The Amazing Adventures of Tiny T: 20 Month Update

Here are some fun, cute and new things in Month 20:

Verbally, Avery is just amazing us with how much she is talking and understanding. She is getting good at saying "Please" ("Peas") when she wants something and also saying "Thank You" ("Sank Ku") and "Your Welcome". And sometimes when she doesn't want something she says "No Sank Ku". She also tells us "Good Morning" when we come in to get her.
She is getting great at using the right pronouns - You ask "Should We Do..." or "Do you want to..." and she replies with "I want...". She is really speaking in sentences and picking up new words and phrases all the time. I wish I could capture it all - it's really fun to watch! Her new teachers told us how impressed they are with her language.
Also, she'll ask for something, we'll say "do you want xyz" and then she'll say "O-tay" - We can't get enough of the "O Tay". And it's funny how she suggests it, we reiterate her question and then she says "Okay" like it wasn't originally her idea.
Avery is starting to show more interest in the Potty - She will tell us she has to pee and have us help her get her pants down and sit on the potty. However, she still hasn't actually GONE in the potty yet but it's progress. She loves to use the toilet paper and watch it flush.
Avery got a doll diaper bag and changing kit from G. She is loving changing her dolls' and goofy's diapers (and sometimes like to change ours too..??). She likes to pull out place-mats and use them as changing pads and she even created her own "diaper pail" using the compartments in one of her cars. She also continues to like all her babies and stuffed animals, her pretend food, kitchenette and picnic basket. And she loves to go explore and play around in the basement (and re-discover all her old baby toys in storage).
Avery has two Pete The Cat books and has become obsessed with them. We downloaded the audio version with songs on our iPads and Avery loves to have "The Man" (as she calls it) read Pete The Cat to her - she asks for "The Man" almost every time she gets in the car. She loves the "Shoe" Pete the Cat book and always yells out "Oh No" and then tells us what Pete stepped in (he usually steps in blueberries but sometimes strawberries, mud or wa-wa). In general, she is really liking books again and having more patience to sit through full ones.
She is starting to ask for Dora over Mickey. We miss Mickey as we prefer it to Dora but she seems to be expanding her TV viewing. And Avery gets scared by Swiper - when he's lurking around she'll crawl in your lap for comfort.
Avery likes putting us down for naps - we are forced to lay on our stomachs, we get a bitty and a pillow (sometimes - if we're lucky) and she then pats our backs, rubs our hair and sometimes sings a little. She takes this job very seriously! Sometimes her babies join us for our "naps",
Avery loves looking for the Birdies outside - we hear lots of "I see a birdie" and "I hear a birdie". And she LOVES all dogs - especially Hershey!
With the nicer weather we've had a lot of fun spending time at the park - She loves the swings the best. There is also a big tractor structure at the main park we go to and she loves to drive the tractor and say "Stop" and "Go". Avery also enjoys feeding the ducks crackers ("ca cas").
There is one really odd thing Avery started doing that I have to capture so we don't forget it. She likes to find "cookies" in your shirt or her shirt. She reaches in, pulls out a pretend cookie and eats it and says "yum" or "nummy". We have NO idea where she got this or how it started but she keeps doing it and it cracks us up!
She is LOVING her new school - no tears at drop offs. She runs right in and starts playing and she really loves Ms. Becky. Moving her was the best decision we have made so far!
She is in mostly 2T clothes (Some 3T and some 18-24 mos) and Size 7 shoes. Her hair continues to be crazy and she hardly ever lets us put it up.
We had out first real trip away from her this month and G came and stayed at our house for 3 nights. They had tons of fun together and Avery was awesome for my mom. We missed her a ton and having her run and give us huge hugs and giggles when we returned was the best!!