Rose's new moves.

For the past few weeks Rose has been doing some extreme head nodding. If you ask her anything in question format she will nod her head in agreement. "Do you want a snack?" big head nod. "Do you want to go to the park?" big head nod. So cute. A lot of times I think she actually understands what we're asking.

She has also made up a word. If she wants something, usually a snack, she often says "may-MEE, may-MEE!" and points. She was doing this at the grocery store this morning quite desperately and pointing to my purse where the tupperware of arrowroot cookies were. Her tiny little mouth looks so cute saying this, I can barely stand it. It has turned into quite the habit though, arrowroot cookies at the grocery store. One day I didn't bring a snack as I was planning on giving her one at home, but when she saw me put some arrowroots in the cart she was freaking out and having a temper tantrum until I cracked open the box and gave her some. I have never had to crack open a box at the store pre-purchase before, with the exception of water a couple of times when Paige was "Super thirsty" and couldn't wait till home.

Speaking of tantrums, Rose has started to have tantrums where she throws herself on the floor and kicks her legs if you take something away from her. I don't remember Paige doing this till much older. I wonder if Rose will be more dramatic, being the younger sibling. She has started the whole arching the back refusing to go in the car seat thing, as well as getting upset when we drop Paige off at her class--she wants to go in too. I think Rose is ready to go to a program with me where she can interact with other 1 year olds. When Paige starts school in September I will take Rose to some of the programs I did when Paige was a toddler. At this point Paige had take a million swimming lessons, and a bunch of other stuff. It just doesn't work out the same way with 2 kids around, that's for sure. On the same token, Paige wants to take gymnastics, but I can't chase Rose around for an hour in the gym while Paige does her class.

She has started to develop a sense of humour too. For instance, she has on a few occasions pretended to give someone something and then whiped it away at the last second and walked away smirking, coming back again and again repeating her fake out.

I wonder when she'll talk more? I have a feeling she'll discover a bunch of new words all at once. The one said most often is "hi". She can say daddy and mommy, but they are said rarely.