Look Mommy!

The first word Janae ever spoke was "Look"--actually it was "Ook," but we knew what she meant. She would point at anything interesting and say, "Ook, ook." This was especially fun when she was pointing to a book--because it was as though she already knew two words . . . such a smart girl :)

Now that Janae is almost two, she is quite a talker--but I still love it when she says, "Look Mommy!" and then shows me something interesting or something she is doing. Here are a few of her most recent "Look"s:

Janae loves to climb, and she is pretty much fearless. We are having trouble keeping her in her highchair at dinnertime . . . she's got a new routine of hoisting herself up above the tray and saying, "Look Mommy."

 

After months of wrestling with Janae to get a clip or elastic into her wild hair, I have finally convinced her that ponytails and barrettes are "pretty." On Sunday Janae even let me put a bow on top of her elastic . . . although according to Jason, she ripped it out during the first hour of church and went to the nursery as a wild woman. Oh well. It was pretty while it lasted--look!

 

The other day I was sitting in front of our hall mirror, putting on make-up. Janae is always really interested in make-up, but this was the first time she put any on. Watch out for teenage Janae! "Look, Mommy--I'm wearing lipstick. . . . Did I mention I know how to use the eyelash curler, too?"

 

And, finally, the dancing dress. Janae always insists on wearing a dress, no matter what she has on underneath. But now she knows how to put one on all by herself.
What a big girl! "Look Mommy!"

 

There's never a shortage of "Look Mommy"s around here :)