Joy is 23 months

What Joy is doing 

• Joy loves to stack her blocks and put away her toys 
• She will play alone...IF Raffi is playing (so some days we listen to a lot of Raffi) 
• Has stayed twice in with the kids at mom's group (huge for her!)
• loves to play with her dolly

• We are going to attempt potty training soon, we will see how much energy this tired mommy has for that. She is excited that grandma and grandpa are bringing undies for her to wear. 
• Total teeth: 16! Just waiting on the 2 year old molars
  

What Joy is saying: Joy is a talker and gets frustrated if we can't figure out what she is trying to communicate. I can't really keep track of her word list anymore because she is talking so much. She has fixed almost all the words she says wrong. She listens to everything we say so Brad and I have to spell a lot!

 Eats: 

• Loves: Our girl loves to eat: Her favorites are: eggs with spinach, homemade chicken noodle soup, pumpkin soup and shaushaa (sausage). The girl is a carnivore! 
• Dairy Free: We have reintroduced dairy and Joy seems ok. She loves plain yogurt and really sour keefer (with tons of bok choy in it..kind of gross but healthy). She hasn't drank a whole cup of milk yet but we are starting to thin out her almond milk and see how it goes. She doesn't like cheese much, especially melted. 
• Still gives us trouble: when she eats too much fruit or nuts!

Sleeps:

•  Night time: 7pm-between 6-7am. On the weekend she sleeps until 7 and during the week she is up at 6.....no one likes daddy's alarm!
• Naps: One afternoon nap (2 hours-if I'm lucky 2.5 hours). 

Likes:

* Loves listening to Raffi songs. Her favorites are "down by the bay" and "the more we get together"
* Animals
* Watching Simon bounce in his bouncy seat (she wishes she could do it instead of him!)
*Tolerates me putting pony tales in her hair, although she still thinks she should get to watch "Curious George and the Chameleon" every time
* Skyping/Facetiming with Auntie Lulu (Joy always asks if she is in the library), Kalina (Joy always wants to see Esther, Isaiah and Sophie dog) and Grandma and Grandpa who currently are staying in a house with lots of cool animal statues. 

Is learning.....
* to be gentle will Simon...it comes and goes. Currently she wants to be with him on the baby gym and in her crib...which is a tight space and she is always rolling on top of him. 

Dislikes: Not getting her own way! Having to leave a place she loves before saying goodbye to it. Time outs (which is good because when we would threaten time outs she would say OK!)

Favorite event: Having daddy home for Christmas break. We went to the zoological gardens and she was mesmerized by the monkeys. The girl is a true animal lover