Adventures of a Modern Farm Family: Cecila the Aggravator

All three of our kids have different personalities, but Cecilia’s personality appears to be blossoming at a younger age than the boys. I am guessing a major portion of that is that she has two older brothers to watch and keep up with. All things are pointing to the fact that she is a very sweet aggravator. I have actually had to tell her to leave her brothers alone and to be nice. She likes to grab at their faces and ears and squawks like a pterodactyl. Sometimes she will grab at them and say “tickle, tickle, tickle”. She laughs and thinks it is all very funny. Her brothers don’t always think it is that funny, especially when they are already upset about something and she attacks them. Yesterday when Cecilia was playing in her room, while I put clothes away, she was rolling around on the floor, laughing and saying "tickle, tickle, tickle" as she tickled her own belly.

Ms Cecilia at Christmas

She loves playing with the race track and any toy that looks like it should belong to her brothers.

Cecilia has been climbing on furniture for at least a month now. She can climb on the toddler chairs in the kitchen, on the couch if the cushions are off (it happens more than I would like), Joel's little trampoline, and as of recently she can climb on the dining room chairs. She will actually push a small chair around the kitchen until it is up against the island and then climb up and look for food. A couple weeks ago I made cookies and she used the chair to go after the cookies.

Trying to put the truck together.

Cecilia standing on a chair and stealing cookies.

Cecilia now has 4 teeth! The first ones came through right before Christmas and she got her third one on Jan 13th and her 4th one followed a few days later. She still has very little hair. It is getting a little longer and a little darker, but there just isn’t very much of it there. We try to occasionally put bows or headbands on her but she doesn't like it at all.

Notice the bow sitting on her shoulder.

Goofy!

As of Jan 9th Cecilia is walking! She still crawls most of the time but she is spending more and more time walking. It is so much fun to see her walking around. She will even dance a little if the right song comes on. Cecilia is very independent. She insists on feeding herself but if you put food on her highchair tray to slow she is quick to let you know!

Don't tell my brothers that

I have no idea how she got her arm out of her sleeve

She babbles all the time but she also says some real words. They include: “hi” with a wave, dadda, momma, tickle-tickle, and dig-dig (dog). She loves the dogs! She will also put her arms up and open and close her hands when she wants to be picked up. My favorite is when she babbles back and forth with Joel. Joel sometimes acknowledges that Cecilia is talking to him and sometimes he tries to ignore her. Although Cecilia doesn’t take no for an answer and continues to talk to Joel and babbles and shrieks louder and louder until he says something to her or at least looks at her. It will be interesting to see their relationship develop!

The picture is blurry but Joel and Cecilia look so cute in their matching pjs

Cecilia doesn't like to miss out on anything! She has been refusing to go down for a nap lately and I am sure it is because she is scared we will do something without her. Although sometimes she is so tired she just can't handle it anymore and she falls asleep in the middle of playing.