Leah Joy, at 18 months, you...
-Weigh just over 22 pounds, and fit wonderfully into your 18 month clothes. You measure in at 30.5 inches long, and are just around the 17th percentile for both.
- Are so so busy ALL THE TIME. You rarely stop for even a second due to your unending curiosity and zest for life.
- Talk and talk and talk some more! You say tons and tons of words now, and lots of phrases. The sentences are starting to come fast and furious. The other day, you totally caught me off guard and when I told you the door was closed. You looked at me like a grown up and said "let's open it". This talking this is by far my favorite stage yet.
- All though you have a freakishly huge vocabulary, you also have some quirky ways of saying things. "Mommy is night night", for instance, just means you can't find me. "Kia" means you want to hear Baby Beluga. Every single time we put you in your car seat, not matter how much room you have, you say it's too tight". When you are thirsty, you just say "cup please" until you get something. You call every letter you see "ABC". There are more, but these are some of the things that make you you. :)
- You just learned to count to ten all by yourself, and it is the cutest thing I have ever seen. You skip numbers sometimes, but you are doing pretty fab!You also know a lot of the letters in the alphabet, smart cookie.
- Have some favorite words at the moment....camera, airplane, wagon, woobie, book, sunshine, caterpillar, butterfly, Mommy, outside, elephant, upstairs, cold, baby, and people's names.
- Are NOT the best napper known to man, that is for sure. You are touch and go with naps, but you still sleep like a manic at night.
- Like to play with both the video camera and the "mommy" camera. We have to pry them out of your hands.
- Still suck your thumb when you are tired. Now, when you are sleepy, crabby, or got a boo-boo, you ask for"Sunshine" and help me sing it to you.
- Are quite the Mommy's girl. I love that you are my little buddy, but it rips my heart out when you cry for Mommy and I have to go.
- Are very into food right now. You say either "eat" or yummy tummy" when you are hungry. Some of your current (and past) favs include yogurt, fruit, cheese, bread and ANY carb, broccoli, applesauce, pizza and pasta. You are SO not into meat at all.
-Climb on everything and anything you can. You have a little chair both inside and outside that you love to climb up. We are working on getting you to sit down and not climb.
- Love love love your grandparents. You lightup when you see each of them, and say "Glamma", "Grandpa" "Nonnie" and "Papa" all the time. The feeling is QUITE mutual.
- You are starting to say "love you" and give kisses without being prompted. It is heaven.
- Love to play outside with your wagon and your slide, adore walks (especially when we run into the girls on the block), swimming, your baby doll, books, bubbles, running, stuffed animals, dancing, baths, singing songs (You are my Sunshine, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Happy birthday, ABC's and Twinkle Twinkle are your current favorites), playing with other little ones, helping to get dressed, cleaning and sweets!
- You are STILL the best thing ever. Your daddy and I love you so much it makes us smile from our hearts.
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