18 months

Happy Half Birthday to our fun little ball of energy! We can not believe she is one and half. time is flying by so quickly! and holding little Anna Beth makes us realize that so much more. 

height/weight: 23lbs 6 oz (36%), 32 inches (62%) and OFC (for aunt ellen- how big her noggin is) 47.5in (77%)  

insisted on wearing her rain boots

size: she is in size 18 months quite perfectly.  she wears size 3 pampers and size 4 pampers night time. 

physical:  FINALLY her little tooth on the bottom right is coming in. it's mate came in like 4 months ago and she has been so lopsided!  she has her molars and is finishing up her 4 canines  our little one will officially have blue eyes with fairy mary skin she has outgrown her size 5 tennis shoes and is moving up to the next size her hair is so long and i refuse to cut it because I am afraid if I do the curls will go with it

eating: some days i worry because she says 'no' to every food I put in front of her, and some days I worry because she eats more than I do. feast or famine I guess. right now she is loving eggs (scrambled with cheese are her favorite) and she consistently loves cheese. will generally eat her fruit but not so much on the vegetables. she does love pizza and anything else covered in cheese (just like her Aunt Whitney). 

sleeping: she wakes up usually around 7 and goes to bed around 745/8. she naps anywhere from 1.5-3 hours in the afternoon, depending on how hard she has played that day. 

new things: gosh where to even begin…. she talks non stop. she has her own language but also will repeat pretty much anything you say.  She is in love with Elmo right now, even though she has never seen him on TV.  She says 'no' in the sweetest voice that you can only smile when she says it.  she says 'pease' (please), cookie, cracker, Elmo, Mommy, Daddy, Nana, Pops, Bubby, Papa, GG, car, bubble, shoe, poop, ice, pee, church, baby, bible, i'm not coming close to listing them all.  she is using her spoon and fork while eating although hasn't entirely figured it out. she signs 'thank you' she likes to hold two peoples hands and swing in between them  she loves to twirl my pony tail at night before she goes to bed and in the morning when I first get her up.  she still sleeps with her paci but when we ask her for it in the morning she will (usually) pop it out and hand it to you. a lot of times she will smile and say no first though.  she loves to climb on anything we are working on teaching here to ask someone to 'come here' rather just say their name over and over and point.  she loves ice and grabs any container, runs to the freezer and says "ice?"  if she hears music she starts doing her version of dancing.  loves "hiding" and playing peek a boo 

drinking water like her brother jackson does 

"hiding"