16 Months Old...And Teeth?!?!

Rebecca turned 16 months old yesterday! And we discovered that she is cutting her bottom 2 two-year molars!! Already? We didn't think they would come for a while yet. At least now we know why she's been chewing on her hands and slobbering on everything lately. So far she seems to be doing ok with them. She's still sleeping well. Although she hasn't been eating quite as well lately.

We're working on adjusting Rebecca's routine a bit. She now eats dinner with us instead of before us. It's nice to have an extra hour free before dinner :) We're still trying to figure out if she is ready to go down to one nap a day. We may be dropping the morning nap soon.
Rebecca is really into babies and dolls right now. She cuddles with them and feeds them. She also likes to carry her purse around on her shoulder. Now where on earth would she learn to carry a purse and cuddle with a baby? ;) She's a little Mommy already.
As usual Rebecca is learning so much every day. She is really into singing right now. She can sing part of "Jesus Loves Me," "Rock-a-by Baby," "Deep and Wide," and "ABC's." And she is really loving when Mommy sings to her. We're doing all the good old Sunday School songs :) She especially likes "This Little Light of Mine" when we do "don't let Satan "blow" it out"...with the wind effect.

Now that Rebecca is getting pretty good with numbers (counting to 10) she is working on her letters. She knows I is for ice cream cone, D is for Daddy, M is for Momma, B is for bath, T is for teeth and Q is for quack. She is starting to work on recognizing some by sight. And as always she learns new words every day. Yesterday we finally figured out something Rebecca has been saying for months now. But we didn't realize it. We thought she was always saying "ga" before a noun. We assumed it was like "a" or "that"..."a book" or "that towel." But yesterday we realized she's been saying "ca" for Rebecca! She's been saying "Rebecca's book," "Rebecca's towel," etc. this whole time. We made a point when we first were trying to teach her words (long time ago) to say "Rebecca's" first so she could distinguish the actual word...she knew when Rebecca ended, when the new word started. I guess our smart cookie picked up on it and has been saying it all along! She has been saying "ca" or "ecky" quite a bit lately...referring to her self. And she is really starting to jabber lately...act like she's telling a whole story instead of a couple words at a time. Last night she went on for about 15 seconds straight, telling Mommy a whole story :) It's not actual words, but she seems to think she's talking.Speaking of, Rebecca is really aware of herself lately. She LOVES to look at herself in the mirror. She uses the oven door as her mirror. She'll ask to put her hat and coat on then immediately go look at herself. Or if she puts her swimming suit on she has to check it out in the mirror. Or if she has her purse on her shoulder...or even if she's just running around in her diaper. It's funny. Although we might be kicking ourselves later. She now looks at herself and says "cute" or "cute pie" :P She's adorable and she knows it.We could go on and on about what she's learning, but we'll stop there for now. There are some new photos and a new video in the albums. Enjoy.