It's CRAZY that our little girl is now A Year And A Half - those words are weird to roll off the tongue. She's so independent, intelligent, and opinionated! Sometimes at night when I rock her to sleep, and her legs are hanging past my knees, arms sprawled out above my head, I try to remember when she was just this tiny little puddin' who I cradled in my arms. It's hard to understand how much you can truly love another human being. She's so impressionable, such a sponge right now. It seems like she comes home from daycare knowing something new every day. It's evident that she loves life, people, animals, experiencing new things. She's not shy. And she's going to be someone AMAZING one day. There is nothing better on earth right now than watching her grow. Right now, at 18 months of life, Ayla Can/Is/Does:
- Starting to gallop - it's adorable!
- Loves singing "The Itsy Bitsy Spider", "The ABCs", "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star", and "If You're Happy and You Know It"
- Asks for her bed sometimes rather than being rocked to sleep
- Moved up to Size 5 Diapers
- Is now able to run rather than just walk quickly
- Can show you her hair, eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, tongue, ears, hands, piggy toes, knees, belly, belly button, and probably more, but I haven't noticed it yet!
- Starting to tell us when she goes potty or boo-boo in her diaper
- Likes to trick you - pretend she's giving you a kiss or a bite of something - and then takes off running or puts the food in her own mouth
- Pull herself up on her rocking horse all by herself
- Stands up in her highchair and then shouts "Sit Down!"
- Gets down from her big girl bed all by herself
- Likes blowing bubbles in the bath tub
- Tries to wash her own hair
- Is the sweetest little girl ever to strangers - she always says "Hi!" and "Bye!" to them. People can't help but stop to have a conversation with her
- Takes 1 nap per day, between 1 hour 45 minutes and 3 hours (depending on if she's at home or at daycare)
- Is totally in to watching the movie "Elmo In Grouch Land" and "The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse"
- Started to spank us if she's upset at us about something - this parenting thing is hard! Blair says she'll stop once she can talk, but I'm pretty sure she knows not to hit us already. I believe we have a very determined little girl on our hands
- People say she's starting to look a lot more like me - it's nice to hear that every once in a while!
- Likes to pretend that she's going places - she'll pick up a lunch bag, put it on her shoulder, and say "Bye!"
- "Plays" with her daddy by doing something she knows she's not supposed to, then when he comes after her, she runs away giggling, hoping he'll chase her (he falls for it every time)
- Is starting to want to hang out in her "Big Girl Bedroom" - it won't be long until she's in it for good!
- Loves saying prayers at dinner and bedtime
- Still loves to read
- She's finally turned toward the front in the car. We're not supposed to turn her until age 2, but poor girl's legs were so cramped! We couldn't stand it any longer
How could we have gotten so lucky with having our little Ayla? She's the best thing ever and such a wonderful gift to us. Being her parents is the best job ever!
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| I took her to Meijer to eat a donut before daycare the morning that she turned 1 1/2. It was completely adorable to watch her pick out the very donut she wanted to eat. Then she held my hand all the way to the eating area, sat like a big girl, and ate practically the entire thing. She did stop every once in a while to greet people who walked past her - as she just knew they would want to talk to her at 7:30am. hehe. I just love our little miss Ayla Blair! I swear she's going to aspire to be a Wal-Mart greeter one day! :-) |
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