Karlee 18 Month Pics

This was a challenge - you are just at that age but still happy with how they came out.. we love your beautiful smile!

 

 

 

 

And one with your sister, just for fun!

 

 

Karlee - 18 Months Old

Karlee you definitely have your own personality at 18 months and are officially not a baby anymore. You are talking so much more, smiling just as much but have developed a face full of expressions. You are definitely a stubborn little one, you know what you want and you let us know, but it's all okay after you start laughing and smiling.

Here's a few of the fun facts about you the last few months:

• Favorite foods: cottage cheese, yogurt, Cheetos, anything chocolate, ice cream, knephfla soup, breakfast bars, oatmeal, oreos (only the white part, you leave the cookie part)
• You use a spoon pretty well now - still kind of messy but much better
• You love trying to drink out of a glass and are getting better at that too. You definitely prefer a glass over your sippy cup
• You like to put things into containers and take them out, one day you spent an hour putting one sock in each shoe you found. This also includes putting things in and out of bags.
• Bedtime has been a cluster - you started only listening to daddy now all you want is mommy to put you to bed, just depends on your mood. You are very particular about bedtime though. You need 2 blankets, water in sippy cup, stuffed animal and pillow before you will even lay down.
• You also had a stretch of sleeping where you got up multiple times during the night - mom would walk into the room and you would go back to sleep instantly. That's stopped for the most part and you sleep through the night almost every night.
• You like to sleep in and on days you can, Leah is usually up before you.
• Biting record at daycare: 2 Received; 2 Given
• You love sunglasses, not wearing them necessarily but holding them and putting them on and off or on your head
• You love slides
• You love shoes - especially Leah's shoes
• You know tons of animal sounds and love to say them. You especially like to "roar". But also know, cow, cat, chicken (with the arms flapping), duck, dog, horse, lion, tiger, bear, sheep
• Some of your new words (I'm sure I'm not catching them all) but you are speaking much more clear now: more, me, no, hi xxx, help, yeah, ouch, shoes, mine, wow, wa wa (water), boom, bop, good boy, on, uh oh, baby, hat, I don't know, ni ni (blanket), grandma, grandpa, bar, please, thank you, owie, book, Dora, I don't know, bath, love you
• From the above list you can see you have even starting putting some 2-3 word phrases together now
• You will put both your hands up and say 'I don't know'
• Started learning sign language as school. Mom and dad don't know it but we've learned that waving your hands when you are done eating means 'done', putting your fingers together means 'more' and hitting your chest means 'please'
• You still love balls but you have starting taking an interest in Leah's toys more. You two fight over magic click princesses a lot
• You got a new glass tea set for a Halloween gift from Aunt Nikki and you LOVE it! You play with it every day and will sit and put the cups on the saucers. Super cute and you've only broken like 3 cups so far :-)
• You have a lot of tantrums - that whole wanting what you want when you want it - they usually result in you screaming and then you kicking and screaming from the floor
• Because of these tantrums we have starting doing time outs with you. Just short ones and they don't really work too well - usually just to calm your frantic crying
• You love books. You really love people reading them to you but you will also just sit and flip the pages and look at the picture on your own
• You definitely know the word 'no' now and use it often. You will tell us when you don't want something and usually shake your head frantically back and forth too
• You give great kisses and on command - except for when we ask and you say no and run away
• You get very attached to things and don't want to let them go - first it was a stuffed dog then it moved to another stuffed animal and then a ball with a stick. You will hold on to them for days and not want to let them go for anything. This attachment also includes your blanket (ni ni) if you see it anywhere.
• You are starting to learn body parts. You know your nose very well but others you get right or wrong depending on the day. You know belly, feet, head, eyes, ears.
• You follow commands - so you can take things and put them in the garbage or put away your toys, you get your own snacks out of the pantry and get your milk from the fridge - when it is low enough
• You like puzzles
• You need your blankie to sleep but you don't like your feet covered
• You can get on and off the couch by yourself now
• You favorite toys: tea set!, kitchen, Little People castle, ariel car, balls, weeble wabble slide, magic clip princesses, babies
• You do well playing by yourself now and playing with Leah, you will do much longer stretches of playing by yourself which is really nice
• You have started having more interest in t.v. You will watch a whole show if it is one you like.
• Both of those 2 things (playing by yourself and t.v.) have given mom and dad a little break, made you happier and a little more likeable
• Your favorite shows: Dora and Umizoomi
• You love Ziggy and he puts a smile on your face when you see him
• You like putting buckets on your head and hats too
• You will throw things when you get mad
• You seem to prefer rap music over any other kind. Your favorite song is: Watch Me - Nae Nae
• You love music and dancing - so, so cute
• You are scared of the garage door when it opens (Leah is too)
• You really like stuffed animals and have that attachment to them - which is weird for me as Leah never really got to attached to any stuffed animal. You also have a tendency to bite their noses - you really love the TY purple kitty that Leah picked out for you
• When you see something that you know is Leah's, you will pick it up and give it to her. Like you know when blankets are hers and which ones are yours
• We took the gate down and you do stairs as you want - you are good at them as long as you don't try to bring too many blankets with you, then you sometimes tumble. You love going up and downstairs as you please
• You follow Leah around a lot and she loves it when you chase her
• You have a temper and you will drop to the floor if you want something and don't get it. You hate hearing the word 'no'
• As everyone knows, mommy loves taking picture and when you are crabby you will yell 'no' as soon as the camera comes out
• You can open doors by yourself. You often go around room to room closing all the doors
• When you see something of Leah's (esp. her blankie) you will pick it up and bring it over to her - with a big smile on your face
• You will ignore people and put your nose up and turn around if you don't like what someone is saying (let's hope that goes away) and you also will roll your eyes at people
• You have been obsessed with your small stuffed animals- especially this little purple kitty you got. You even bit a kid at school when he tried to take it away from you
• You don't just cry now - you will call for momma - especially at bed time 
• You really like brushing your teeth and would just stand by the sink with your toothbrush for a long time
• You prefer holding 2 toys at one time - one in each hand
• When Leah starts to laugh at something, you will just start laughing to be like her
• You love playing kitchen
• You like to wipe your own nose, you HATE when we wipe it and you always have a runny nose.
• You will follow commands now and put things away when we tell you to or pick between 2 things.

