22-ish months

H hasn't changed much since her 20-month status, except for her vocabulary.  I feel like she's learning a new word nearly every day!

• Bus, teeth, meow (cat, stuffed or real), cheese, ouch, bonk, eye, boat, this, bath, boo, done, help, show, inside, outside, off, on, tissue, sock, shoe, shirt, book, box, Owen, oops, whoa, plane, choo-choo, beep beep, go, drink, light
• "shew" - whew (as in after exertion) or repetitive to indicate sleeping
• "Mehmo" - Elmo
• "asaurus" - dinosaur
• "ornch" - orange
• "pa-ee" - potty
• "bash" - splash
• "Ta-Za" - Tessa (doll)
• "peez" - please/more
• "till" - tickle
• "ssh" - with finger stuck in her mouth to be quiet
• "Ah you?" - asked when searching for something (been saying this for months)
• Sentences and phrases like: "There it is", "close the door", "brush teeth", "I need to go potty", "other side", etc.
• "A, Z, B, P..." - trying to sing the alphabet song when brushing her teeth (this was our timer for Owen to wash his hands long enough.  I guess she think it's just the song you sing when you are at the sink!)

Some other funny behaviors:

• Crossing legs on the potty, bath, couch, etc.  She's done this naturally pretty much since she could sit.  Such a little lady!  Wish I had a picture...
• She's deep in the on/off, in/out stage of dumping/filling containers, taking off socks/shoes and then trying to put them back on, etc.  Her favorite thing is to fill one of her purses with stuff, put it on her arm and wave "Bye!", go on a trip around the room, and then bring it back to you to show you each thing.  Repeat.
• Enjoying helping like picking up dropped things, replacing things, closing doors and drawers, putting away groceries, etc.
• Blowing her nose into a tissue kinda, sorta, and she's obsessed with brushing her teeth.
• Using napkins when eating at the table.  She'll request with an outstretched, messy hand.
• Blowing kisses good-bye or at bedtime.
• Carrying her dolls or stuffed animals around and putting them in chairs.  Sometimes feeding them, dressing (undressing) them, and putting them to bed.  Is this an innate girl tendency or is it just because Owen didn't really have any dolls?  Though he did have stuffed animals...  I'm always pondering the basic gender differences and whether they are natural or learned.  :)
• Already striving for independence (regarding clothing mostly), while still being pretty clingy (wanting to be held nearly always).
• Acting like a robot.  This one must be from Owen, but she makes a mechanical "kssh" sound for each step, while moving slightly slower, randomly.
• Dancing to a good song in public.  (It looks like an exaggerated driving motion with some squatting or jumping for variety.)
• Requesting bows in her hair or hats or shoes...  And changing socks a couple times a day.  Can't wait for sandal season!

 Look!  I did it myself!  (backwards coat)

 She adores being outside and cries when it's time to come in.

She loves her daddy and her brother! (and her books, in no particular order)

And for fun, here's Owen at 22 months.  Not to be left out, Owen loves to dress himself like a "cool dude".  On this particular occasion, we thought he was channeling more of a "boy band" look. :)