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19 months!

Well, I know most people only post monthly stats for the first year,  but I may never journal what she is up to these days and want to have some record of where she was at a year and a half. We went to her 18 month check up yesterday (on her 19th month b-day) and here are her stats:

Height: 34 1/4" (96th percentile - still our tall girl)

Weight: 25 lbs. 4 oz. (59th percentile)

(with clothes on - you know a girl always rounds down when she's fully clothed!)

She is such a drama queen with more personality than I can handle some days. She is definitely testing the waters of listening and has entered the "terrible two's". Our problem is not her ability to communicate her wants/needs, it is listening to what we say and not talking back. Her favorite rebuttal is "No, STOP!" while shaking her head and her entire body NO...and if we continue to tell her to stop doing something and she is tired of listening, she will either roll her eyes at us and close them (if I can't see you, you can't see me kinda thing) or turn her back and ignore us completely. Most times I find it hard not to laugh uncontrollably! She says multiple word sentences and multiple syllable words, and she usually says something that cracks me up everyday.

A few of my favorites: (side note, she signs pretty much everything she says as she talks!)
"I lud you mommy!" (herI love you" sign is an L...pretty cute)

"Where Dada?" (Where do you think he is?) "Ummm...work?" (yep!)

(What do you say?) "Pease, Thant chyou, Welcome" (that covers it all I guess)

(Elle what are you doing?) "Ummm, I reading a book."

(Do you want your sunglasses?) "Uh huh, it's a sunny day"

(about 1 month before she was old enough for nursery she walked up to the baby gate and while looking in said) "Mommy, I wanna play" (but Elle you're not old enough!) "Pease mommy"

She also loves to sing and dance. If you turn on music she will move and groove to whatever the beat is (there's major hope she'll be a good dancer!) 

Her favorite songs to sing are:

"Jesus (wants me for a) Sunbeam". To which she will sign "Jesus, please, home, school, play" as she sings along.

"Wheels on the Bus"

"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"

ABC's (can sing the WHOLE thing by herself! and can count to 10)

A few days ago we got a little potty and set it on the floor in the bathroom b/c she has become more interested in "Elle wanna potty". Not that she is 'ready', but she's interested so we're letting her get used to the idea. The funniest part about it is she'll go sit on it (fully clothed), then stand up, turn around and while looking in the potty say, "ALL RIGHT!!!" very enthusiastically! How she learned that I have no idea, but it makes me laugh every time! Then I called me mom to tell her what she said and so I said, "Elle, tell Momma Mia about your new potty" to which she immediately replies. "Mom Mia? Elle Belle potty, ALL RIGHT!"

She is so much fun, and I love watching her grow and learn more everyday. She is the most social baby I know and when we are in public, if you are standing anywhere near us, she will tell you hello and probably want you to hold her. She has no fears with anything in life and will walk up to anyone, anywhere and try to make conversation. Kinda worrisome, but it is nice that she is not a "clingy" baby. I thank my Heavenly Father every day that I am privileged enough to get to be her mom. Hopefully I can teach her all the things she needs to know to stand up against the Adversary and channel her strong will for good!

June 25th - Children's Museam

I had a meeting for work in New Braunfels, TX so Rusty and Elle came with me and when the work was over it was all play. We took her to the Makenna Children's Museam there. It was small, but she had a blast for about 2 hours, then we headed to San Antonio where we went on the riverwalk (no pictures, forgot my camera) and then Saturday we went to the Zoo (see post below)

Love how Rusty is sitting in the kid size chairs, and notice Elle's drama face...having a serious conversation!

taking care of the babies in the "hospital"
We put her on the baby scale, she didn't like that too much!
"Whoa!"

"Cheese"

Watch out dad, I'm driving!

no one would share a cart... :(

not quite sure what to think of this "cow"

she just loved that everything was her size!

queen of many faces

Me: "Elle, don't rub that nasty water on your face"; Elle: continues to rub nasty water on her face.

Not sure who is having more fun, Rusty or Elle.

"Choo Choo Train"

Just chillin' as I blast off into space

She was soooo mad that I made her wear this space suit, she was running away and this was the only shot I could get before she starting saying "No, Stop" and flailing around on the floor.

It was a lot of fun to get to spend so much time as a family!

June 26th - Zoo

San Antonio Zoo

I tried to talk Rusty into going to Sea World in San Antonio, but I am glad he vetod that idea b/c she is still a little too young to last more than a few hours (espcially in the TX heat...it was 102 while we were there). She was semi interested in the animals she knew about, but other than that was ready to go. So we saved ourselves a lot of money and still had a good time!

The absolute highlight of Elle's first trip to the Zoo was that they were giving the Rhino a bath, she probably said "Rhino bath" for several days...thought it was the best thing! Maybe I should bathe her with a water hose and scrub brush! :)

Random picture, but I couldn't help it, she was trying to take her clothes off...too bad it was one piece! She got a little frustrated!

May

A little swimming at the Scholl's

Sink baths...she went through a two week phase where she screamed if we tried to put her in the tub, so we resorted to the sink...she loved it & I have to admit that it is much faster and easier!
Popsicles (or as she says c-t-0 - don't know?)...a little WT in our diaper and bib outside, but it is Texas after all! :)

"Again" - loves being thrown in the air by dad!