18

I think I say this on every update but I am completely blown away that our baby girl is 18 months old!!!  Developmentally she seems to be growing by leaps and bounds every day.  She surprises me all the time by things that she knows how to do or that she understands.  She LOVES to clean.  If she sees shoes on the floor, she will either take them to the closet of the person they belong to or put them in a row by the back door.  When I take out the trash, she will get a clean bag out of the box and start working to put in the trashcan, will push the trashcan back into the pantry and then close the door.  Any time she finishes a snack or finds any other trash laying around, she immediately has to put it in the kitchen trash.  If a door or drawer is open she goes to close it.  She gives Daddy butterfly kisses and loves to give her sister hugs.  Unlike her sister she does not care anything about watching TV but loves music and will dance to any tune she hears.  She is such a happy little thing a lot of the time.  When she is not it typically revolves around the frustration of not being able to communicate very well yet.  She had her 18 month checkup and is doing great on all developmental markers other than she is not really talking much yet.  Her measurements were 22 pounds 5 ounces(25%), 31 1/4 inches(60%), and head was 45 1/4 cm(25%).  He suggested that we try her on soy milk given that she still has not adjusted well to dairy.  Any time she has a significant amount of any dairy her stomach seems to really bother her.  On the day she turned 18 months, she went in for surgery to fix the clogged tear duct that she has had since she was born.  Dr. Miller thought the procedure went well and we are praying that it was a success.  She did great, by the afternoon you could not even tell that she had had surgery!  Kids are truly amazing! 

I love that smile!!!!!