18months and 5 days Update

That's right - our little girl is one and a half years old! She's growing so quickly. No longer is she a baby, she is a little girl. While we're excited to see her learn and grow, it really makes us sad too. We went for her 18 month checkup this morning.

At 18 months and 5 days, Hailey is:

33 1/4 inches tall (she is taller than 90% of kids her age)

24lbs 14 oz (which is right about average for her age)

Dr. Chris said she looks good and seems to be right on track for growth and development. On the downside- Hailey has had a bit of a cold since last weekend, she now has fluid behind both ears. Again!! Looks like we caught it just in time. Poor girl got her momma's ear troubles. Every time she gets a bad cold, you can almost guarantee the ears are next.

Here's some things that our girl is up to these days:

Jabbers ALOT! Some days she talks morning to night. She has a pretty big vocabulary and is beginning to put words together. Her favorites are what's that?? and where it go??

Can use a fork and spoon. She's still a little messy, but is doing a really good job.

She still eats just about anything we put in front of her. She really likes bananas, applesauce, peas, green beans, and yogurt. She also likes salsa! We were recently at a mexican restaurant and gave her a few chips with salsa on them. Next thing we knew she had her spoon and was eating it by the spoonful!

She loves to brush her teeth! She often disappears into the bathroom to tell us it's time to brush.

Elmo - she loves anything with Elmo. She will watch the same movie over and over again if we would let her, but after 2 times in a row I'm about to pull my hair out! She has also recently taken a liking to Blues Clues (which she pronounces as boooze cooz).

She is a little copycat. She will try to repeat anything we say. Guess I really need to start watching my mouth - don't want to be getting a phone call from daycare.

Wow, I'm sure there are so many other things I haven't mentioned. Hailey is growing and changing so fast. We have so much fun just watching her figure things out. She really does learn something new everyday. Can't wait to see what she does next!