20 Months Old!

Kayla:
-  Weighs 24 lbs
-  New Words:  Bwoo (Balloon)
-  Went through a phase where she liked to 'touch tongues'
-  If you pretend to be sleeping she'll hit you on the chest to wake up.
- When Matthew initiates having all the lights turned on, she follows suit and says "dis" at each lamp.
-  Loves helping me empty the dishwasher.  She even tries to do the top shelf items by standing on the door when I'm not looking.  She also loves getting to add the soap.
-  Always sleeps laying parallel to the short end of the bed, tucked into the corners (does that make sense).  The taller she gets, the more bent her knees have to be to fit.
-  Sleeps with a million stuffed animals in her bed.  I just counted and she's sleeping with seventeen right now, as well as two blankets.  Before I go to bed I move all of them to the opposite corner she's sleeping in.
-  LOVES playing with Barbies and vintage Polly Pockets.  She absolutely loves it.  I was never interested in them as a kid, but my Mom has kept all of Melissa's and Candice's so that is what she plays with.
-  Is really starting to understand the concept of cleaning up toys.  Sometimes when she sees me clean up she'll help me without even me asking her too.  She knows exactly where everything belongs.
-  Still would prefer to be barefoot than to have socks on.
-  Still LOVES fruit.  Any kind!  Between the two of them, they eat at least two mandarin oranges and a cup of frozen blueberries a day, in addition to whatever other fruit I have.
-  Started choking really bad on a half slice of orange on November 7th.  I, who am usually the calm one in these panicky situations, quickly yelled for Jon to come and help me thump her on the back while was laying across my lap.  Jon then stuck his finger in the back of her throat to make her gag-reflex go...and out came the orange.  Now I really concentrate on telling them to slow down when they're eating and to chew their food.
-  Has made GREAT progress in the eating department!  Shortly after her 19 month post I realized that nothing could convince Kayla to eat if she didn't want to.  We would even tease her by feeding Matthew candies and snacks with the promise that she could have some as soon as she ate her dinner and she acted as if she could have cared less.  So we stopped making her sit by the table and forcing her to eat.  If she didn't want to eat her dinner, we let her go play with Matthew, but told her that she would not get any snacks for the rest of the evening.  About a week into it, I'm sure she was hungry when she went to bed because I could hear her whining in her sleep.  The next day, I also made another minor adjustment to our feeding routine.  Usually I would give them their sippy cup of milk while I cut up their dinner, so that they could at least drink while they waited...and Kayla would always drink so well (about 3-4 oz or so).  Thinking that maybe she was drinking to the point that she wasn't hungry anymore, I stopped giving them their milk at the beginning of their meal.  Since then, she has been AMAZING.  She eats very well now, and we never (knock on wood) have to fight with her to eat.  Once she's halfway done eating then she gets her milk to drink as she eats.  Such a huge stress-reliever!
-  Likes to wash her own body at some point during bath time...including her ears and toes, and she even gets her butt crack really good

Matthew:
- Weighs 22lb 13.6oz
-  LOVES playing "Ring Around the Rosie".  It's so cute.  He likes it when Kayla plays too, but is just as content with just me.  If he wants to play then he'll grab both my hands and pull me to an open area.  He thinks it's funny when he doesn't fall down at the end...and so I gently tackle him down and tickle him.
-  If you pretend to be sleeping he'll hit you on the chest to wake up.
-  If you are carrying Matthew when he gets super excited about something he'll jump up and down in your arms and will thump your chest and back with his hands.
-  I started re-positioning him in his crib when I check on him at night to make sure that he is not laying on his flatter side.  It's definitely not that noticeable anymore, but every little bit helps!
-  Always makes sure the phone is in the charger.  At our house, he can't reach any of the charges so he'll stand there holding the phone, pointing and saying "ah ah ah".  If it's at my parents, he gets to pick up the phone and bring it to my mom when it's ringing, and then practically rips it out of her hands when she's done so that he can put it away.  Sometimes Kayla 'helps' him.
-  Likes to have every single lamp on in the living room.  We don't have any 'built-in' lighting, so we have 6 different lamps that can be turned on.  He'll point to each one and say "dis" and then when that one is on he'll point to the next and say "dis".
-  Enjoys playing with Barbies and vintage Polly Pockets.  He LOVES the Barbie strollers, and pushes them around like their vehicles.
-  Still would prefer to be barefoot than to have socks on.
-  Matthew will bring you the remote control and will point to the tv if he wants it on.  He'll watch it for a minute, and then will play toys again.
-  Still LOVES fruit.  Any kind!  Between the two of them, they eat at two least mandarin oranges and a cup of frozen blueberries a day, in addition to whatever other fruit I have.
-  Likes to wash his own body at some point during bath time.