• You love to dance, you shake your bootie so cute when the music comes on
• You fall off things a lot.. you haven't got hurt at all (yet) but you are kind of wreckless and don't pay attention to what you are doing
• Favorite TV show: Dora, Umi Zoomie
• You like playing with Leah's barbies
• You have a very expressive face, you make lots of funny faces at things when you are showing your opinion about something
• You are stubborn when you get something in your mind that you want
• You are a lot like your daddy - I say Leah is more like mom and you are definitely more like dad
• You say owie a lot - even when you don't have anything wrong
• You love to do sticker books. You like pulling the stickers off of anything
• You love watching babies and will laugh at them and say baby over and over (especially in church)
• You hate getting your diaper changed and would prefer we always stand to do that, which isn't easy so we don't do that a lot
• You love looking at your Dora night light on your ceiling before bed and saying 'Dora, Dora'
• You and Leah are definitely like your mom - you get crabby when you are hungry
• When daddy is downstairs you like to yell 'daddy' really load to him until he hollars back 'Karlee'. You will do this over and over.
• You love telling Ziggy 'no' 'no'
• You are a silly girl and are so fun to watch all the things you do
• You are wearing 18mo-2T clothes (mostly 2T), shoe size 5, size 4 diapers
• We love you SO, SO, SO much!

 

Last Baltimore Trip of the Year

Before Mommy leaves pictures, pics of the girls during the trip, pics with mommy's friends and finally the girls getting their mommy gone presents.

 

Mom Baltimore Trip

Some pics mom got while she was away in Baltimore for LCD meeting.

