She LOVES stuffed dogs – she has several of all sizes, they are all named “ruff ruff” or “dog” and no other stuffed animal is as dear to her as these are.  She might play with them for a while, give them a hug, or have tea with them, but when it comes down to it, she wants “Dog,” preferably what Jody fondly refers to as “Dog the greater,” or, when he is being washed, “Dog the lesser.” 

She likes to chew on her stuffed animal’s noses.

She asks for “shoes” when she wants to go outside. 

She says water and bread in Dari.

She loves to look at pictures, especially of family members and herself.

She is very independent.  She rarely wants to do anything if she has to be helped with it.

She LOVES to watch me put on makeup and wants very badly to put some on herself – sometimes I let her play with my make up brushes, but often I get them back wet 

She always laughs when she runs.

She sings a lot when she is playing by herself, eating, going to sleep, well, I guess doing anything

She likes to sit on the counter while I cook.

She likes ground beef, but doesn’t like chicken.

She often sucks the good part off of food – the juice from grapes, the topping off of toast, etc… and then spits the rest out.

Spaghetti is her favorite food, but requires a bath afterward 

Actually, she really loves French fries too, that may tie for favorite.

She can say some version of cookie, banana, water, juice, shoes, car, dog, cat, cow, too many animal sounds to list, book, bye bye, nite nite, please, more, milk, bath, mama, papa, jo-jo, Geka (for our friend Rebekah), doot doot (referring to her little people), turtle, and she says “Ah Ah” when she points to frogs or monkeys, ball,

She loves to prepare pretend food and eat it with mommy and papa or her animals.

She always wants the food or drink that someone else has, even if it is the same as what she has.

She likes to sing and dance with the theme song form Gilmore girls.

When she wants to be picked up she says “Baby.”

I am pretty sure she thinks her name is Baby – we say Baby interchangeably with EB and they sound a lot alike.

She always wants to be in the middle of anything DB is building or fixing – when DB was building shelves she got her toy hammer and hammered away on the wood.