18-month antics

Emilia turned 18 months old yesterday! I waited until today to post so I could include the official report from her 18-month check-up today.

• Weight: 26 pounds 7 ounces
• Height: 32 inches

Sounds like she is growing and developing on track!

Before we went to the doctor, she kept saying, "doctor, doctor" and was really excited. That wore off very quickly and she turned really shy when the doctor came in to examine her. I'm sure he thought we were exaggerating when we told him about all of Emilia's vocabulary because she barely said a word! The visit did not end well, as she got one shot and had blood drawn from her finger. This was the most hysterical she has been after a shot. Even milk and a sticker couldn't console her. Can't wait until next time!

Here's what Emilia is up to at 18 months:

• She is all about pictures, or "pitures." She had a complete meltdown this morning because we didn't have time to let her go into our office and look at photos on the computer. Now I have to fight for time on the computer with Emilia, too?!?
• The good news: Emilia can and does respond to questions now with something other than “no!” The bad news: the response is almost always “yeah” instead of “yes.” I guess our terrible habits are rubbing off on her!
• Even though she hardly watches TV (I promise!), she now hands us the remote control and says "Elmo!" Apparently Elmo is the only thing on TV.
• I see beauty school in her future. She is obsessed with brushing her hair and everyone else's hair, not to mention the hairdryer. The only thing she doesn't seem to love are these new barrettes daddy bought her. We're still working on those.
• Am I creating a germaphobe? Emilia loves, loves, loves to Purell her hands. If she sees me reach for it, she runs over and says "hans, hans." I guess that's not necessarily a bad thing during flu season.
• She has started to carry a tune. She roughly knows the start of the ABCs and chimes in “e-i-e-i-o" during "Old MacDonald. Her best singing arrangement is "Jesus Loves Me," which goes something like “Jeshush Jeshush Jeshush Jeshush Jeshush…” throughout the entire song. Click on Our Videos to watch.
• Favorite foods: eggs, rice, cous cous, chicken ("bawk, bawk!"), "patta" (pasta), yogurt ("gogurt") and most fruits and vegetables. But really, there's not much she won't eat.
• Favorite pastimes: roughhousing with daddy, eating, sliding ("weee!"), bouncing ("buntz!")dancing on command, reading books, (finally, she can say "book" instead of "gook"), going to "chuch," and playing with her stuffed animals and baby doll ("here ya go, sissy" she says to her baby doll as she puts a hat on her, of course).
• Things to look out for: She's starting to run, attempt to open doors and climb onto things more (like a chair, which she used to climb onto the kitchen counter. Great.).
• Her growing vocabulary: open, outside, go, church, friends' names, body parts, clothing and accessories, food, dinner, stuck, animal crackers... new words every day!
  

Here was Emilia at 2 weeks old:

And on the same chair and with the same lamb at 18 months:

Crazy how fast time flies!

As a side note, we woke up to snow this morning! It wasn't a ton, but it was the most we have had all season. Emilia spent a long time staring out the window saying, "no!" (that meant "snow"). And, she also learned the color white.