18 Month Check-up!

Today we went for your 18-month check up, and surprisingly, you're still 24 lbs!!! Well, you're 24lbs 10oz to be exact, and have grown to 33 inches long!!!!!!!!!! You're in the 50th percentile for weight and head circumference, and 85th percentile for height. You're tall and thin!!! Kind of a rough visit, though, because you had to get more shots. :( You got your Chicken Pox vacc, Hep A vacc and your flu shot. Luckily you only had to get 1 flu shot. Last year, the flu shot was in 2 parts. After the doctor's, we went to lunch at First Watch with my friend, Julie! She LOVED you!!! Then we went to see daddy at work so I could get my flu shot. Let me tell you...you were a much better patient that I was!!!!!!!!!

Happy 18 month Birthday!!!!!

Today is your 18 month birthday!!!!! I can't believe it - you're a year and a half!!!!!!! Where has the time gone!?

I signed you up for tumbling, which you start on Saturday!! It will be so much fun because your friend, Mady Igo, will be tumbling with you!!!!!! This will be fun for you girls, and for us mommies!!! :)

You have your 18 month check up at Dr. Warner's this Friday. I know she's going to ask me how many words you can say, so I started making a list. So far, I have you saying about 12-13 words, including one 2-word phrase. So far you are saying:
* Mama/Mom/Mum/Mummy/Mommy
* Dada/Daddy
* Hi/Hey
* "Dy" for "Bye"
* "Di Di" for doggy
* No - you say this VERY WELL (haha!)
* "Let Go" (for let's go)
* Look
* "Daydi" for baby
* Mine
* Oh
* Brush - that was just today

You had kind of a rough day, though. I got my very first call from Skidaddles - the dreaded phone calls! A little boy had bitten you 3 times!!!!!!!
Poor thing. The incident reports said that you and another little boy were playing, and the little boy wanted your toy, so he started biting you. :( You have 3 noticeable bite marks on your hand/arm. The rest of the day you were kind of whiny and upset, but worst of all, you didn't really want me. :( Hopefully you'll wake up in a better mood.

Love you!!!!!

MINE!

You're JUST about 18 months old and we have recently entered the phase of "mine" and not sharing - eek! I was hoping we'd by-pass this one, but nope!! I took you on a playdate yesterday (9/8/11) with my friends, Callie & Kayla. You played with Chloe, Kian, Bailey & Brooklyn. You had a GREAT time, especially in Bailey's & Brooklyn's playroom! We SO need a playroom - you have toys galore!!!! While playing, though, I noticed that Kian tried to play with the phone that you were playing with and you were not having it - you pulled it away, and I believe you said "mine!" Hopefully you can learn to share at Skidaddles!!!

Tonight we're going on another playdate to see Mady & Lucas! You haven't seen them since your 1st birthday!!! It will be so much fun!!!!! We're also having dinner there because daddy is in Tennessee with his friends! He will be home tonight at midnight!! Yay!!!

You did SO well at Mady's & Lucas's house!
You and Mady had so much fun! You both were being so goofy - running from couch to chair, and chair to couch, and falling on the couch together. It was so funny. We definitely need to have more playdates. I think we're going to try to go to the zoo for Halloween festivities in October!!!

"Ohhhhhhh" chant

Tonight we watched UC destroy this school called Austin Peay State. Everytime UC scored, which was almost like every 5-10 minutes, we all clapped...including you! You were so excited!! Then we started doing the "Ooooh! Ooooh! Ooooh! [clap clap clap clap] UC" chat, and you then started doing it, too. It is so funny how much you understand now, and are imitating just from watching us.

Dy Dy = Bye Bye???

Grandma Betsy & Pop Pop Marc came to visit you last night!!! We met them at The Cheesecake Factory around 8:45pm and to my surprise, you were FABULOUS at dinner!!!! I thought you would have a big meltdown, but nope, you were so well-behaved!!! We got home around 11:00pm, and you were WIDE AWAKE!!!!!! You continued playing until daddy got home from work at midnight.

While you were playing, it was so funny, Grandma Betsy and I started saying, "bye bye" and because you can't quite say your "b" sound, you said "dy dy" and waved to us smiling. It was the funniest thing because it sounds like you're teling us to die, but obviously that's how you say "bye."