Wednesday, March 17, 2010

18 months







At Elliette's 18 month check up she weighed in at 24 lbs 7 oz, height was initially measured at 31.75 inches meaning she only grew like a quarter to half an inch which I knew was wrong but she was wiggling and doesn't let the Dr's or nurses do anything to her if she can help it so after the nurse left I measured her again and she was about 33.5 inches which is much more likely considering she can reach everything. Both of those fall around the 50%ile and her head was around the 90th, haha. She was wiggling and fighting but I dont think they were super far off on that one.
We just love this little girl she is just so beautiful, sweet, loving, helpful, happy, funny, easy-going, kind, smart,etc, etc, etc. She is the best big sister and Camryn just loves her and thinks she is hilarious. She helps me out with everything, holding Cami's bottles, unloading the dishwasher, making cami (and all of us) laugh, getting me what I need while I am feeding Camryn, etc. She is such a goofball who LOVES having fun, jumping on us, playing with toys, running outside, picking wildflowers, trying new things, climbing, nursery, showers, blowing kisses, figuring things out, her daddy, and her learning videos along with the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Her imagination is growing and growing and it is so fun to see her play using her imagination and what she has come up with, but the scary dreams that cause her not to sleep or want to sleep is not a fun part to having an imagination. She also thinks it is funny to do things we think are gross. She is speaking more and more but still doesn't speak a ton but she knows a lot of words. I wanted to keep a list of the words she uses but I don't even know all of the ones she know cause she knows so many and only uses most of them when she needs to even in sentences which throws me a bit at times. I could go on forever but I will just say that she is amazing and we don't know how we got so lucky to have her in our lives. (Yes she normally wears clothes but for some reason all these pics are without).
Camryn is growing like a weed also, her check-up is next month. She is learning so many new things, is really good with her hands, LOVES laughing at Ellie, LOVES talking and squealing and gets so excited when she sees Elliette or her daddy that she starts flailing all her limbs and breathing really hard with the HUGEST grin on her face hardly able to control her excitement. She is just a great baby that we love so much and are so blessed to have her also.
Justin is super busy studying, cuddling Cami, and letting Elliette jump all over him. I was able to do some cakes on Tuesday so that kept me super busy for the past week (pics on my treatytreats blog), other than that just trying to combat some mold, change diapers, and constantly wipe noses since it is allergy season and apparently both my girls are affected. Loving life.

6 comments:

Britany said...

I just LOVE those girls!! They couldn't be any more adorable. Cami and Ellie are just so good natured! I love it. I love you and Justin too, of course, but I have to say that your kids may be cuter than you. ;)

Mel said...

Your girls are so dang cute! My kids have bigs heads too. It's makes them smart! And eventually you can say that's it's just their hair! ;)

Kim said...

Your girls are so adorable... Josh has been trying to lower expectations for our future kids when he talks to your mom and dad! I'm glad Ellie is such a good helper. She is so cute with her little baby doll.

allegra said...

weird. that word verification thingy just asked me to type in "coment." :) (close enough to the spelling) why thank you, i think i will:)

anyway, cute girls. both of them. max has a big 'heeed' as well. back in boston, his pediatrician was at a clinic on MIT campus, and she was teasing saying all the MIT kids have big heads because their parents are smart. so, you have a genius on your hands.

Calley said...

Melissa, Of course I remember you, how could I forget!
Hey thanks for posting on my blog!! I secretly stock your blog once in awhile too! I saw that you were on Robins as well and looked you up.
Your girls are sooo cute!!! I bet you are such a good mom! If you are on facebook we should connect. Anyhow, hope life is going well for ya!

Brittney said...

They are both getting so big, and so dang cute! I love your pictures. Isn't it funny trying to take a toddler to the dr's appointment, they are way to wiggly! And I am so impressed with your little girl helping you out. I have heard that girls are great to help out, Tai is really good at entertaining his brother but as for helping..... not really!