21 Months

It's been a long time since I've done an official Keira update. Today she is 21 months old - just 3 more months until she's 2! It really seemed she became a toddler overnight once she started walking just 4 months ago. She has been so independent including proficient use of the word "no." :) Her vocabulary has definitely blossomed although she didn't seem to have the "word explosion" that is common at this age. It was more of a gradual increase. Keira mostly talks in 2 or 3 word sentences with one of the words typically being a person (i.e. "Mommy do-docks" translated "Mommy's shoes and socks"). I can only understand about 80% of what she says, but it's getting clearer each day.

Keira has the typical toddler attention span only sticking with an activity for 5 or 10 minutes. She keeps quite busy following one of us around. She likes to make sure everything's taken care of - cabinets and drawers shut, Ari's juice cup in his hand - and can be quite helpful if given direction. She loves when our cat Obi comes in the house. She follows him around saying "Obiobiobiobi" and loves on him as long as he'll let her.

Stat-wise, she's still as healthy as ever. At her 18 month check-up she was holding steady in the 50th percentile for height and weight. She now weighs as much as Ari, but is still a few inches shorter.

I'm sure there's a lot more I could say about our sweet little girl, but I'll leave it at that for now. It's hard to believe it's been almost 2 years since she came into our lives. It's been such a joy and blessing watching her personality reveal itself and to have her in our lives.

Here are some pictures from the past few months that haven't made it on the blog before today.