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Summer is officially here!  The Chicago public pools and splash pads at the parks are open! 

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Happy Father's Day 2014 

20 months 

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Miss independent can walk up the stairs and go down the slides all by herself! I'm sure she could have done this sooner, but mama was too scared to let her go alone..  Now, she's all..."mama, slide!" 

Layne's words at 18 months

This child TALKS!  I call her my little parrot she repeats pretty much everything I say... Including the cuss words.  Oops!  Gotta watch my mouth! I started writing down some of her words at 18 months (she's almost 20 months now) (WHAT?!!). But I stopped adding to the list after a while, mama lost track!

Here's the list:  

Layne's words 18 mos

1. Mom

2.  Mommy

3. Daddy

4. Chai chai 

5. Laynie

6. Pops

7. Aimee

8. Mike

9. Ya ya

10.  Ty Ty

11. Holly

12. Nana

13.  Papa

14. Dori 

15. I 

16. Want

17. That

18. Mine

19. George

20. Poop

21. Ball

22. Doggie

23. Moo

24. Neigh

25. Baaa

26. Buddy

27. Beep beep

28. No

29. This 

30. High 

31. Five

32. Huggies (hug) 

33. EJ

34. Mantha (Samantha) 

35. Hat

36. Down 

37. Hola

38. Hi

39. Bye 

40. Froggie 

41. More

42. All 

43. Done

44. Night night 

45. Elmo

46. Uppy (up)

47. Uh oh 

48. Yucky

49.  Agua (water) 

50. Stop

51. Yeah 

52. Lola

53. Ayla 

54. Sophie 

55.  Mama 

56. Manda (Amanda) 

57. Poke 

58. Snowman

59. Happy

60. Away 

61.  march 

62. Help

63. Ice 

64. Yellow 

65. How

66. Bout (about) 

67. Okie dokie 

68. Andrew

69. Potty 

70. Keys 

71. Wally 

72. Outside 

73. Eyes 

74.  Nose 

75. Honey

76. Cherry 

77. Pizza 

78. Apple 

79. Nope

80. Shoes

81. Cozy

82. Cookie 

83. Play. 

84. Apple

85. Walk 

86. Babe 

87. Snacks
88.  Book

Sentences

1. I want this 

2. I want that 

3.  How bout it? 

4. How bout that 

5. I want cookie

6. I want play 

7. I wanna walk 

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Street festivals have begun in Chicago which means.... Summer is here!  

Bring it on Chicago!