Crawled out of crib

This is a picture of when Vivian crawled out of her
crib and got in her rocking chair. She LOVES reading
stories in the chair. She was crying and crying, then suddenly she was quiet. When I went to check on her, I found this.

Yay-eee

In the last week, Vivian has begun using "Yay-eee" for Yes. When you ask her a question, like if she wants something, she answers "Yaya". She LOVES to talk and many times babbles sentences with intonations, etc. but we still can't understand these monologues. However, we can understand much of what she says - one word and 2 words strung together.

Baby - Mama - Daddy - Sister - Bubbles - YumYum - Star (staw) - Moo - Woof-woof -

She also goes to the fridge, and when it is opened, pulls the bottle of juice off the shelf and hands it to me to let me know she wants a drink. She is fiercely protective and jealous of Mommy, and when Sophie and I cuddle or hug, or when Sophie wants to sit on my lap, Vivian becomes very disturbed.

She is doing rather well in her big-girl bed. She's been in it for 2 weeks now. She can now climb up into the kitchen chair by herself. She reaches up onto counters and pulls anything off. She is so tall she can reach almost anything.

She also likes to get a laugh, so when she sees a picture of Santa, she says HO HO HO, then looks at you to see if she made you laugh!

Bye Bye Cribby

Vivian did not want to go to sleep last night. For the past week, she has been having a complete hysterical fit when we put her in her crib. She starts hopping and jumping up and down in her crib while screaming.
Last night, Daddy heard a loud thump then went up to her room to find her sitting in her rocking chair with a book in the dark.

This shall be the end of the crib. Thank goodness we already have the bunkbeds!

She also asked very clearly yesterday "What's that?" and loves to say "I dunwannit".

Maa-aaah

It has finally started. Talking back to the TV. When they say on Dora, "Say Map!" Vivian says, "Maa-aah!"
She can totally hop getting both feet off the ground, very well. She officially loves the Disney Princesses and now chases me around the house with the Cinderella book. She actually sits while I read it as well, and I don't remember Sophie sitting thru long passages of reading very well. Sophie just liked short dialogue and wanted pictures and turning the pages.