18 Months

Yesterday Sarah turned 18 months. Here's what she's up to now...

New Words

**mama--she's been saying mama for a while now but just this week has figured out that that's me.

**more

**turtle

**purple

**bubbles

**paper--she goes out with her daddy every morning to retrieve the newspaper from the sidewalk. On their walk this evening she picked up 3. When she knows what her job is, she does it really well. :)

**GaGa--Grandma or Grandpa

**cracker

**church

**Stitch

She repeats a lot of words. Just tonight she was repeating king. When you ask her to point to her body parts she will repeat what you've said. When we count she counts with us. While most these things don't sound exactly like the word we've said, it's cute that she repeats us.

Favorites

**peek-a-boo

**ball

**stories, especially Goodnight Gorilla, Snuggle Puppy, Piggies, and the Little People Lift a Flap Books

**kissing--she's an equal opportunity kisser. When she gives a kiss to one of us, she has to kiss the other.

**Holding both of our hands when we are walking somewhere.

**Animal noises/actions. She roars for a lion, barks like a dog, thumps her chest like a gorilla, snaps her teeth like an alligator, twirls like a penguin, squeals like an elephant (is that what an elephant does?), and ah-ah-ah-ah's like a monkey.

**STILL being swaddled at sleepytime.

**Her electric toothbrush her daddy just got her. Until 2 days ago, brushing her teeth was a nightmare and everyone ended up sad. However she has a Cinderella electric toothbrush now and she'll brush more than once a day.

**The park--in particular the slide, where she'll climb up the ladder by herself, turn around, then slide down on her tummy. She's climbed up the slide once. She used to try and try and try and now that she's done it once, she never tries to climb up it anymore.

Miscellaneous--Here are a few more things we don't want to forget...

**she knows her way to Douglas Park

**She reaches out to hold our hand when we get to a corner so we can cross the street

**She's gotten tall. Just this week she's started reaching things from the top of the counter. It seems like it was not long ago she couldn't reach the top of the table.

**Inconsistent eater--her favorite food one day she won't touch the next day. It makes meal preparation tricky. She also doesn't like leftovers. She better get used to them, because I love leftovers.

**Loves to hear herself laugh and does it all the time. (We love to hear it too!!)

SARAH JANE, WE LOVE YOU AND ARE SO GLAD YOU ARE PART OF OUR FAMILY. YOU HAVE MADE OUR TRANSITION TO PARENTHOOD PRETTY SIMPLE AND VERY ENTERTAINING. YOU'VE ONLY BEEN WITH US FOR 18 MONTHS BUT WE'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE BEFORE YOU!! XOXOXOXO mama and dada :)