March language updates

Well.......Ryelan is talking up a storm now.  I cannot even think of all the words she now says to list them.  A few that come to mind (my favorites) are "I luhd doo" (I love you), "thank too ___" (thank you mommy, daddy, mawmaw, etc.), puzzle, applesauce, and the names of the characters on Yo Gabba Gabba.  Ryelan can point to all of her body parts including her elbows, knees, back & butt.  She can also name most of them.  She knows the all sounds & most names of all the basic animals (cow, sheep, dog, cat, snake, monkey, fish, horsey, bird, owl, duck, pig, lion, bear).  She even strings a few words together to make simple sentences!  She is quite the talker!  Also, most of the words she says are quite clear.  Of course, there are still a few words that we are confused about but she talks really really well for a 17 month old!!!!

Ryelan likes to play this little "up/down" game.  She lifts her hands up & says "up!" and then puts them down & says "down".  She also likes to play a similar "open/shut" game.  Mommy and daddy are just so impressed that she knows these words AND understands them so well she makes little games with them :)
Ryelan is ridiculously OBSESSED with puppies!!!!!!!  When she wakes up in the morning, one of the first thing she says is "puppy?".  She is just crazy about them.  Several of our neighbors have puppies & she loves to watch them walking outside.  Sometimes she gets very angry when they walk away from her to where she cannot see them!  She shouts "puppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"  Hahaha! Sometimes mommy & daddy take Ryelan to the mall to look at the puppies.  She is in heaven!  She has absolutely no fear of them either.  Our neighbor has a wild medium sized dog named Rosco who bolts past Ryelan & licks her face.  She absolutely loves it!  Mommy is almost getting puppy fever.  Almost.  But not quite.