18 Months Old

I'm not very good at "reporting" on the growth of our kiddos but I thought it would be fun to say a bit about our Charlotte on her 18 month birthday. Charlotte loves to talk. Often when I walk in her room in the morning she is holding on to the railing in her crib, bouncing with all her might and laughing at herself. I say "good morning, Charlotte" and she says "need new diaper". While I change her she loves to list the people she sees in the pictures tacked above on her bulletin board: The first is always "Ahh Ber" (Oliver), then "Sissy", "Wuul" (Uncle Will), "Becca" (Aunt Becca), &"Baby" (herself when she was younger). Sometimes I get a shout out. When we're done she says, "okay, cer-rul, cer-rul pease" It goes on and on all day, while we drive down the road she stares out the window and says, "fower" & "car" over and over. She and Lily Kate are both really into listening to Girls Just Want to Have Fun right now, so she asks for "dancin song pease". Lately she has been able to recognize the color purple and will point it out when she sees it. Lily Kate taught her that. Charlotte loves to be held. She is rather persistent and will stand at my leg and beg, "hold you pease". I like to look at her and say "hold who?" and she'll say, "hold ME pease" and smile. Like every 18month old we've really gotten to see her personality blossom in the last few months. She is very silly, much more so than Lily Kate, who can be serious more often. She is very opinionated, she eats more than I do and is still pretty small, she says "tank you" almost every time you hand her something, she often follows that with "welcome", she is finally getting over her fear of the water and has been begging for "simming" the last few times we've been to the beach, she adores being with Lily Kate and watching "Monkey Gorge". We can't get enough of her around here. Kate has been asking about the two of them sharing a room soon, but we're going to wait a little longer. Between the two of them I don't think that room would ever be quiet. Thank you Lord, for our sweet, sweet Charlotte. We love her.