1 1/2!!!

What a face! And, oh my, what a personality for such a little one! The battle of wills continues ever stronger but more often displayed than fits of frustration is your sweetness that just shines through! The joy on your face and how much fun you make each day overwhelms my heart. You can make daddy and me laugh like no other! Each moment with you is awe-inspring and such a blessing. What a dream come true raising you! xoxoxo hugs and kisses sugar pie

At 18 months:

• you say "apple" instead of "bapple!"


• daddy and I have counted 11 words you are saying: "mama", "daddy" (yes you finally said "daddy" instead of "dada!"), "ball", "apple", "nana" (banana), "wawa", "up", "moo", "woof", "nay", and finally you say "dada" for "doggy" which has an entirely different meaning than "dada" for "daddy" since you place more emphasis on drawing out the "ah" sounds. I just don't get it! You LOVE dogs and each time you see one your heart pounds, you drop everything and run to the doggy screaming "DADA!!!" no matter how much daddy and I emphasize "DOGGY."


• I'm amazed at what you can remember. We learned what a horse says early one morning and you repeated "nay" immediately after me. We didn't talk about the sound again until daddy got home at 5. As soon as I asked what a horsie says you said "nay" with that sweet, bashful smile on your face because you knew that you had it and knew your recollection would be met with very excited, high-pitched praise from your mother!


• You are adept at sign language for signing more, please, and thank you and most often use more and please when wanting a book, a ball, or an apple! You adore books and will beg for us to read the same book over and over again any time of the day. You love pointing at the animals and repeating sounds although other than "moo", "nay", and "woof" you think that every other animal also says "MOO!" so funny! You LOVE apples for some reason and that is the first thing I grab at the grocery store so you can hold onto one the entire ride. I just have them charge one extra apple when our shopping is done! Your face just lights up. We even let you nap with your apple one afternoon as you can see here:

• you are an athletic one! You have a throwing stance just like the big boys on our street and will crouch down, wind up, and throw the baseball, football, tennis ball...as hard as you can. What an arm! We can't wait to get you onto a team! You run any and everywhere, up driveways, down driveways, we count to three (you move your fingers like mama) and with such a big smile on your face you take off when I get to three and run down the driveway. You love running down grassy hills and up and climbing anything we'll let you! You go down big slides all by yourself and can climb up and down steps with ease. You can also climb up onto the couch now and also up onto the coffee table which is something new and something I don't allow but in the time I had gathered towels from the bathroom and came back in the living room, there you were, standing proud with the biggest grin! Can't leave you alone for a moment!

We've definitely seen you mature more physically and vocally this month then ever before. You're not saying very many words we can understand but you sure do have a mouth on you! "Jambaya" is a favorite of yours! You say this often and with such excitement, I sure do wonder what it means!