16 months

Sigh... 16 months? I don't know if i'll ever get used to the time going by so fast... 

Gemma is such a delight and a joy in my life, I can't believe i ever contemplated being childless.

She is such a smart cookie. She understands nearly everything i say to her and her vocabulary is growing each day. She is learning the difference between the meanings of "yes" and "no" when she says them and what effect her answer has when I ask her a question. 

She loves music, is often singing to herself, and picks up on actions to songs very quickly. Her favorites right now are "skinamarink" and "itsy bitsy spider".

She loves to have a "tea party" - she just likes to pour you pretend tea and eat pretend cupcakes and drink pretend tea. Come over and she will pour you a cup. 

She can't keep clothes on her ever since she figured out how to unzip and take off her hoodies, take off her pants, take off her shoes and socks, etc. She also loves to put ON clothes, however, and will sometimes sit there next to a pile of her laundry (clean or dirty), putting on a pair of pants over a pair she is already wearing. She does that with socks also. 

After every meal, she demands she wash her hands. I sit her on a stool and she washes her hands all by herself, complete with soap and everything! Then she has to have lotion for her hands, which she sometimes dabs on her face as well. 

She loves to play hide-and-seek, even though she will come to you if you start asking "where's Gemma", so she loses a lot. LOL. 

She loves to be out and about, grocery stores, malls, or just outside. She likes to stand and wave to everyone, saying "hi". 

She is completely self-sufficient when it comes to feeding herself with a spoon (though sometimes she will use her hands if it's not something that goes on a spoon so easily). She loves to drink water and so pees like crazy. She loves fruit of all kinds, but especially blueberries as mentioned, as well as ripe pears, strawberries, etc. She is still a tremendous eater and can eat all day, if i let her. 

If you ask her, "whose daughter are you?", she always answers "dada". i don't know why - no one ever taught her to say that, but that's her answer. How nice, eh? 

My baby is growing so fast. it's amazing to see her personality shine through more and more each day and see just what kind of little person she is becoming...