18 months! Wow … I
can't believe you are already 18 months old. On the other hand, I can't believe
you have only been in our life for 18 months - it is hard to remember life
without you!
You continue to be
so happy, and such a joy to be around! You love to read and your words just
keep coming! Yesterday you said 'awesome' !
There are so many
fun things that you do now:
- the way you climb the stairs - one at a time, saying 'I sit' on each step as you sit, and then 'mommy sit' as you point next to you for me to sit down too :) This continues until about half way up when you say 'Mommy, hurry … hurry mommy!' and then scamper up the remaining stairs :)
- You like to play 'boo' after dinner or breakfast every day. Once you are done you say 'done, play boo' :)
- You like to snuggle in bed and give me big hugs and snuggles - I love that!
- You take your little babies everywhere
- You love to build with Legos - you build the towers soooo tall and then you crash them down
- You love to swing! We are building a swingset in the back yard and it's at the point where you can you it - you love it!
- You love to go walking. The other day we went for a walk down the street and you keep telling us. "Walking, Maya walking. Mommy walking. Dada walking". Super cute
- You love to slide now! It's so fun - you keep asking 'again, again. Slide. Again' :)
- You can run now - especially fast when we are trying to get you to do something you don't want to do like take your vitamin C or change your diaper :)
- You love playdoh
- You can count! You count up to 4 all the time (always while holding up your pointer finger). Five seems harder but you like doing 8, 9, 10 too :)
- I can't believe your memory - we changed schools in the fall and you still remember your friends from the old school and ask about them - amazing.
- I love how observant you are of the world around you … you have helped me to pause and notice the world around me more!
- Super funny/cute that you call my mom, "mom" (because that is what I call her):)
- Lots and lots of words and sentences. Recent favorites are: awesome, I want a bath, play with me, go swing, huggies, I could go on ….
It's been an amazing
18 months - I continue to be amazed by you every day! Thanksgiving was amazing, we had a great time
skating, skiing, sledding, and making snow angels in the snow … Christmas was
great with family and New Years at the far was hard to beat.
I know we will
create many more great memories and I look forward to them all
I love you with all
my heart,
Mommy
Xoxoxoxo (huggies!)
