Charlotte's Gallery

I want

I miss those days when we used to go to the store and Charlotte would just lay there in her car seat wide eyed and content.

We saw a Mickey Mouse stuffed animal today and she recognized him. "Ichey" she said as she pointed to him. I gave in and let her hold and kiss him. Then I tried to sneak him back onto the shelf but she caught on and started crying.

Then we went to the running store and she started throwing the little soccer balls they had. When it was time to leave she threw a fit even though I told her she has the same mini soccer ball at home. One of the workers came to the rescue with a yellow balloon.

23 Months Old

This quite possibly could be the last "months" post. The little munchkin has outgrown babyhood and is in full force toddlerhood. Here is the latest...

• She can now walk up stairs instead of crawling up them by herself as long as she has a wall or banister to hold on to
• "Mine" is the word of choice
• She can count to three on her own now
• When Daddy says mouth and nose in Chinese she points to them
• If we don't put shorts on her, she will take off her diaper at nap time which leads to regret

Potty

Today was an exciting day in the Ng household. Charlotte went pee in the potty! She was taking a bath and she pointed to her little potty chair. Kayu dried her off and she sat on her potty. A minute later she shook her hands signing all done. She got up and to our amazement she had peed. She got lots of high fives and three M&M's. Lately she doesn't like being in a wet diaper and she says "diaper" which we previously thought she was saying "apple." Hopefully she will continue being a big girl.

Best

1 Year Video (better late than never!)

C's First Year from Shannon Ng on Vimeo.

22 Months

The latest and greatest...

• She says "ready, set, go"
• She mimics us cleaning
• She has started combining words like "more please"
• When she wants to (key words...when she wants to), she can repeat the number 1 through 5 in Chinese with Daddy
• When we try counting with her and she doesn't want to, she with say "no!" after every number
• She hates taking baths now (might have to do with her stressed out parents worried about getting water in her ears with the tubes)
• She loves leaves and flowers (which sounds more like firefly)
• She loves putting on grown-up shoes
• She pats a spot on the couch and says "sit, sit!"