My sweet baby girl is officially a year-and-a-half! It truly is crazy how fast time is flying by. I have already started brainstorming birthday ideas, which is just blowing my mind away. This little lady is definitely not a baby anymore, just the other day I was looking at her wondering where my baby went. Her face and her expressions are changing more and more into a little persons versus cute baby. She is in the mimic stage, she loves watching what we do and say and often says it back perfectly. We can find her cleaning off a table with a wipe, placing items in the trash, flushing the toilet (love hate relationship but it’s great she has interest) and pretty much anything food related always makes for a good time. She is loving Elmo more than ever and sings along to his songs, when the video starts we always find her tossing her pacifier aside to mouth in a whisper, “la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la”. She cracks me up on a daily basis and while some days I want to pull my hair out it’s only because she is so darn smart and it is hard out smarting her. The doctor made a comment today that she is giving teenager looks and bodily movement with her hips already, we truly do have a sassy one on our hands. But honestly, I would not change her for the world. This kid is my whole life and watching her learn everyday is what makes waking up everyday so much fun. Here’s what else she is up too. . .
– Weighing in at 26 pounds she is in the 75th percentile. I thought she would be about 30, but she did throw-up all day and had nothing in her tummy so I think it’s actually a little higher.
– She is a hair shorter than 3′ placing her at the 95th percentile. Can we say, long and lean?
– She loves fruit again, thank God! Favorites these days are strawberries, watermelon and bananas.
– Loves to color and is trying so hard to say crayon.
– Recognizes the numbers 1-3 and knows all her body parts.
– If you ask her where the baby is she pulls up her shirt and points to her belly button, but if you ask her where mommy’s baby is she pulls up my shirt and kisses my belly.
– Recognizes and identifies colors, shapes and on her bath toys all the people and things that are pictured.
– Her vocabulary includes: bath, shoe, car, ewe for two, Delilah, doggie, ruff-ruff, baby, chicken, moe for Elmo, go, bye, hi, da-da, mom, mama, papa, choo-choo, what’s this?, gramma, oon for balloon, ball, uce for juice, pretty, crawl, ko͝o ko͝o for cookie, moo for cow, roar (the sound) for her polar bear aka Mr. Bear and dinosaurs. I am drawing a blank but lately it has been hard to keep up because she is repeating everything including sounds.
– She shakes her head “no” for just about everything.
– She can shoot a basketball like no other, she kicks a soccer ball with ease (we’ve got a lefty) and she is climbing up and on everything.
– She loves her baby doll and is mimicking actions with her like I do with Payton. She tries feeding her, she hugs and gives kisses and gently lays her down. She will probably be obsessed with her brother once he arrives.
That’s all I have. I know I am forgetting a ton but hey, I am chasing her down everyday and when I think about texting myself something or to jot it down the moment has flown by and then I find myself sitting here with a blank mind.
Happy Half Birthday Sweet Baby Girl!
Such a beautiful girl!!