Nineteen Months!!!!!

Allie girl is already nineteen months old! :) Here's some things that she has been doing lately...

*She holds her spoon and fork more steadily. She loves to put her own food on the utensils. She is getting pretty good at it. She scoops things up and usually gets most of it if not all of it into her mouth. She was doing amazing this evening while she was eating spaghetti!!! I was pretty impressed. She would much rather use these utensils than her fingers! Big girl!

*She goes up and down the steps without much help. Down is on her belly until the last couple then she turns around like a big girl and steps down! Sometimes she would rather walk down like we do, and hold onto one of our hands. She does pretty good with both of these. Going up, she tries to be big too, but usually ends up going up on her hands and knees after the first few. It's hard work being big! :)

*She is saying more and more words- and more and more two/three word combinations. I've got you! All done, Home, Oh boy! Oh boy! Amen, Thank you, No, Glasses, Ernie, Bert, Mae (from Sid the Science Kid) , Toothpaste, silly, turkey, funny, Gottcha, shoes, Gracie, Kasie, Bus, Hi bus, bye bus, .... I'm sure there are more, but I can't think right now.

*She brushes her teeth at least once a day now. She has two of her four eye teeth. The top two have poked through and are growing pretty good. The bottom two are working their way up and are going to make their grand appearance any time now. (She says ouchie and points to her mouth and then says teeth. :)) She loves to brush her teeth with mommy and or daddy. If we aren't brushing our teeth and she is, she will stand at the sink and say our name over and over and point to our tooth brush. :) Silly.

*She has a shoe fetish right now. She loves to say the word. She loves to point to people's shoes, and she LOVES to wear mommy and daddy's (and anyone else who happens to leave shoes laying around) shoes. We came home one evening and I set her down in the laundry. She bent down to play with a pair of shoes and I noticed that she had hidden a couple treasures in daddy's shoes. A bink in one, and a ball in another. THAT was something new.... :) pretty cute.

*She has started to really answer our questions when we ask them. Before she knew we were asking questions, but never got the answer right. Now, we ask questions and she usually does get the answer right. ;) Amazing!!!! :)

*She pretends more and more. It is pretty cute. She loves to feed her babies and her toy Ernie. She loves to play on her own for a little bit. It is fun to watch this. I just wonder what her mind is thinking. :)

*She can tell us what she wants more, or what hurts, or what she needs. She will tell us if she is thirsty for milk or water. :) She tells us when she cries (if we ask) what is wrong, or where it hurts. :) This isn't 100 percent consistent, but we're getting there!

*She loves to hide. :) She knows to be real still and very quiet. She gets all excited when you find her. Her favorite place to hide is our bedroom closet.

*She had another sinus infection this month. :( She is finishing up her antibiotic. We took her to the ER one evening for their "Fast Track"(stat care) service. They said at the time that she had a virus. I could tell it was progressing to something else. Two days later we were at her doctor's office getting checked and taking home an antibiotic. It took her about almost a week to respond to the antibiotic and start being her normal self again. Mommy was sick and on an antibiotic at the same time. Thankfully we are over that stuff and ready to enjoy this beautiful weather we have been having lately! :)

*She has realized that her mouth can be an extra "hand". :) She uses it to carry things when her hands are full. (Picture above is good example.) She especially has been doing this when we are going somewhere. I think she thinks she needs to gather stuff up that she wants to take along. It is pretty funny to see her with both hands packed full and then one of her treasures sticking out of her mouth.... :) Such an imagination and so smart to think of this!!!! :)

She acts so big! Our little baby is now more like our big girl! It is so amazing to see how much they learn and grow and what they are capable of remembering and learning.