Sunday, January 15, 2012

Eighteen months


Dear Violet,
You turned 18 months old last week! You are closer to 2 than you are to 1, and Mama is having a hard time with that. What happened to my little baby girl?
- You are walking, running and climbing everywhere. You love to be on the move.
- You are able to repeat pretty much any word that Mama and Dada say. Your vocabulary is getting bigger and bigger every day.
- You like to go to the park, and you love going to see the ducks at the creek near our house. You say outside and ducks to let us know that's what you want to do.
- You are getting opinionated, even about things you want to wear. You ask to wear your jacket, and you've even started wanting to wear a bib you had from when youy were a baby.
- We had some nasty falls since our last update and Mama had to take you to the dentist for one of them because she was afraid you had hurt your tooth. But the dentist checked you out and said everything was ok. Whew!
- You love to spend time at your new play kitchen and the table and chairs you got for Christmas.
- You love to read books and do alphabet flash cards.
- You love to eat hummus, cheese, and applesauce. You also like to eat soup if Mama and Dada are eating it too.

You are the best thing that ever happened to me, and being with you reminds me of that every day.
Love,
Mama