our 17 month old

While visiting Grandma Brenda Daisha has learned how to throw a cute little fit.  She is for sure growing up and developing a little attitude.  She still loves to give people a scowl, which for now is cute, but everytime she does it, I think to myself how this isn't going to be funny when she is serious about it and not trying to be cute. 

 Here is Daisha showing us how good of a fit thrower she is. When she doesn't get what she wants she gently falls to the floor and lays on the ground.  She seems to get over what ever has made her upset pretty quickly so far, so I hope that trend stays the same :)  I am not much of a sympathizer at all, so I just tell her to go ahead and throw the fit and then we move on.  Truthfully i like to just sit and watch the action while it's happening.  it's entertaining. 

 Grandma has an extremely fun pantry with handles that Daisha can reach.  She loved to hide in there especially in the dark and play peek a boo. 

Daisha at 17 months:  She is beginning to say a few things that we can actually understand such as, moo, up (bup), down, uh oh, pup, no, more, ball, mama, dada, bye bye, night night, banana (nana), bub (Kasen), blue, sock, shoe, meow, she has been fluent in "what does the elk say" (bugle) for quite some time now, I am pretty sure that was her first sound.  Now most of these are words that are understandable only to the ear of the parents but its fun to finally be able to kind of know what she wants.  She has been able to sign more, milk, and please for a while so that's always nice.  I didn't work with her at signing as much as I did with Kasen.  she is such a joy in our family.  she has a bubbly personality and is a really happy little girl.  She likes food, she has always been an awesome eater.  the second she was born she was licking her lips, her mothers child:)  she likes to do what the older kids are doing.  the other day at the park, she insisted on sistting in the big swing.  I started pushing her and she held on really good for a few seconds, but that didn't last long and she had fallen backwords on the ground.  She loves to play outside, look at the horses and cows, loves when our neighbor dog brownie comes over, and run.  she had her first day at nursery yesterday and the teachers said that she was so good and didn't cry.  although another little girl in nursery, sammi, said that she did cry.  so who knows who is telling the truth.  she is awesome, a great little friend to me and kasen.  we love her!