At 18 months, Marjorie is non-stop. She is a go, go, go type girl. But! She knows when she's ready for "nigh nigh" and will tell you and head into her bedroom. Here's a snapshot of M at 18 months:
-Talking non-stop. Lot's of jabbering and lots of words--mama, dada, ditz (Fitz), bear, apple, happy, nana (banana/Nana), Papa, water, milky, doggy, puppy, kitty, kitty cat, butterfly (firefly), gah (garbage truck), bird, owl, wow, bye, hi, no, tank yoou (thank you), mine, "Y" (the letter), "M" (the letter), "B" (for the letter A, not sure how that happened), nigh nigh, monkey, baa baa (sheep sound), booooowwwww (cow), e-i-e-i-o, uh oh, oh no, shoes, pool... and probably some more that I'm forgetting. She'll try and mimic just about anything you prompt her to say.
-Understands what seems like everything I tell her. Knows lots of body parts, and can follow commands (when she's in the mood).
-Still loves reading books and will literally walk up to me, open my hand and place a book inside it for me to read to her.
-Starting to get into dress up play and imaginative play. Loves playing with her animal figurines.
-Is constantly moving. Wandering around the apartment, climbing up on things, loves going to the park and is getting better at climbing on all the equipment, but still hates the swing.
-Loves loves loves a horribly annoying Baby Genius show we found on Netflix. It is an awful sing-a-long song show but she asks for it every single time I let her watch something. I'm trying to promote Sesame Street and Daniel Tiger presently.
-Still super friendly. Sometimes pretends to be shy when someone turns their attention on her, but mostly walks right up to people and chats them up.
-Loves nursery. She goes right in without a fuss and seems to have a blast. (Mom and Dad also love nursery, yay for being able to actually pay attention in church!).
-Picky about food, but I know it could be worse. She's good with all fruit, most carbs (except rice? why?), and most dairy. We eat a lot of eggs for breakfast and PB&J for lunch so she gets some protein because home girl does not like meat and definitely doesn't like veggies. I keep giving them to her but it's always a "nah" with a hand out and firm head shake no. She does however love dried seaweed and will pound an entire container.
-At her 18 month appointment she was 20lbs and a few oz (can't remember) and in the 5th percentile still.
-She's generally a very happy girl which I am grateful for. And most people seem to think she's adorable and happy too. Just don't keep her out too long past "nigh nigh" time or you'll see the super grump side of Marjorie.
We love her so much and I love seeing her little personality blossom more and more!
So I made a red hood for M and gave her a basket, I made a wolf mask for me and wore a fury vest, and Dan wore a bathrobe, shower cap and glasses to try to be grandma. Most people thought he was a hospital patient...
Kisses!
Reading Little Red Riding Hood. This version was much more politically correct... nobody got eaten.
Happy Halloween!
She had a lot of fun walking around the neighborhood and was very upset whenever we tried to help her with her basket. We were some of the first people going out so it felt a little awkward being the only ones for most of our trick or treating. But we had a party we were going to so we couldn't stay out late. I think we all had lots of fun.
