18 Months

Wearing Carter's hat during lunch today (he was at school).

Ally is officially 18 months old today, which is really hard for me to believe! Here are my favorite 18 things about her:

1. She has the most contagious laugh.

2. She loves to be tickled.

3. She imitates everything Carter does, both good and bad.

4. She loves her baby and her baby stroller.

5. She loves playing outside.

6. She used to be a good eater, but now she is fairly picky. Dinner is usually not a fun time at our house. She does, however, LOVE M&Ms.

7. Sometimes she thinks she is part boy.

8. When I ask her what she wants to wear for the day, she always says "bow," but she won't keep it in very long.

9. She shows me her painted toenails several times a day.

10. Her hugs and kisses can melt my heart faster than anything.

11. Reading books is one of her favorite things to do during the day.

12. Fear is not in her vocabulary, unless it has to do with bugs.

13. She can hum several songs, including "ABC's" and "Twinkle, Twinkle."

14. She thinks it is funny when it is time to take a nap and goes and hides somewhere. I usually think it is pretty funny, too.

15. Going "bye bye" can take her from grumpy to happy in a matter of seconds.

16. Stubborn should have been her middle name.

17. Her replies to questions are usually "No" or "Yes Ma'am."

18. She loves to sing and dance!

I could go on and on about how much I love this girl, but I will stop here. She really is such a blessing to me, and our entire family, and I am so lucky that God chose me to be her Mama!

I started recording all the words she knows last week but finally had to stop because I couldn't keep up! Here are some that I wrote down:

Mama/Dada

baby

bed

mimi (her blankets)

milk/juice

tights/shoes

Daisy (our dog)/Pheobe (our cat)

fish

snack

go

truck

hat

bird/puppy/cat

seat

teeth

bow

outside/play

glasses

pen

backpack

book/school
please/thank you

no/yes ma'am

spoon/plate

eyes/nose

here.you.go (all one word)

Gaga/Bubba/Nana

books

hi/hello

socks...

Okay, I'll stop. I wonder how many times she will get in trouble for talking at school!