Searching for Serendipity: 16 Month Recap

Yet another month flies by and Nicolette is 17 months old today. I can't believe that she'll be a year and a half next month! She is such a fun and sweet little girl, she loves giving hugs and kisses and I probably drive her crazy asking for them a hundred times a day. There is nothing sweeter than getting a smooch from your baby. She loves to hug and kiss her friends and to feed them and make sure they're drinking water too…she's so nurturing. She is great at playing by herself (which I keep reminding myself is a good thing), Nicolette loves reading, playing with her baby, playing with pots and pans, "helping" with laundry, trying on shoes, digging in drawers, climbing in her car, pushing Leo the Lion all over the house and visiting daddy in his office here at home. She does not particularly enjoy eating, which is frustrating and she recently became afraid of having water poured on her head so we have to wash her hair (what little there is of it) with a washcloth now. All four of her molars are on their way in. The bottom right is almost completely in. We had several rough nights this past month as a result of said teething, the lack of an appetite was probably due to the teething as well. I've been trying to keep a list of her latest words, sounds, etc but I feel like she's learning more and more every day so here is what I was able to keep track of…

Words:

Jacket
Night night (nigh-nigh)
Bye-bye
Banana (nana)
Bear
Book
Careful
Bowl
Teeth
Hair
Bath
More
Milk (Mihl)
Open (but she says "Aht" and does a big cymbal clap with her hands. But she uses it anytime she wants anything open so it counts :-))

Stairs
Socks (sometimes "doc")
Shirt
Sasha (our cat's name)
Thank you
Peek-a-boo
Please (pease, pease)
Apple
Chair
Avocado (Ahcado)
Buckle
Pillow
Pumpkin
Words she already knew: Mama, Dada, Uh-oh, Hi, Bye, Up, Off, Down, Nose, No, That, Outside, Hat, Baby, Ball, All Gone, Done-done, Bowl, Toes, Shoes, Water (Wah-wah), Duck, Trash, Yes (esss), Eyes, Cheeks, Home, Shhhhhh

Animal Sounds:

Monkey: Ah-ah-ah-ah
Lion: Roar
Bird: Tweet
Horse: Neigh
Chick: Cheep
Turkey: Gobble, Gobble
Animal Sounds she already knew: Cow: Moo, Sheep: Bah, Owl: Hoo-hoo, Pig: Oink (Ok), Cat: Meow, Dog: Ruff, Ruff, Duck: Quack (Quok)

Body Parts She Can Indentify (on herself, her dolly or mommy or daddy):

Fingers
Knees
Cheeks
Teeth
Chin
Body Parts she already knew: Head, Hair, Eyes, Mouth, Ears, Arms, Hands. Belly Button, Tummy, Toes, Feet, Legs

*working on forehead, shoulders, elbows, eyebrows, lips, neck and back