18 months

18 months! I can't believe it (I know I say that every month). She is just getting so big. Sorry this is so late too, I got a new computer and had to get settled in before editing more pictures.
Some of my favorite things:
- walking walking walking: it's crazy how good at walking she's become this last month. Everywhere, all the time. I love it! I love not having to carry her everywhere, and how much more fun she has exploring things now.
- lots of words: she says backpack and map (thanks to Dora the Explorer), itsy (per the Itsy Bitsy Spider), go (she always wants to go somewhere), blankie (actually says 'bee'), wee (going down slides, or just sliding across the floor), ball, book (favorite activity is to read), choo-choo (when she sees a train), monkey and elephant noises, and my favorite- love you (melts my heart)
- playing: she has just gotten so much personality and really plays. She loves to play with her little friends and at the park.
- walking the dog: some of her favorite things to take the doggie for a walk. She loves to go out in the back patio and point to her stroller and say go?
- rocks: she loves rocks, and moving them to secret places, then putting them back. She likes to sit in the rocks/dirt and kick her feet to make her impression in the dirt. It's very messy.
- OCD? I know this sounds crazy, but she always puts stuff back where it came from. We try and tell her to put things back before getting out a new toy, and she does it mostly on her own. It's cute and very helpful.

All in all, she is just getting more and more fun! I am loving this age, while she is getting more interactive and full of character.

struttin' her stuff

waa-hoo!

Hey daddy!

 

Singing Itsy Bitsy Spider with daddy

And she always says Yay! and claps at the end

going to the swings

mid-swing action shot

I love her so much!