18 Months

Our Precious Angel is 18 months old. Where the heck did the time go?!?! Seriously?! I'm finally seeing her as a toddler & not my little baby. She's FINALLY walking! I know some babies start at 9, 10, 12 months. All I kept hearing from my MIL is how all her kids started a week after turning one. Katie's cousin (2 months younger) started at 9.5-10 months. Well, our angel didn't start until 17.5 & I guess so be it. I don't know any kid that took so long to walk. Well, she's been taking steps for a few months. I have video at Thanksgiving time of her taking steps from person A to person B but mid January is when she for the first time stood up by herself, then stood up & walked by herself. She's still so petite. Our scale still says 18 lbs middle of the day & fully dressed so I'm insanely worried about her weight. She sometimes doesn't eat a lot, also worrying me greatly. But what can I do? Keep trying to get her to eat so she gains & grows. Keep encouraging her to learn new things & be independent. She's very smart & stubborn. She's very happy & proud of herself. She's in size 12m still, 18m are huge on her. She's in size 3 diapers still with plenty of room. She truly is my petite princess!!! She needs to grow if I'm going to get use out of all the 18m winter clothes I got. It truly is cold here. Oh, we moved to Tennessee (Fort Campbell) December 30th & it's been COLD!!! Holy heck. Today, my birthday, I took Katie outside to play in the snow. Not too big of a fan but she loved swinging. Our new house came with a play set in the backyard & she loves swinging. We don't have a baby swing, it's a big girl swing. I told my husband we need to get a baby swing (before I put her on there) but I guess we don't. She didn't want to come in today even though it was freezing outside. :) My cold weather girl, she's always loved colder weather. :) Back to the baby/toddler stuff. She's smart (or so I think). She knows eye, nose, tongue (use to be teeth but she thinks tongue is funnier), ears, hands, belly, & feet. We work on new parts often. She's curious so why not teach her what is what. I kept working on colors with her & I'm sure one day she'll just pop off with a color. She's not a big talker, though she jabbers all the time. She does usually know what I'm wanting her to do when I tell her. Miss proud, she loves when she does something and I tell her "you did it". She repeats "I DID IT!". She loves brushing her teeth & hair. Her hair is so baby fine that it's hard to put up in a ponytail. It's frustrating for me because it's long & gets in her face. She LOVES LOVES LOVES baths. If she hears the tub water turned on she gets there as fast as can be. Usually crawling like crazy but she's recently started fast walking (not to bathroom but in general) so I foresee running to the tub soon.  Well, not sure what I'm forgetting but I'm sure it's a lot. Our little girl is growing up!!! :(

Merry Christmas!

Reading with brother in her new purple room.

Jan 30th, 2014

I'm 18 Months!!

Jan 30th, 2014

Snowy Girl

Feb 8th, 2014