18 months

 Can you believe this little girl turned a year and a half on Sunday?  We LOVE this age!

Height: 31.5 inches--25%

Weight: 19 lbs. 2 oz--5 %

We are excited Heidi is finally on the growth curve for weight.

 *Heidi is very, very girly in every way.  She swings her arm when she walks, she loves all things pretty--pretty dresses, pretty hair, pretty nails, pretty bows, etc.  Oh, and she is completely terrified of all bugs.
*Extremely cautious.  She won't even walk on cracks in the asphalt. She will come to a dead stop, point to the crack and say, "HOLE".  Then she will take a giant step over the "hole" to make sure she doesn't "fall in".
*Calls herself "Hei-la"

*Loves to sing and she likes to make up her own songs about whatever she is thinking of at the time.  "Elmo--ah, Elmo--oh, dada--ah, dada-oh!"  We can't get enough of her little songs.
*Talker.  I don't even know how many words she can say, but it is definitely a lot.
*It looks like she'll be a right hander.
*She has 16 teeth.
*Goes through phases of what she likes to eat.  A week ago she was into bananas.  Now she won't touch them.  Currently she is into apples and cheese.

 *Loves to color--especially at her little table.  She thinks it is wildly funny if I draw a picture of daddy with blue hair.  She will point and laugh and say, "Dada!  Blue Hair!  Oh Dada!"
*Still loves, loves, loves to read.
*Knows the colors red, yellow, blue, green, orange, white, purple, and pink.  Her favorite color is yellow.  If she sees anything yellow she points and says, "OH LA LELLO!"
*Likes to put things right up to her cheek and say, "Ohhhh"...stuffed animals, pillows, diapers, etc.
*If you ask her where dad is she will always say, "wood".  Apparently he spends a lot of time keeping us warm.
*We are working on being more reverent during prayers.  The folding arms thing isn't really happening, but she will say "AMY!" (Amen) at the mention of the word 'prayer'.

 *Still a horrible, horrible traveler.
*Knows the shapes heart, star, square, circle, rhombus, and triangle.
*Loves her mom.  I know it won't be long before she realizes that she would rather be with just dad, but for now, she wants to be with mom 24/7.  She would rather play with dad but wants mom in the room while they are playing.  I know it's normal for kids to be attached to their parents, but she is quite extreme about her attachment.
*Knows the letters A, B, D, E, H, I, K, L, M, O, P, S, T, V, X, Y, and Z.

*Doing much better sitting in her high chair instead of the table to eat.  She doesn't eat as much in her chair, but we feel good that she's in her chair.
*Loves the phone but when someone tries to talk to her on the phone she just stares at the phone and smiles or whispers so they can't hear her.
*Anyone she sees walking outside she refers to as "kid".  This comes from watching all the kids at the crosswalk when school gets out.
*Loves to be tickled.
*Still loves to climb.
*We absolutely love watching her try to jump.
*Likes being around other kids, but does not like feeling smothered.  She likes her space.
*Generally still takes two naps a day, depending on what time she gets up in the morning.

Happy 1/2 birthday, Heids!

I never knew my heart was capable of so much love until you came along!