Monday, August 22, 2011

18 Months... Where has the time gone?

I can't believe that you have been here for 18 months. I know that I say it all the time, but life is going by way too fast for me. You kids need to stop growing up. I thought it would be fun post some pictures of you from the time you were born until now. I was a crazy start for you, but you are doing great. You are actually my biggest kid at this age. Kind of funny, since you started so early and so small. You are my only kid to be over 20 pounds at age 1. You also are the only kid not in the 5-10% range for height and weight. I love it.

You are so much fun right now. You are generally a very happy baby. For some crazy reason you adore your big brother. Every morning you come down the hall yelling for him. He is the first person you want to see, and when you do, you give him a big smile and a "Hi." I think he loves it too. You are a talker, not that we can understand most of what you say, but you don't stop talking ever. I love it when you walk around the house yelling, "Mom, Mom!" You know a handful of words and love to make animal sounds. My favorite is the horse, you do a very good impression. You also love the work "Yeah". The kids love to ask you questions knowing you will answer "Yeah". One of our favorites is, "Does S love the Utes? ... "Yeah". You also love your baby dolls and your "cloths". You carry them around with you everywhere. You already love to bug your sisters by taking their toys away from them or destroying what they are doing. (Maybe that is why you and your brother get along so well, he loves to do the same thing.) You are very strong-willed and stubborn, not that I don't already have enough of that here. You also are very independent. You don't like people to help you very often. It has been so much fun watching you grow up these past few months, and I look forward to many more. I love you very much and am so grateful you are a part of our family.


Your first pictures at the NICU. It seems so long ago.


Holding you for the first time. I can't believe you were ever that small.





6 months old.





8 months old-wearing a hat brought back from Egypt.





9 months old





Just over a year. Happy as usual.





Such a sweet messy face.





Hanging out at the beach in July.





Last week. You already love to dress up like your sisters. How I ended up with all these girly girls I will never know, but I love it.

1 comment:

Katie said...

she is so adorable! It is fun to see the changes in her over such a short (to us) period of time!