It's hard to believe that my baby is a year and a half old. Sometimes it feels like she's been with us forever, and other times it feels like she was just born. She is becoming a real girl now--a big, independent, sweet, sassy girl.
We were a little concerned for a while that her feet may not ever grow, but she currently wears a size 5 shoe, and I think they are finally proportionate to the rest of her body now! She wears a size 5 diaper, although I put her in pull-ups sometimes because she has recently begun to remove her diaper inside her clothes like a ninja. She is wearing mostly 24 month clothing now, and she can even fit into some 2T shirts. Which, of course, means that she has been rocking the very small selection of Bobby's old t-shirts that are unisex and managed to escape death-by-orange juice (that leaves approximately 2 shirts).
She typically sleeps a solid 12 hour stint from 8-8, with a good 1-2 hour afternoon nap. A huge difference between her and her brother is that she wakes up so pleasant and says "Hello!" when we walk in to retrieve her from her crib. (Let's just say Bobby is not a morning person).
Her favorite toys are currently her toy kitchen, the Little People Cinderella Carriage, and the B. Squeeze Blocks. She spends so much of her time stacking those blocks and counting them, only to have Bobby come and knock them all down. She loves the Bubble Guppies with all of her heart, and I hear her singing the songs under her breath all day long.
Viv is maturing so fast. She loves talking, and her favorite thing in the world to say is "meow." She is obsessed with kitties, so it's really cute. But we are beginning to wonder if she confuses "meow" with "awww," because anytime she hugs anybody, she will close her eyes and say "meowww." You can hand her anything (literally anything), and she will politely say "Thank you," which is the sweetest thing ever. Her other favorite things to say are the alphabet and her numbers. She can sing the entire ABC song--including the "now I know my abc's" part at the end--and she can count to 13, although sometimes she skips from 5 to 8. And she loves it. I swear I sing the ABC song in my sleep now from hearing it so much.
We have hit the toddler phase of life full-throttle with Vivi over the last month. My little sweet girl is now a master of throwing herself on the ground to protest and manipulating the brother/sister dynamic in our house. They love each other lots and play really great together half the time, and then they fight and antagonize each other the other half. I guess that's just life with siblings who are close in age.
Viv still loves to eat, and I'm praying we don't run into the eating nightmare that most toddlers go through. Her favorite foods are mac-n-cheese, pasta, cheese, strawberries, milk, and chicken. But luckily I am still enjoying one child who will eat pretty much anything.
Her favorite activities are singing, eating, playing in dirt, eating dirt, meowing, going to school, playing on the playground, and annihilating the Christmas tree.
She dislikes having her picture taken, wearing a diaper, being removed from her precious dirt, and being reprimanded from annihilating the Christmas tree.
Her personality is really beginning to come in strong now, and I think the most stand-out quality that she displays is her fearlessness. The girl has no fear. She will play with older kids, climb on the highest jungle gym, jump off from high places, and hug all the dogs, even the biggest ones.
She's quick to catch on to things, and it seems like she's learning something new every day.
It's a challenging age, but it's also so cute!
It's a challenging age, but it's also so cute!
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