Delaney Alina is twenty-two months old! She will be two years old in two months!
Delaney is talking a lot and we understand her more and more. She likes to repeat herself and add a lot of words we don't understand in between the ones we do - maybe she knows what she's saying or maybe she's just trying to get the words out?
She calls herself, Nay-nee, and if you call her anything (baby, sweetie, etc.) she will correct you: "No, I Nay-nee!" But if we see a baby and I tell her the baby's name, she says: "No, 'baby!'"
Delaney notices a lot and frequently asks, "S'at noise?" (What's that noise?) She thinks the coffee maker sounds like it's burping. When she answers, "Yeah," she actually says, "Yam."
Delaney has started singing while dancing and twirling. Her favorite song is Let It Go. "Deh dih do, deh dih do..." and she gets a few bits of other lines: "I doh tare whatcha doh-in to day..." (I don't care what you're going to say...) then the singing somehow shifts into "Wee Elsa, wee Elsa, wee Elsa..." Maybe because she's twirling (weeee!)? Who knows. It's all super cute and sometimes very loud! She can also sing a reasonably good version of the alphabet and "Dubba-do, X, Y, and Z, now I know muh ABCs, Dubba-do, X, Y, and Z..." will loop several times at the end. She identifies colors well and combines them with objects: Blue [s]wing, red see-sul (circle), pee-pul tup (purple cup).
Delaney continues to love Peek-a-Boo and hiding and shouting Boo!
At dinner, Delaney says: "Nay-nee pray! Tee-too, Amen!" then she instructs each family member individually: "Ev-ett pray!" (He prays) "Em-ma-may pray!" (She prays) And so on. Often going around the table several times.
Delaney and Everett are finally starting to play together as she becomes like more of a peer to him. He's pretty gentle with her and they usually have fun together. They like Ring-a-ring-a-Rosie, including falling down and jumping together on their mini trampoline.
We love this stage - she's learning new things every day!
