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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

18 Months

One and a half today.

How ever impossible it might seem, we have a full fledged little girl on our hands! As you can see from the pictures, she is sporting her first pony tail and proud of it! She is talking up a storm and is very good at saying what she wants; up, down, in, out, yes, no, please, thank you, etc. She said "sorry" yesterday (repeating it after she heard me say it) and by today, knew how to use it correctly....her daddy says we're really in trouble now!

We have noticed more and more over the last 2-3 weeks that her mind is in overdrive. She is processing all the time and quick to be creative and use her imagination. She is more "busy" than she ever has been; constantly moving, working and in full motion.

She likes to help pick out clothes some days, for example, she wore bright green alligator crocs (that we think GiGi intended for play) for 2 straight days last week. She wouldn't take them off her feet, so she was the talk wherever we went (more so than normal)!

She still loves the park, swinging, going for walks, however, these days, forget the stroller or wagon, she wants to "walk" with us holding hands. Which is fine, but our walks turn into marathons and we hardly make it around the block in 20 minutes!

She has turned into quite the little artist! Enjoys her coloring, painting and play dough.

She eats everything in sight, isn't scared to try anything and don't think about sitting down to eat if she doesn't have the same thing on her tray. She can negotiate like there's no tomorrow and is willing to beg, borrow and plea for want she wants when it comes to food (or anything for that matter). Her new thing are apples, not cut up, but whole apples to "bite" as she says when I hand her one. So she carries it around and eats it, sometimes handing me the peal and sometimes just spitting it out and leaving it where she pleases.

We had a play date yesterday and are trying to get out more and more to meet new friends. We're hoping in a few months, we'll be set in a weekly routine and continue the "social life" she had in Charlotte...haha!

Enjoy the pics of our "grown up" little girl....how does it happen so fast??!!




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