Olivia, you turned 19 months old on Friday! You are now closer to two years old than one year old and that makes me so sad! Where has the time gone? WOW! You are growing up way too fast.
Let’s see….we haven’t done your stats in a while, so let’s start with that! You weigh about 24 pounds and are wearing 12-18 and 18 month clothes. I keep thinking you’ll be ready for the next size soon, but who knows! It’s making it very difficult for mommy to buy your Fall/Winter wardrobe! I don’t know if you’ll need 18 or 24 months! Oh, the horror!!!
You are FUNNY. You have always had the best facial expressions, and that still holds true. You still like to give the mean face, although you sometimes pair it with the “pretty eyes” that Nana taught you, which makes for a really funny face. You like to make people laugh. You are VERY strong willed. You are gradually starting to want to do things by yourself. I used to try and feed you the messy things, but you have been very adamant lately to feed yourself everything (see earlier spaghetti post). You eat pretty good…just depends on the day. You LOVE fruit but aren’t too fond of veggies. Your favorite fruit is blueberries, and you’ve been saying “blueberry” for about a month now.
Your vocabulary is growing daily. I find you trying to repeat almost everything I say. We definitely communicate pretty well, which is one nice thing about you getting older!
So far, you seem to be a girly-girl, which I love! You love to have your toenails painted. When you see the polish, you “ooh and aah” and sit down ready to get your toes done, then blow on them with me! You also like playing with your baby dolls a lot. I caught you today trying to put your diapers on one of them. I think we need to buy you some teeny tiny diapers for that!
You are a neat freak. You cannot stand for anything small to be on the floor (i.e. thread, piece of mud, small piece of dirt). You always stop and pick up anything that shouldn’t be there. If there is trash in parking lots, you scream “Uh-oh! Uh-oh! Uh-oh!”. You often take mommy and daddy’s shoes to their closets when we leave them out. You have also started taking your snack cups and sippy cups to the kitchen and either place them on the counter or throw them over into the sink when you are finished!
You love to play hide and seek. Your favorite hiding places are in the pantry and in my closet behind my clothes. You will stand for a good 2-3 minutes in the pantry with the door closed until we come “find” you. When we open the door, you are always just standing there like you’ve just been patiently waiting on us to come get you! You find this game GREAT fun!
We love you so much and cannot wait to see what the next 19 months hold in store for our family!
Here you are playing the pantry game with Daddy today
She spotted the "boons" as soon as we got there, and she was bound and determined to find out where to get one! As youc an see, she succeeded!
