20 months

So I know Gwen turned 20 months last week, but I have been a little crazed around the edges. So, I will give you an idea of what the last month has brought for us with Gwen.

She is getting so talky, I mean, I know I keep saying that, but now she is actually repeating the last word we say. Totally while she was helping me with the laundry I told her that the clothes were stuck (to her they were all stuck together since she is so little) she kept saying "stuck, stuck". So it appears that we are almost to a chatty little girl. Some of the words she says crack me up, like when she says apple..."appool". She is still a mimic and now it seems it has turned into words and noises instead of mimicking what we are physically doing. It is like she woke up one day and the flood gates have opened with her speech. Granted, I am the only one that understands her, but whatever. I know she is speaking more!

Gwen has also become a little more independent. She still likes to be in the same room/floor as we are on, but often I can start dinner and she will play in another room and come and check on me every once in a while, but she does love to wander around bring stuff to me. Which when you have your hands in raw meat, not so helpful. (In the previous pictures you can see she took of her shoe and brought it to me.)

Gwen is really struggling with the whole climbing thing. She wants to get on the furniture so badly, she just can't unless it has spokes or something she can hold onto and power herself up. I don't know how to help her figure it out. I imagine when she gets really frustrated she will figure it out on her own, isn't that how it always works!
These last 2 pictures were taken by Eric. We recently discovered that Gwen likes to eat with chopsticks! Her eating has improved somewhat, she still is rather picky and I think she is pretty hungry most days, but you do what you have to do! She actually eats spinach and cheese baked into little pizza pockets, but she won't eat anything else green. I am still most excited about that she will eat yogurt and drink "nilk". One day she will most like have a "normal" meal with us.