Taylor is now closer to 2 than she is to 1! Thanks Rach for pointing that out to me. Taylor's baby days have been left in the dust! Just look at her, she takes up this whole chair now.
On Saturday (her 18 month birthday) we took an impromptu trip to the Botanical Gardens to let her roam around - and to just get out of the house. Lately, she has been whining at the front door, we go outside and she goes over the the car as to say, 'let's go somewhere'. She gets cabin fever pretty quick.
We found a little pond that had some HUGE fish and tons of turtles. Taylor was fascinated.
I took the opportunity to snap a quick picture while we were in such a pretty place. I don't have many pictures of just me and Taylor since I am always the one with the camera. Wonder when JT will figure out that if HE has the camera he won't have to be in as many pictures (he hates being in pictures).
After lunch at Chipotle, and nap time we invited our friends Nikki, Casey and their 3 kids (The Circus) over for hamburgers, french fries and brownies. If Taylor is getting whiny while I am trying to cook something, I put her in the barstool to 'help' me. I gave her the beater to lick after making the brownies...
I turn around to do something real quick and come back to the brownies to see this!
That little stinker is dipping it in for more brownie mix! Smart kid.
We had her 18 month appointment today where she is healthy and growing right on track. I voiced my concern about her extreme picky eating, lately she has really only wanted to eat cheese. The doc thinks in a few months she will come around with eat more variety of foods...we'll see.
Here are her stats:
24 lbs 2 oz - 50%
32 1/4 inches - 70%
Grew 2 inches and gained 3 pounds since her 12 month appt. Guess it's all that cheese.
Not as tall as people say she is (everyone thinks she is 2), but still on the taller end.
Lately, she has a fascination with trucks and tractors. She knows where there is a tractor-looking thing on our normal commute around town and I swear even before we get to it she is saying 'taa-taa' (tractor). It's parked on a bridge where they are doing construction, and right below it is a large train yard. She then says, 'choo choo' for train. Genius I tell you.
Funny enough that she is fascinated with tractors, but she is scared of baby dolls! Ha! She really is my child. I think because it looks like a baby but isn't, I really don't know. Whenever she sees one she cries or is scared to even go near it.
Her favorite word is 'mommy' - melts my heart, except she calls everyone mommy! It's a work in progress.
She still loves books, but loves balls even more. The other day while in Walmart she saw the biggest bin of balls and about went nuts she was so excited. They were only $1 so we got one and even brought it into the dressing room with us so she could play with it while I tried on clothes (I'm a big spender, can't you tell). She literally bounced it off the walls and had the best time. Score one for mommy. Genius I tell you.
Her sleeping is going pretty good, she always sleeps through the night but sometimes wakes up pretty early (for me at least). Naps have been great (knock on wood) and typically lasts 2-3 hours. She goes down around 1:00 or 2:00 and sleeps the afternoon away! Hope I didn't just jinx it.
Happy 18 months Taylor!
