18 Months Old

The last month with Hallie has been both a blast and a stress all at the same time. This girl is hilarious! She is constantly doing things to make us laugh. While at the same time on the go constantly and getting into everything and making her mama nuts. But she sure is cute!
This is a common scene in our house lately. She has been hitting like crazy! So into time out she goes. Too bad she still thinks it's kind of funny rather than being disciplined. And no she didn't learn to fold her arms from being in time out ;) After she hits Grant or the cat (who are her usual targets), she'll say "be nice to bubba, or be nice to kitty". Which is what I feel like I tell her all day long. She is quite the little copy cat right now.

Some of her other new words are pretty-which is anything from a bracelet, to a necklace, to a hair bow, to a shirt, etc. Lots of things are her pretty's. Other words are car, shoes, bapa-for grandpa, nice, ball, go, and tickle.

She is up to 29.11 lbs. and about 33 inches tall. I thought she had surpassed Grant in the weight department, but it looks like he's put on some weight since his surgery in June and is still a few pounds bigger than Hallie. I think he might have somewhat of a complex about his baby sister outgrowing him, so he's trying to pack it on. ;)

She is a wild sleeper. I usually cover her up 3 times or more before I got to bed, but she always ends up on top of her covers and sideways. And most of the time, and arm or a leg is sticking out of the bars.
She is mostly down to 1 nap a day. Once or twice a week she will still take 2 naps, but for the most part she is down to 1. I've been trying to stretch it to the early afternoon, but she is usually down by 11 or 11:30. And she will usually sleep for 3-3 1/2 hours.
At night she goes to bed around 7:30 and she will usually sleep until 7. She has to have one of her fleece blankets around her face and another blanket on top. And she also has to have her songs on in her little glow worm toy.

Mikkele has taught her how to throw a ball this last month. Which has turned into-throw whatever you can get your hands on. We are trying to teach her to just throw balls, but so far it hasn't worked.

She has had a hard time with the change of weather. She loves to be outside, especially since we've been outside working in the yard a lot. So she gets all bundled up and comes out to be our big helper. She doesn't like to have her coat, hat, or gloves on though. As soon as they go on, she tries to get them off. She's quite the pro at zippers now.

We have finally started introducing eating utensils. I don't know what is messier, eating with her hands, or learning how to eat with a fork or spoon. She isn't doing too bad, and she sure loves the new trick of eating like we do.

Her hair is getting long enough to be able to pull into piggy tails. They didn't last very long in the back, but she sure looked cute in them.

She is now officially old enough for nursery! She had a bad ear infection that first Sunday, so she didn't get to go, but she will be going tomorrow! I am one excited mama! It has been 5 1/2 years since I haven't had a kid with me during class. Maybe I'll actually be able to get something from the lessons now. :)

It's so fun that she is growing up and learning new things every day. While she makes me crazy sometimes with how busy she is, I am truly grateful that she is able to do all the things that sometimes we take for granted. Love you Hal!