Little Things

For your enjoyment, and in the hopes of us remembering what this little girl is like as she grows, here are some more little things our little monkey has been up to lately.

She is obsessed with her belly button, or as she says, "button".  We have been wondering whether teaching her this was a great idea because she is actually more interested in finding our "buttons"...which means she is often caught trying to lift our shirts in public.

 She is absolutely, completely, head over heels in love with the game of hide and seek.  She prefers to be the one hiding and he favorite spot is behind mom and dad's "nigh nigh".  Although it is her go-to hiding place 98% of the time, she finds it wildly hilarious when we find her--especially when we pretend we're trying to be quiet.  She has also discovered the joy of hiding behind the curtains and I can't help but laugh my pants off every time I walk into our room and see the curtains moving like crazy.

 We have almost successfully mastered jumping.  When she actually gets air though, she usually lands on her bum only to get up and jump again.

 She has finally decided that going downstairs is just as fun, if not more fun, than going up.  She could do it for the longest time, but just refused to because she's a tad bit lazy and preferred to be carried.  Now that she figured out how to make it more of a sliding game, she's all in.  Please excuse her immodesty.

 What a helpful little girl she has become lately.  She loves to help put clothes in and out of the dryer and she loves to help cook.  Her favorite thing is the spice cabinet.  I have a child proof lock on it, but since she has so much fun taking out the spices, stacking them on the floor, and then re-organizing them, I have a hard time keeping it closed.

 

Heidi enjoys weighing herself every morning as I get ready.  It looks like at 15.5 months she weighs close to 18 pounds.

She loves to lay on her belly and kick her legs while reading a book or eating snacks.  Definitely one of my very, very favorite things to see.

Heidi loves to have her toenails painted multiple times a day.  She then likes to take her socks and shoes off and say, "pretty" over and over.  My toenails must also remain painted so she can point to mine and say "pretty".  We are still working on convincing Jeff that he also needs his toenails painted.

Most people are either convinced she looks exactly like Jeff or exactly like me so I have decided she must be a pretty good mix although Jeff seems to think she looks like my dad.  Hmmm.   

Heidi is still about as clingy as them come but for some reason she has decided that when we're at the store or at church she needs to get down and wander.  Thankfully she never really wanders too far and once she sees what's happening at the other side of the room, she makes her way quickly back to mom or dad for a story or a treat.  Nursery is probably not going to go over so well.  Let's hope she proves me wrong.

Have I ever mentioned how much we are having watching this little girl turn from a baby into a little kid?