Eighteen Months

BEWARE - Extreme Cuteness!!!  You may need to SIT DOWN for this update :)

WOW- I am now one-and-a-half.  Mommy says that means I am now a big girl and can learn to do lots of new things: She is teaching me to help put up my toys at the end of the day. I am not supposed to cry and fuss much now that I am a big girl. I get to help stir things when Mommy is cooking. And, I like to help carry in the groceries from the car. 

It also means I am becoming more independent - I want to pick out what books we read. I sometimes have a say about what clothes/shoes I want to wear. I think I am big enough to choose what I will eat/not eat - but Mommy still makes me eat my veggies even when I protest. 

Today at church, the nursery workers told Mommy what a JOY I am in the nursery.  They said that I help the new kids- showing them how things work. And that I help clean up the toys when it is time to go home. This put a HUGE  smile on Mommy's face.

Mommy and Daddy say that I seem to be learning new words every few days. Here is a list of my vocabulary:
   Dog (always said as "dog-dog"), Ball, Cracker, Ice-cream, Cereal, Cheese, Apple, Juice, Shoes, Noah, Yeah, Elmo, Book, Pooh, Blue (for blueberry- my favorite fruit), Mama, Dada, NaiNai, Nana, and Thank You.

Other Tidbits about me at 18 months:
- I have 12 teeth - just waiting for the incisors and 2nd molars and I'll be all done.
- I LOVE looking out the window each morning to see if the neighbors' dog is in the yard and watching him play. (Mommy was relieved the other day when she asked me if I wanted a dog-dog, and I shook my head NO).
- I LOVE books, especially ones with animals or ones that make noise (and especially the ones that make animal noises:)
- I am much more social now and don't mind strangers as much (except the guy that comes by to clean up the table at Cici's pizza - I try to jump in Mommy's lap each time he makes his rounds).
- I am a pretty good sleeper. I've adjusted well to only one nap. And, even if I wake up early in the morning, I am OK to just play in my crib until Mommy or Daddy come to get me at 7am.
- I LOVE to watch the Fisher Price Little People videos.  Mommy has to limit me to only one 30 minute session a day (b/c she thinks I could sit and watch it all day if she would let me).

Preview of the cuteness:

This cuteness keeps Mommy & Daddy laughing:

I think I will just relax here and read while Daddy checks out at the book store:

  

I love wearing Mommy's house slippers:

Usually I HATE wearing a hat, but this day I put it on and did not want to take it off:

Watching TV with Daddy - he usually falls asleep

 Mommy decided to see if my hair would fit into pig tails. 
BEWARE -EXTREME CUTENESS!!! 

 

 

 

 

I love reading books with Daddy:

  

 

Another day of cute pig-tails:

 

 

 

Playing Peek-A-Boo:

At the bookstore:

Peek-A-Boo with Pig-Tails:)

Seventeen And A Half Months

Brrrr -- It's cold outside.  I think the high for today is 11 degrees.  Good thing Mommy and Daddy are keeping me inside our warm home.

We've done a lot of that this week because Mommy and I have been under the  weather.  Mommy got what she first thought was food-poisoning last Wednesday (b/c it was going in both directions -- oooh yucky!!!).  NaiNai came over on Thursday morning to play with me since Mommy wasn't feeling too good. We had a play date with the Sakaguchis and Volands on Thursday afternoon (which Mommy kept b/c she thought it was just food poisoning - sure hope we didn't get anyone else sick).  Mommy was feeling a bit better by Friday afternoon.  Then when I came down with the same thing on Saturday, Mommy realized it was probably a tummy-bug.   So, I am eating lots of bland foods the last few days and Daddy says to just focus on keeping me hydrated.  Especially since we know that with Mommy it only lasted a few days.  

Although my tummy isn't too good, I am still in good spirits - laughing and playing.  I especially like that Mommy and Daddy let me watch a bit more of  "Little People" on the tv.  There are some perks to not feeling well. :)

Also - Daddy hurt his back last week. I hope that he feels better soon because I miss him throwing me up in the air and catching me.  But, even though he's in pain, he still gets down on the floor to play with me -- I have the BEST daddy!!!

(UPDATE:  Mommy forgot to mention one HUGE piece of news for the last two weeks.  I have now officially dropped my morning nap and am taking just one nap a day.  I am growing up and becoming such a BIG GIRL!! :)

Not too many photos but enjoy the few we do have.  I hope we are all on the mend and have more fun stories to share next time! :)

Enjoying some lazy time on the couch since we're not feeling well

Seventeen Months

So much has happened in the last month:
- I've had numerous colds that range from a runny nose, sneezing, coughing, difficulty sleeping, and I have another one now.  I even shared them with Daddy and Mommy at different times.
- I loved getting to see my Georgia family for Christmas - but Mommy was really bad and did not take any pictures.  Some of my highlights: afternoon walks outside with Poppee, playing with some of my new Fisher Price animals, giving Nana high-fives, my big new stuffed doggy from Auntie Celeste, and family dinners with everyone (Mommy loved the shrimp at BJ's in Darien - hmm - nothing like fresh seafood).
- I did pretty good on the 17-hour drive each way.  It was fun to get to see some of Mommy's friends along the way (the Purifoys in Nashville, the Kerns in Atlanta, and the Hollands near Charleston).  And, I enjoyed getting to run around and use my legs at several rest areas. 
- I now know the sounds of so many animals - cat, monkey, fish, elephant, snake, lion, tiger, sheep, goat, horse, dog, possum, cow, dolphin, owl, duck, and can say "YEAH" with Noah (I can call him by name too) because the flood has ended. :)

Fun pictures of this past month:

I LOVE books!!

So much FUN playing with the Purifoy girls!

Fun to meet the Hollands

You gotta be fast with that camera, because I really want to hold it and play with it:

    

 

Fun at the apartment where we stayed on Jekyll Island:

 

Mommy loves that I am finally getting a little bit ticklish

A few in my Christmas outfit (Thanks, Auntie Janet for my pretty dress!)

  

  

  

This is an old pillow case that Mommy has had for many, many years
- it has traveled around the world with her

Mommy needs to work on her camera skills -
but the shot makes her laugh

Check out my animal sounds:

animal sounds

playing with Daddy

playing with Mommy