Milestones - 20 months and 12 weeks

Well - as of today Lindsay is 20 months old, and Baby Harris Number 2 is 12 weeks along - I'm officially in my second trimester - Yeah!!!!

The weather here has been getting warmer - so outside is the place Lindsay wants to be. The pictures above were taken at her cousin's school. She loves the slides, and nothing is too high for her. We only had one potential wipeout that day, and I caught her by the seat of her pants - whoa!!! Lucky!!! It had my heart racing!!!! Daddy even came to play for a few minutes before the sun went down!!!!

In the last two months Lindsay's vocabulary has increased exponentially!!! She pretty much will repeat anything now - and is stringing lots of 3, sometimes four, word phrases together. Her favorite things to say are to list all of the family members names - sometimes over and over!! - singing songs, and she also loves to imitate other peoples expressions and actions. At Gymboree we sing songs and the kids go for rides on our lap. One of the songs is The Noble Duke of York - and she knows all of the actions and gives her doll, stuffed animals, Dora in the bathtub - anyone a lap ride. The amazing thing is she knows her left and right for this song, and has never once leaned the wrong direction. She's pretty observant and is learning lots!!!

Her gross motor skills have also gotten much better in the last several months. She is climbing stairs standing up, sliding, jumping and kicking balls. She is still very cautious however, and if left to do somethings on her own, will still stick with the safe way (i.e. going down the slide or stairs backwards).

Only six more months until the new baby arrives - and we are going to attempt potty training and moving to a big bed in that time!!!! Wish us luck!!!!!

Lindsay - we love you bunches!!!!! Happy (20 month) Birthday to You!!!!!