I'm sorry it's been so long since I've written to you. I just don't know where the time has gone! I'll try my hardest not to let that happen again anytime soon. You had your 18 month well check last week. You are 33 1/2 inches tall and 27 lbs. You were so cute at the Doctor's office. When they called your name, you walked right back to the nurse with such purpose. You stepped on the scale and let her weigh you and then walked yourself to the room. When we got into the room you insisted on sitting up on the exam bed, and then you sat there the whole time she took your hear rate, listened to your lungs, temperature, and ears! You didn't even want me next to you. You had this look on your face that was almost a smile of pride but also trying to be serious at the same time. It was a very fun appointment.
Daddy took you to get new shoes yesterday. I told him to get you two pairs. One pair of sneakers and one pair for church. I told him not to let you get Dora shoes (she's everywhere these days). Daddy asked what to do if you wanted the Dora shoes. I told him that if you wanted them it was fine, but not to show them to you. When you came home, you ran over to me so proud. We took your new shoes out of the box and what do 'ya know...Dora shoes. They are pretty cute. Daddy said they were the first ones you grabbed and that it was love at first sight. You didn't even want to pick out your church shoes. Daddy helped you pick out the church shoes and you settled for some really cute little black dress shoes that should look nice with your fall outfits.
You talk all day long. You don't have a lot of words yet, about 15. The doctor said that was really good for your age. You say "OH NO!" all the time. You say it if you drop a toy, if you're out of juice, if the dvd is over, etc. You don't just say it once, you say it multiple times at the top of your lungs. It's very urgent, every time. I feel like all day long I'm telling you, "this isn't a big deal."
You've learned how to get out of your own bed. I spent one Friday cleaning your room and letting you decorate it. You thought it was so cool to have your own room. Technically, you've had your own room this whole time, but it was full of our junk. Now it's officially full of Kaylee's stuff and you love it. The very next morning you let yourself out of your bed for the first time. I catch you taking piles of toys back to your room to play with, or I'll find the piles later in the day when I'm laying you down for nap.
I find lots of things around the house these days. When I was doing the dishes the other day I opened up one of the bottom cabinets. There should have just been casserole dishes in this cabinet, however it appears that you were helping do the dishes because I found an empty container of Teddy Grahms, and half a glass of juice. It made me laugh so hard.
We took you to Vacation Bible School with the boys. You were too little to participate but you were allowed in the nursery. I put you in the nursery the first day because I wanted you to have toys to play with and I wanted to walk around and watch the boys to make sure they were doing ok. You screamed so loud as I walked out the door. You just kept calling my name..."MAMA!" You are, by the way, the only one who has called me Mama. It's pretty cute. I stood by the door where you couldn't see me for five minutes until they told me to leave. I told them I didn't want to leave until I knew you weren't crying anymore and then I gave them a package of gummies. I told them to let you eat the gummies and you would be fine. Within ten seconds you quit crying. As I walked by you looked very content. After that I decided I should make you go play every day without me. I realized you don't get any time without mom and that it would be good for you to see that when Mommy drops you off, she comes back. The second day was hard, the third day you fake cried, and the fourth day you walked in and sat down on your teachers lap and started playing. It was really good for you to do that for a week.
You've started taking your diaper off. You think it's pretty hilarious. I do not think it's hilarious, and we've been battling over it the last few days. You're not ready to potty train, but I think in a few months you will be. Until then, I'm just going to have to keep panties over the top of your diaper to discourage you from pulling it down. You like to pull it down under your butt, and run around with just your cheeks hanging out. It is cute to see those little cheeks, but it's also very frustrating to have to put twice as many diapers on you in one day.
You throw some very good tantrums these days. You get really upset if I put water in your sippy cup. Very upset! You run out of the room screaming and crying with your arms in the air, and then you run back into the room to scream at my feet so I know how angry it's made you. I'm trying so hard to make you drink water so you don't grow up with a passionate dislike of it like your mother, but you are making it very difficult. Daddy says you were born with the "no water gene" and that you got it from me so I can't get upset at you. Regardless, your tantrums are getting you a lot of time outs lately.
You give the best hugs right now. You wrap your arms around our necks so tight. That or you give a backwards hug. You'll be sitting next to me or on me and you'll throw your arm around my head and pull my cheek to your cheek to give me a hug. That's probably my favorite. However, I do like watching you hug your brothers, and you expect a hug from them every time they've done something that requires an apology. I'll tell them to go say sorry and you immediately hold your arms out in the air for your hug.
The other night I woke up at two in the morning to Hunter calling my name from the living room. When I got out there I saw that Daddy had fallen asleep on the couch watching a movie. You were sitting next to Hunter in the recliner. You had the biggest grin on your face, like you knew you were getting away with something. There were a lot of tears from both of you when I turned the movie off and made you go back to bed.
You three love each other so much. Connor and Hunter tell everybody not to take you home, because then they wouldn't have a baby anymore, and you are their baby. I also catch you randomly hugging or kissing on each other. It's pretty adorable.
I love you so much too! Thanks for being such a sweetie-pie!
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