John and Sarah: Almost 14 months + Halloween!

Just some of the happenings from our home to yours!

Here favorite nook

Is there a problem?

Just some light reading in my fancy recliner!
(her new carseat before we set it up in the car)

-I have been trying to teach Deja how to sign "more," especially for use during meal times. Sometimes she gets it, and sometimes she's too stubborn to do what mommy wants, haha. The other day I went to lay her down for nap and said something like, "Sleep well Deja, when you wake up we'll play some more." To which she she immediately signed "more" to me. It pretty much melted my heart :)
-The biggest difference with Deja being able to walk is probably the fact that things get scattered more and more throughout the house. The other day I was folding laundry in the bedroom and Deja comes marching in with the rug that goes just inside our front door. I asked her if she didn't like it by the front door anymore, to which she threw it on the floor of the bedroom. Guess we have an interior decorator on our hands!

-One of her favorite activities is having John and I read books to her. She has learned if she brings a book to us we'll almost always read it to her. So after one book is finished, she'll go back to the book shelf to get another for us to read and this will go on and on until either we have something else that needs to be done, or Deja gets distracted, but usually it's John and I who have to discontinue the fun. The other day we actually got through the entire stack of books from the shelf!
-Today as we were reading some books it was getting close to her nap time. I could tell she was getting tired so after a few books I told her, "Alright, you can choose one more book and then we are going to take a nap." So Deja stood up and started walking, but instead of stopping at the book shelf she just kept walking straight to her crib. Haha, she opted for immediate nap time. It's crazy how much they pick up on, it's so easy for me to think "She's too little to understand." But she proves me wrong all the time!
-Sometimes when she's just looking at the books on her own, she'll babble like she's reading them out loud. I really want to get it on video one of these days! She's quite the babbler lately no matter what she's doing!
-Deja is currently cutting teeth 9 & 10.
-She is definitely getting more opinionated about things and has thrown tantrums here and there, coincidentally they have all been right before nap time ;)

-She can usually point to her nose, ears, mouth, and eyes.
-She can sign "more" but she also uses it to ask for food in general. Now we're working on "please" and "finished."
-The other day she was playing the piano and starting yelling and playing at the same time. Of course I thought it was pretty dang cute just because I think everything she does is pretty dang cute. But then it dawned on me that she was "singing." Since then, I have noticed that she'll sometimes do it in the car while listening to the radio or just at home when there's music playing. I wonder where she gets that from....
-For Halloween we visited the Grandparents! Deja dressed up as a Lady Bug (The costume size says 3-6 months, but hey if it fits we're going with it!)