We went to a little engagement party tonight and Maddie was such a little ham the whole time. First of all she was running on little to no nap today…Gabe said it best when he said “is grumpy Maddie or happy drunk Maddie going to show up tonight”. Thankfully we had “happy drunk Maddie” entertain everyone at the party. She was running around laughing and just being a little social butterfly. She made lots of new friends and she was being so good we kept her out until 9:00. I told someone that they needed to call DSS because our poor baby was up way past her bedtime. On most nights she is in bed by 8. Needless to say we got home about 9 and then we sat outside in the bed of the truck and looked at the moon for a few more minutes. Maddie LOVES the moon. The look on her face and the delight in her voice when she saw how big and bright the moon was tonight was priceless. One of our little traditions is to read the book “Goodnight Moon” and Gabe always says “Night night Moon” as he kisses her goodnight. After an exhausting day and no bath (she smelled of sunscreen and sweat) she was in bed by 9:30.
Maddie is now eighteen months old-halfway down with ONE. Time needs to slow d.o.w.n. At her Eighteen Month well-child check:
29.88 lbs (97%tile)
34 in. (97%tile)
20.47 in head circumference (above 97th %tile)
Yes I know she is a big girl, but I do get tired of people saying “she is only 18 months? I thought she was 3!” Oh well, what can you do?
Her next visit isn’t until she turns TWO. I can’t believe it. I thought it was sad when we had to wait three months in between visits, but now to wait six months-it is devastating!!!!
Tonight as I jotted down all the new and wonderful things that our little gal is doing it made me excited, but sad at the same time. She is really a little person now and oh so smart…sometimes too smart! She is saying a lot of new words, but she still mostly points to things and gets frustrated when she is not understood.
{words at 18 months ~40 words} {no two word phrases yet, but we are aimlessly working on “I love you”}
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Also at Eighteen months Miss Maddie:
- sleeps 11-12 hours at night
- takes one nap (1.5-2 hours)
- loves pretend play
- rocking, feeding, burping babies
- talks on the phone
- gives animals/babies drink, food, and paci
- makes smacking sound and pretends to eat and drink out of empty bowls and cups
- loves to “help” do chores
- vacuums
- cleans furniture with wipes
- puts trash in trashcan
- folds clothes
- feeds self with fork and spoon
- we just give her a bowl of cereal and let her go to town…she has been successfully feeding herself for a couple of months now)
- likes a variety of foods, but is picky about certain textures
- walks upstairs and down holding on with one hand (I have actually taught her to come down the stairs on her bottom, but she can do it standing up as well)
- builds towers of blocks and loves to play with her Mega blocks
- scribbles on paper
- shows LOTS of affection-gives lots of kisses and hugs
- identifies most body parts
- identifies and points to common objects
- kicks ball
- can sit for a long time reading books
I haven’t uploaded pictures from August yet, but I have to leave you with this ‘sweet as can be’ picture of Maddie and Carter. Natalie and I went to JCPenney to get a few pictures of the two of them wearing their matching sailor outfits for a surprise for my mom. We wanted a plain background…this was the first time in a portrait studio and Maddie really did great with it. We got some cute ones!
