Darcy: 22 Months Old

Darcy's personality continues to bloom since I posted about her when she was 18 months old. She's still intensely curious about the world, naming things she can name, loves going places, and loves playing at the playground. She is still pretty sweet and complaint and she is reserved but will warm up to someone after a while. She has a nasty habit of whining which I constantly train her out of by making her tell me what she wants in sign language which helps.

Speaking of language, her language vocabulary has grown. She is adding more signs to her ASL repertoire daily and she is understanding Turkish more and more. She will even sign in ASL and speak in Turkish at the same time, signing "all done" and saying, "bitte." She knows a few body parts in both English and Turkish. She understands questions and commands her babysitter in Turkish. Don't worry, she's also learning English at a steady rate. She can string a couple of words together in ASL and it won't be long that she'll be doing that in English, too. I'm amazed at her sharpness in learning ASL from me. She watches me closely and instantly copies me when I teach her a new sign so her interest in ASL remains high. I pray that she won't abandon ASL completely when she hits the verbal stage in a couple of months, as Ava did at 2 years old.

Watching Daddy fix the sink

Big smile

Finally warm enough to play in shorts (June)

She likes to play with Ava but now they fight more often. It's typical. Ava was trying to give away her baby sister to a friend of hers earlier today because she didn't like Darcy anymore. Isn't that also typical? Haven't you heard of a classic like a baby sitting outside with "For sale" or "Free" childishly scrawled onto a piece of cardboard by his older brother in an attempt to get rid of him?

Darcy like to hop as a mode of travel, literally jumping with both feet. It's hilarious to watch. 

She is starting to like watching TV. She will watch Signing Time so I know her attention span for TV is only 20 minutes right now. 

She is sleeping great, 3 hour afternoon nap and 10.5-11 hour night sleep. 

She's a great kid (albeit the whining) and a joy to have around.

18 Months

Rare morning nap, rarer still to nap on Mommy

Her attempt at the "I love you" sign

Adorable pigtails

Not a normal plaything in America

Darcy occasionally played at Ava's preschool for a few minutes in the mornings

Her smile is downright cheesy

Napping on a vacation road trip (April)