18 Months Old

It seems like Hannah has really grown up in the last month. She's definitely much more of a toddler and less and less baby. Here's what she's been up to:

*She pretty much fits perfectly into 12 month sized clothes, so we're stocking up on 18 and 24 months for the winter. Her feet seem to be growing like crazy. She's well into size 5's!

*She's pretty much transitioned down to just one 2-hour afternoon nap.

*She is obsessed with shoes and purses. She loves to try on our shoes and try to walk in them. She also regularly carries a "purse" over her arm with her wherever she goes. Granted, usually it's a pail, but I've recently given her an old purse to tote around. She's such a girl.

*She loves the phone! This is actually turning into somewhat of a problem b/c whenever I talk on my phone, she cries to talk on it as well. The problem is that she then pushes all of the buttons and then closes the phone, hanging up on whoever I was talking with (usually Grandma). Somehow she manages to bring up the internet when clicking the buttons as well. I don't even know how to do that! I'm not looking forward to our next bill :-)

*Whenever we tell her "good job", she drops everything and claps her hands.

*She has 2 molars that have broken through on the top and looks like more are not far behind. She's been a real champ, though. I hardly even notice she's teething with the exception that she's constantly wanting to chew on cold washcloths.

*She's becoming very independent. She helps get her diapers out for changes now. She fights me when I lay her down to change her but will do it willingly when I sit her on the table and ask her to lay down herself.

*She has finally connected waving with goodbye. Now, she waves and says her version of bye bye whenever someone leaves or she's going to bed for the night.

*She's starting to push her limits, bringing us into the new world of discipline. She's gotten her first timeout at our babysitter's house for hitting :-( I'm afraid we all have a whole lot to learn.

*She's recently learned some crazy dance moves. She kicks out on hip, raising her shoulder, and tips her head and does this back and forth. It's hilarious! Hopefully I can catch it on video someday.

I could never have imagined how much fun it would be to have her in our lives. She does something to make us laugh everyday. She truly is our joy, and we are totally blessed!