read it at least 5 times per day
• playing with the dogs...we LOVE watching her chase after Brohdi throughout the house
• to push objects...we are definitely in a phase of pushing the cart at the grocery store, her tricycle up and down the driveway, etc.
• to brush her teeth...she is obsessed with it
• other kids, especially bigger kids (It makes me a little sad how big she wants to be, but love the way it motivates her to do new things :)