Animal Lover

Just this past week I have had two friends (with preschoolers) mention how grateful they are for technology.  Both talked of how they had recently watched videos of their kids as babies and toddlers and how fun it was to look back.  After hearing the same message twice in one week, I thought it best to get to video taping.  We have lots of videos of Olivia, but not a ton of her talking.  We turn the camera on and she gets shy or completely stops doing the exact thing that we were trying to capture.  I know that one day I am going to want to remember what her sweet voice sounded like when she tried to say elephant, octopus and zebra! :)

Her love of animals started shortly after her first birthday.  She got the Fisher Price Talking Zoo and picked up on the sound that a lion makes within weeks!  Her interest was increased not too much later when, at 13 months old, she discovered her see and say. She would walk around the house saying "e i e i o".  By 16 months she could either name or identify the sound of over a dozen animals.  She seems to pick up something new every day!  She also knows the word "animals!"

This is from last night.  Some of the animals she knows the name of (mostly ones with hard sounds to identify) and others she knows the sound they make. There are a few where she knows the sound and the name.