Mika at Two Years

Weight: 25.5

Height: 33"
Teeth: 16

Favorite book: "Boom Boom" (Chicka Chicka Boom Boom)

Favorite song: ABC's

Favorite tv show: Curious George

Favorite words: no, mine

Mika had her naming explosion right after turning twenty months. Right now she probably says about 200 words. Which if someone had told me their kid could say that many words two years ago when Jackson was barely talking, I would've called them a liar. But Mika has the advantage of an older sibling who is always talking to her. She speaks in 2-5 word sentences.

 Here's the birthday girl! In her nice birthday outfit that she later had explosive diarrhea all over.

Here are my favorite words of hers:

Jashin-Jackson

Biga-Mika

noonles- noodles

omen it- open it

wes- yes

dat-that

boops- boots

nger nger- finger 

Dorge- George 

guck- truck

galk- talk
bish- fish
waper- diaper
gicker- sticker
wook- look
agagago- avacado
bop- stop
ndgy ndgy- candy
gee gick- cheese stick
uh dat?- what's that?

Favorite phrases/sentences:
Mah boops!
Mah food!

Biga nurn- Mika's turn
Bull bup bull bup- Pull up the pull-up
Oh! 'Pider! (spider)
*hides* Biga, where are you?!

I couldn't resist the Hello Kitty ice cream cake.

She counts to about 20, but she skips the same numbers that Jackson does.
She can identify orange ("orrgsh") and purple. Sometimes blue, green, and pink.
She can put on and take off pants, shoes, and socks.

She holds writing utensils in the tripod grip already. Jackson still doesn't do that.

She has memorized a few books and can recite them as I turn the pages (or just from memory randomly).

She can climb up into her car seat and do the chest buckle. She yells, "Nee move!" while she's buckling (don't move the car).

She screams at everything and pretends to be afraid of it. She screamed at the Easter bunny and saw us laughing so now she does it for everything.

If she's handing you something and you don't take it, she will pry your fingers apart and put the object in your hand.

She still loves chasing birds.

She loves saying no and throwing her arms around her chest.

She likes to open mail boxes and say, "Hello? Anybody in there?" 

She likes to play catch.
She understands taking turns, but doesn't always want to.
She likes to yell "RIBBIT" and jump like a frog
She likes to "scare" me by saying "BOO!"
When we get to the end of books, she says, "the end."
She's a little pick pocket and likes to dig in our pockets and take our phones.
She loves to run over to the neighbor's house and knock. And I love the "HEWWO?!" And "Bye bye, see you later."
She likes to ring our doorbell every time she comes inside and asks, "Uh dat?"
When we drive away she says, "Bye house. Bye garage."
She likes to do high-fives up high and down low.
She prays sometimes. "Dear Jesus, thank you for walls, Mommy, and Daddy. Amen."
She can say, "War Eagle!"
She likes to do buckles.
She is obsessed with filling and pouring activities.

We painted her nails for the first time on her birthday with the sweet Hello Kitty nail polish she got for a present.

We started crib training in January. There was some crying because she felt like I had abandoned her, but she got used to her crib and even stopped waking up in the middle of the night after about two months. Aaaand then of course she got sick and started waking up again and doesn't go down easily any more. And the more homework I have a night, the more often she will wake up and scream.

She loves singing and will take familiar songs and change the words. For example, she'll sing about her Hello Kitty socks to the tune of the clean up song.
Her favorite songs to sing:
"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
ABC's in English and Spanish
"Itsy Bitsy Spider"
"Pat-a-cake"
"Wheels on the Bus"
"Hokey Pokey"
"Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes"
"Ring Around the Rosy"
"Thumbkin"
"Happy Birthday" (she calls it "Happy to you")