The Adventures of Callie Victoria Ortiz: Callie is 17 months old!

bubbles with Abuelita

adventurous climber (Mommy watched closely to see where she would go!)

Easter- Thanks Abuelito for this pic!

Callie celebrated passover at RoRo's- we made charoset

painted memory stones for baby Ella

pig tails

crawfish for them, corn and zatarans rice for callie

new book ledges

my love

Callie LOVES to sit on her stoop outside...

Spring

more stoop sitting

she loves to cross her fingers- this was on Grandma's surgery day

Fishy face for life! ;)

So..... to the READERS....

I met my goal of doing a monthly blog for Callie's first year, so now I am slowly compiling for this update! Life has been busy with a clingy child, so I am majorly behind on this blog.

Since her first birthday, Callie has done many adventurous things and has really grown up a lot! Callie is no longer a baby, rather a toddler!

After her birthday, she had her 2nd Thanksgiving, 2nd Christmas, 2nd New Years Eve, has been eagerly walking/running all over the place, as well as communicating and learning new words!

Let's go back in time by month!

November: Signed for "more food" daily, learned how to close the dishwasher, gives Mommy kisses, becomes ticklish on her feet, imitated singing and sounds, got 2 incident reports at daycare for scratching, Callie started signing "Up, Please", said "Byebye", became aware of her eye lashes, had her first 1,2,3 weeeeee game

DECEMBER: Imitated "Achooooo" with sound and head movement, had her tubes surgery, started coconut milk weaning, liked string cheese, signals hunger by walking to the pantry, recognizes sign for "hug" and comes to hug when prompted in sign language, says "ba" for ball and balloon, says "all done", says puppy "puhpuh"...

JANUARY-mastered using a straw, told her daycare teachers "stop" with a hand motion, says "baby", transitioned fully to soy instead of coconut or cow's milk, walks backwards now.

FEBRUARY- started showing interest in blankets, so she started sleeping with her blankies: 3 of maybe 20 in a collection! She has 14 teeth now. Says apple. Sings and signs itsy bitsy spider better by herself. Puts things in the trash!!! Started signaling when she needed a diaper. Says and points to a cut, saying "boo boo". Said "thank you" (da-cu). Says animal sounds: dog, cat, monkey, cow... Learned how to get on the couch by herself (scary). Said "Baby" with signing it as well. Said "Moon" and points to moon. Cleans floor and puts the paper towel in the trash can. Opens doors. Tried a popsicle.

MARCH- says "no" when asked questions, like "are you pooping?" - no! Handed me a book and says "read", says "up", says "agua"(spanish) for water, says "bye bye" clearly, outside (out-ties), airplane (eh-pay).

APRIL: said school, moved to the Grasshopper room at daycare...

Words Callie says now as of APRIL: "up and down" with proper movement, bubble, shoe, duck (makes wings and quacks), mama, read (reeee), dada, dog or puhpuh, ball, all done ( aw duh), no, hi, stop, Mickey, Minnie, Elmo, sticker, baby, uhoh, hello, nana for banana, RoRo (my sister Rochelle), baby, moon, bow, mema= Grandma, up, read, hi, bye-bye, more (used to be like mas in spanish!), outside (out-ties), byebyehot (then blows on her hot food), school, I am certain there are many more!!!

Consonant sounds she makes: b for ball, baby etc, c/k end of duck, d for dada etc, g, h for hot, l will sing "la la la", m for mama etc., n for n, p for puppy, r for Roro, /s/, /t/ etc.

She can point when asked to her eyes, ears, nose, belly, feet, toes, and mouth when prompted...

New phrases/words she understands since last update: give it to ___, dance, sit, ball, dog, cat, duck, fish, fish-face, no, blink, stand up, toes, stand up, walk,... take this to daddy... pick up your food (she throws a lot of food that we make her clean up), clean up, water, drink, I am sure I am forgetting many...

Sign Language she signs: up, come, please, hug, baby, more, food/eat, drink, stand, help, baby, cat, give me... I know there are more...

Callie loves many apps on the ipad, but specifically loves a phonics song and as soon as they say A, she says /aaaa/ apple. Debating if I should spend the $$$ for the full file, as she really enjoys it!

She dislikes the shower... prefers baths still... still loves her pacifier...She is a mommy's girl (sorry Daddy)... She is growing up WAY too fast!

She loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and the Disney Jr. Shows.... she has a dance/bounce for "Hot dog, Hot dog, Hot Diggity Dog!"

Older pics I never updated: