Walking in "mommy's boots"!

Here are a few pictures from the park today too.

Unbelievably, this morning, after a battle to get her dressed, she patted me on the head and said "good job". The picture here in her room was taken moments after that. At least shes giving me some credit for my efforts!

Eating with 2 spoons (and playing at a toy store)

Well, I guess its time to buy Ruby a playhouse. She loved the display models in the store. Maybe when the rain stops we'll get one for the yard.


Ruby is 19 months old today! Her language acquisition is just amazing. She is a master of two word phrases and is trying to put three together.

Her most often used words are:
"Stuck" to get us to open something or to pick her up,

"Mommy's boots",
"Mommy's yogurt!" She uses the possessive "s" and loves to eat the same breakfast as mommy,

"Open, Closed",
"Jo Jo's cats",
"Yummy"
and "Elmosize!" to request her favorite DVD.

She also repeats things we say all the time.

She is having fun experimenting with cruising and walking by herself and is getting the toys she wants at daycare without much help. There are lots of couches and ottomans to cruise around on. (This helps her enjoy playing there much more. Its hard to get her to leave there now!)






Ruby loves to eat yogurt with 2 spoons. And she is quite good at it.

Recent Photos

A few of these I have sent by email already.

Ruby is playing in the stagecoach with her friend Aurora (21 months) and Alex (Aurora's mom). You might recognize them from the pumpkin patch pictures back in October. We've known each other since mom- baby yoga, when Ruby was 4 weeks old.

Rock & Roll Magillah Reading!

Happy Purim!
Ruby had a fantastic time shaking noisemakers and dancing. She understood the costumes and games and wanted to join in wearing her funny glasses the whole time. Her friend Isaac is with her in some of the videos. I'm posting several because I can't decide between them.

She also loves scribbling in her Purim coloring book. Thank you Aunt Felice and Uncle Morton!

Asheba! (A concert for toddlers in Berkeley)

This was Ruby's first big toddler concert. And uncle Amos was in town to join us!

I caught Ruby dancing a little. She couldn't help herself! And there is a video of Isaac dancing too (21 months). He is Ruby's nanny share buddy. She thinks hes the coolest.

Music Time!

Ruby absolutely loves hearing and playing music.

She tends to stop what she's doing when she sees the camera, so we don't yet have any video of her dancing. We are hoping to capture it soon though. She is a dancing machine lately!

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