Day by Day: EC at 18 Months

It's no surprise that at 18 months Emma Claire is absorbing everything around her like a sponge. Her vocabulary has increased at a ridiculously fast rate these past few weeks. And each day she gets funnier and develops her sense of humor. So for the sake of documentation here is a little run down of what miss Emma Claire has been up to these days. AKA momma failed on an "official" 18 month post. So this is what I've got for ya. Ha!

- We had her 18mo appointment today and she is 31.5 in long (50%), her head circumference is 18.5in (which is around 75%), and she weighs 21.6lbs (>10%). Her doctor said she is "growing beautifully" and is doing great. She was impressed with her speech and social skills. 

- Right now EC is fighting a little virus and has been quite pitiful today. She has been running a fever around 101 and has a little runny nose. No other symptoms other than being clingy and fussy. And while I'll take the cuddles I hope she is better soon. I hate when she is sick. Hurts my momma heart. 

- Each morning the first thing we do is nurse. She is still sleepy and groggy at first, but by the time she has nursed on both sides she is wide awake. Some days I dose off again while she nurses. I am awakened by her waving at me and saying, "HI! HI! HI!" "Momma? Momma? MOMMA!!!" She will then proceed to violently poke me in the eye show me where my eye/nose/mouth/teeth/tongue/cheek/hair/ are. This goes on for about five minutes. I'm pretty sure this routine is akin to a morning cup of coffee for her. 

- Tonight when asked her, "What's your name?" she responded with "Eeeeemaclaighre". Getting there! haha! For a while she's been saying her name is Emma. And as hard as I fought for her to be an "Emma Claire" you'd better believe we aren't letting her stop at "Emma" ;-)

- I know I've mentioned her obsession with babies recently. What I've failed to mention is that she is obsessed with all babies. Everywhere. Any time of day. Boy or girl. Awake or asleep. In a carrier or out of a carrier. Being held. On the ground. You get the idea. Girlfriend has baby fever. She actually threw a fit in a restaurant the other day because I wouldn't let her jump inside of a {strangers} baby carrier. True story. 

- I'm pretty sure she is going to be a tan baby this summer. Cue excitement. I have always been pretty pasty, even during the summer. Well miss EC has gotten a little bit of sun this spring and even with sunscreen on her arms and legs have tanned nicely. I love this for her. 

-  She would eat avocados for each meal if I let her. 

- She is such a great "helper" these days. I let her put veggies and fruit into bags at the grocery for me, she loves to "help" cook and add food to pans, tonight she helped me make our smoothie by adding the fruit into the blender, she is ALWAYS trying to get the dogs more food/feed them food, whenever we have a baby at our house she is constantly trying to give them a passy/kiss them. I think someone will be a great big sister SOME DAY. ;-) 

- Girlfriend is a monkey. She can climb chairs, coffee tables, couches, end tables, stairs, outdoor patio furniture. You name it, she can climb it.

- She really is a little parrot these days. Just this week she has started saying "Sit" {as in...I want to sit on the counter. NOW. Wonderful}, Abby {a friends dog}, Elmo, Claire, spoon, kiss, and several others I can't think of now. She mimics almost every word we say.

- She can be very insistent when she want's something. If she wants a book, she want's a book NOW. She will say, "buh, buh BUH BUUUUUH" while signing book until she gets one ;-) 

This is such a fun age. I love watching her explore and learn more each day. She is growing into such a sweet, loving, feisty, and smart toddler. I can't wait to see what the other half of this year brings! I can't believe in only six months we will have a two year old. Time flies.