Lucy at 18 months.

This goof ball is a year and a half. The blanket cape and socks on her hands were all her idea. Not to mention this was the same afternoon that she had been throwing up allllllll morning. She hit her second wind and had to take advantage of it by being super baby.

Anyways she had her 18 month check up this morning (with no shots thank goodness) and I have a chance to post about it. Here are her stats:

Weight: 20.3 lbs. in the 3rd%

Height: 29 inches in the 7th%

It took her a year and a half but she finally broke the 20lbs barrier and can sit facing forward in the car. I was looking back in her percentiles and the highest she has ever been was when she was 4 months she was in the 13th. At least she is short so it makes her proportionate I guess. There's not much of a chance of her ever changing because it is impossible to get her to eat. She doesn't really like any meat or sweets or anything that could possibly help her chunk up. All she wants to eat is fruits, veggies and crackers. We have recently discovered her undying love for strawberries. She still loves baby food too. What a nut.

According to the Dr. she is doing excellent in her speech. I was kind of concerned that she doesn't say any 2 syllable words yet but that isn't necessarily normal for her age so I'm relieved about that. For example baby is "bay" and Dora (as in the show) is "do". It's more the effort and amount of words rather than the quality of how she says it I guess. He said normal for her age is about 7-20 and she says 25+ at least I haven't actually counted. And she definitely has no problem with understanding the concepts of words and commands so she is right on track. She is getting pretty good at understanding fairly complex commands too which is a lot of fun to watch. It's just fun all around to see her grow and learn and be a part of that with her. 

She definitely doesn't lack in personality either. She is a spitfire and very tenderhearted at the same time. She is an emotional time bomb. Kyle has no idea what to do with her at times because she is such a girl. She goes from high to low at the drop of a hat. Some days it is a lot to handle but other days (when I'm well rested) I can just sit back and watch her personality change from minute to minute and just crack up because there are no words to describe her. When she wants to be she is just about the sweetest little love bug you will find. She will randomly come over to me, run her hand in my hair, look me straight in the eye then give me a big hug and kiss. Then she will go straight over and in a span of about 15 seconds play with the buttons on the tv, go to the Wii and turn that on and then go to the laptop and try to lift the lid and turn that on too. Needless to say we have also been working on timeouts the last few months that's a whole other topic.

Her newest thing right now is singing. She is constantly singing songs to herself now. The other day she twirled around in the living room singing for 15 minutes straight. I really need to get a good video of it. I guess that can be my goal to do that before this baby decides to make an appearance.

We can't wait for her to have a little brother to share her kind loving side and her quirks with. She has no idea what's about to hit her but I can't wait to get this party started.

Christmas and baby update.

Christmas is over with. I'm honestly kind of excited about that because I was looking forward to celebrating it and everything but a big part of me just wanted it to be over so that we were one step closer to having the baby. Nevertheless it was a great day for my family to spend together and we had a lot of fun. Kyle had 2 weeks off of school and we got to just enjoy him being home. Lucy loved opening presents and LOVED what we got her. I knew she would though. We only got her a couple things but she has played with them all nonstop since Christmas. It was a very special day for sure. You can check out the pictures on my facebook.

 I'm 37 weeks and 5 days right now. My poor mom came a week ago (about 5 days before she was planning on coming) because we found out I was dilated to 4cm and I started having some pretty painful cramping and contractions but nothing has happened. I was in the same boat with Lucy but I didn't have any contractions with her like I've had now. We've been having fun though. Lucy is in complete heaven having her here. I don't find it coincidental at all that since my mom has been here she has learned what an "owie" is. Not just an owie like when she cries after getting hurt but that she will continue to point to it for the next couple days and say "ow" and want you to kiss it. There has been no lack of sympathy for that little girl that's for sure. She's eating it all up though. She does deserve it so I don't mind. She's had to put up with her useless pregnant mom for the last couple months and she's going to have to deal with her useless mom again soon enough when she has to share her time with her little brother.

 In other Lucy news she is officially 18 months today and got to go to nursery for the first time. I was shocked when we left her and she didn't cry at all, just watched us leave. She is very very attached to Kyle and I since we are pretty much the only people in her life. I wish so bad I had a video of her in there and see how she reacted to everything. I was told by both the nursery workers that she did excellent and just kind of observed what was going on. She's always our little quiet observer in situations like that. If a situation is new, no matter how much she likes it she just sits back and takes it all in.

I guess this was suppose to be a baby update but it turned into a Lucy post. She is obviously the center of attention at all times in our home still so I guess it's fitting. She will have to share the spotlight soon enough. Well hopefully for all of our sakes it is soon enough. Until next time!