Notes on 2006 Amy

January 2006

• 1/9/06 – Amy says "hi" and "uh-oh"
• 1/23/06 – Amy crawls!
• 1/24/06 – First tooth pokes through - bottom middle right

February 2006

• 2/6/06 – Second tooth - bottom lower left
• 2/21/06 – Signs "more"

March 2006

• 3/5/06 – Stands on her own!
• 3/7/06 – Takes a few steps!
• 3/12/06 – Dances!
• 3/18/06 – Makes rocking motion and tries to sing "Row Row Row Your Boat" - also tries to do "Itsy Bitsy Spider" and claps afterward

April 2006

• 4/10/06 – Walks all on her own
• 4/16/06 – Easter morning, Amy stood up in her crib pointing to her Easter basket, she was so excited to see she got bubbles
• 4/17/06 – Third tooth - top middle right
• 4/21/06 – Fourth tooth - top middle left

May 2006

• 5/19/06 – Amy wants to carry her own plate to the sink
• Sometime this month Amy decided she looooves her jacket and hat
• 5/29/06 – When we got to the page in her book where it says "elephants are big, elephants are heavy, stomp stomp" she stomped her foot and smiled

June 2006

• 6/4/06 – Amy's words right now are hi, bye-bye, up (means both up and down), momma, dadda, more, dog, ball and balloon.
• 6/8/06 – Amy now says milk with the 'k', also says Elmo
• 6/26/06 – Amy says rock, moo, baa; also copies Reed

July 2006

• 7/17/06 – Amy can make lots of animal sounds (like cow, sheep, cat, dog) and is saying more words all the time

August 2006

• 8/1/06 – Amy has words for CJ and all done. She walked around yesterday saying 'happy'. Today in the car Reed asked her who was singing and she correctly answered Elmo. Amy points at herself and says 'Amy'. She also says baby, Emma, mine, eyes, milk, night-night. She still loves brushing her teeth and goes to sleep at nap and bedtime really easily. Amy can thump her chest like a gorilla.

September 2006

• 9/12/06 – Amy uses some phrases now! Like "move, Reed" and "yay Reed!" When I say "who's the prettiest girl?" Amy will point to herself and say "me!"

October 2006

• 10/22/06 – Tonight we had dinner at the Wenzells. Amy hugged Great Granddaddy Wenzell's legs two different times and asked him to help her put on her 'jacky' (that's jacket). It was so sweet to see that since she doesn't know him all that well and with his Alzheimer's, he doesn't really know who people are a lot of the time. I'm thankful the kids have gotten to know him even a little bit.
• 10/27/06 – When I was reading books to Amy, she held her finger up and said "one more book?" How can you say no to that??

November 2006

• 11/1/06 – Amy has already learned it gets a fun reaction if she wipes off mommy's kisses! She's talking SO much it's amazing. Even some more phrases now like "cookie monster," "minnie mouse", "school bus" and "Amy get it". She can identify pretty much all of her body parts too.
• 11/10/06 – When we play the Riders in the Sky song from Toy Story, "You've Got a Friend in Me" Amy echoes "me" every time they say it.
• 11/17/06 – Amy calls every store we pass "nonalds"
• 11/18/06 – Amy made a very good attempt at singing "Happy Birthday" - wow!
• 11/20/06 – Whenever I put you to bed, you usually cry "mommy" when I am ready to leave...I tell you "Mommy's never far away" and without fail you always respond "Amy?" like you're asking "never far away from Amy?" and I reassure you, "Mommy's never far from Amy". Then you go right to sleep...okay well sometimes you fuss for a minute, but not usually too long.
• 11/29/06 – Amy is beginning to show her temper! She is talking all the time and really lets us know what she wants and doesn't want - sometimes even by yelling! Amy also tries to repeat everything we say. I see her watching my lips as if she's trying to learn how to get her mouth to make the same sounds. Driving home yesterday Amy called out "Poppy, where are you?!" just out of the blue.

December 2006

• 12/1/06 – We went to see Santa at Kiki's old work...Amy was so excited to see him when we were far away, but refused to sit on his lap. Oh well, maybe next year!




• 12/3/06 – Amy's first night in a big girl toddler bed! She was so excited to help set it up, then to pile all her stuffed animals on it and jump on it too. No trouble switching out of the crib at all.




• 12/25/06 – This Christmas, Amy was most excited about the Zoe slippers she got from cousin Cristie and....a tube of mini-M&Ms. Amy even took the M&Ms with her to nap on Christmas day. This month, every time she saw the picture of her with Santa (well, near Santa), she'd say "No Amy sit Santa's lap".