Megan decided in November that strangers were scary. She would run and hide her face in my shoulder any time an adult besides Mom, Dad, Grandma Knight, Grandpa Knight, or possibly Uncle Justin or Aunt Marie would try to talk with her. Then I cemented the deal when I left her with her Uncle Todd for an hour while I took Ryan to a dentist appointment. She cried for a while, he figured out that she'd stop crying outside as long as he didn't talk to her, and she wouldn't do anything but stare forlornly at her play lawn mower until I got home. The next day Todd walked in the house, said, "Hi, Megan!" and she immediately started crying and ran to me. Of course that was the week of Thanksgiving when we had 15 extra people she didn't know staying in our house. She wouldn't even let Grandma Campbell hold her. She didn't mind all the kids, but once she noticed an adult she didn't really know she'd run for a familiar face. Cari stayed 3 extra days and on the last day this miracle occurred:
Megan actually played with Cari and let her pick her up. It took a full week before she warmed up to her.
Megan is a bit of a copy cat. Ryan is her favorite person to shadow, but if someone else is doing something cool, she'll copy them, too. Daddy was trying to take a nap on the couch, so she joined in.
Cute picture of Daddy and Megan:
Jacob was trying to get her to copy him blinking. This is how she blinks. Also how she closes her eyes during prayer:
She squints so she can "close" her eyes like everyone else, but still see what's going on.
Love the hairdo, dude.
Ice cream makes everyone happy.
Another favorite activity is "riding the horsie" that is Mom or Dad's leg. She loves to bounce over and over, and it's a good workout.
I love the expressions on her face.
And yes, our little girl has moved on to bigger and better things. Climbing the stool is no longer enough. She must get on top of the counters to reach all sorts of new toys.
Megan is beginning to talk more now. We can even understand some of what she says. She says all our names: Mommy, Daddy, ātch (Rach), Aaah-eee (Annie), Ay-an (Ryan). She signs milk, says and signs water, juice, more, all done/all gone, probably a few others, and has quite a few animal sounds down, too. She used to say ruff ruff for all animals except sheep, which say baa, but now she knows meow, moo, roar, and does an awesome pig--not an oink, but an actual snort.
She is getting in to things more and throws a fit when she doesn't get what she wants. She is definitely approaching the age of time outs. Good thing lots of cuteness comes right along with lots of naughtiness.
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