18 months old

Stats:

Height: 33 1/4 inches

Weight: 25 lbs 14 ounces

How did this little cutie go from a tiny baby to a toddler so fast!! She is now old enough to go into the Nursery at church. I thought it would take some adjustment but she has eased into it without any problem! She has grown out of her "bully baby" stage and plays better with others most of the time. She is still a little ballerina walking around on her tiptoes. She loves to find shoes around the house and put them on but as soon as she is put into the car seat she will pull off her shoes before I make it out of the driveway. She still uses her thumb to soothe herself when she is tired but now that I have started putting the top of her hair up in a pigtail she will suck her thumb with one hand and twirl her pigtail with the other hand simultaneously. She is a jabber mouth and says a lot of things I don't understand but is also repeating things and saying new words daily. She is a great sleeper and goes down for an afternoon nap and at bedtime without making a fuss. She is quite the little scavenger and constantly opens up the kitchen pantry searching for any food she can reach. I can't even count how many times a day she brings me a fruit snack from the pantry. Her favorite thing to do is jump on the trampoline. She gets on it with her older siblings and holds her own pretty well for how little she is. She has been my healthiest baby and has never had a single ear infection until I took her in for her 18 month check-up and discovered both ears were infected. She never ran a fever or acted extra fussy so I had no idea. Overall she is pretty mild tempered and just kind of goes along with the flow. Out of all our kids though, she has been the one that has put the most things in her mouth and for the longest period of time. In January, she choked on a penny which she ended up swallowing and gave us all a little bit of a scare! But it came out the other end just fine the next day!

We love this tiptoeing, thumb sucking, curly haired little girl!!