 

Karlee - 15 Months Old

Our little sweetie turned 15 months. It's amazing how much you have learned in only 3 short months. You have so many more words and definitely know what you want. You are a mix between the sweetest little girl and the most stubborn little girl and it's anyone's guess from 1 minute to the next what it will be :-) You definitely have your highs and lows. You are really starting to transition from a baby to a little girl and what a joy it is to watch you.

Here are some of the joys of having a 15 month old:

• You are walking (or should I say running) all over
• You have the loudest scream I have ever heard and unfortunately you scream often... just trying to tell us what you want or when you don't get what you want.
• You love playing with necklaces - putting them on and off
• You are a good eater. You will try most everything but you already have a sweet tooth and prefer foods that aren't good for you.
• You love to walk to the pantry and get your own snacks.
• You prefer to eat with a spoon or a couple spoons and try to get the food on there and in your mouth but it's messy!
• You like to drink out of a cup other than a sippy cup. You are okay at it but by the end you usually have it spilled all over yourself.
• We put your highchair away and you sit at the table with us on your booster seat. When you are hungry you will walk over to your chair and wine for us to put you in it.
• Favorite Foods: oatmeal, goldfish, noodles, yogurt, chocolate chip muffins, fries, BANANAS, bread, fruit snacks
• You like to try to feed people or share your food.
• You will drop your sippy cup on the floor a million times a meal and say 'uh oh' until someone will pick it up
• You also love feeding Ziggy! You two are best friends right now
• You love to play on Leah's bed. You can crawl up on most things - chairs, couch
• TV doesn't really entertain you at all yet.
• You help with getting dressed by putting your foot out and arms out. You know where shoes go and hats and most all clothes.
• You like daycare - you moved to an older room and you are loving your new teachers. They are great with you! You will go to them fine in the mornings and then wave 'bye' 'bye' to them when we leave for the day.
• Like your sister, you hate the sun being in your eyes - especially in the car
• You will fling yourself back on the floor when you get mad and have a tantrum
• You are definitely testing your limits and testing your independence. You try to push your limits and hate when mom and dad tell you no.
• You talk all the time now and really try to copy what people say. New/frequent words:
• "Uh Oh"
• "Ball"
• "Hi" - will walk into the room and say 'hi' right away
• "Thanks"
• "Nigh Nigh" - usually with a wave
• "That" or "Dat" - this one we hear all the time when you point at something to tells us what you want
• "Ziggy" - anytime you see a dog
• "Bye"
• "More"
• "Leah"
• "Here"
• You are obsessed with phones - you are always stealing mom and dad's. We try to trick you with play phones - you know the difference but sometimes you will play with those too. You are usually walking around with your "phone"
• You like to hold things in your hands - but you like to have something in both hands.
• You always have to sleep with 2 blankets and you are obsessed with blankets.. whenever you see one you have to pick it up. Doesn't matter which one it is to you right now but you love them all.
• You were the best sleeper, sleeping through the night but now the last 2 weeks you have been getting up a few times during the night. You cry/scream until mom walk sin the room, then you will fall in your crib and go right back to sleep. So weird -- and annoying for mom.
• You still aren't a morning person and don't like to be rushed waking up. We are finding a routine to get you up in the morning.
• You still hate getting your diaper changed. You don't scream every time anymore - I'd say 50/50.
• Loves giving kisses - with her mouth open - so you are nervous if it is a kiss or a bite.
• Has 12 teeth - you hate us looking in your mouth. You have all your front ones (8) and the other ones are molars (4).
• You hate us trying to clean your nose.. really, really hate it but you get lots of runny noses.
• Thinks it is hilarious to run away from people - likes when we chase her
• You learned how to go down the stairs. We still get a little nervous because we have to remind you to sit but once you do, you do well going down.
• You love taking a bath and will run to the stairs when we say bath.
• You hated the lake water most of the summer but now you have come to like it and will go in - as long as we keep your shoes on.
• You LOVE dancing! You will dance anytime music comes on and it is SO cute. Mommy just loves watching you dance and you have quite the moves already!
• Bed time is rough and you hate nap time too... sometimes not so bad but most nights we are telling you to lay down about 50 times before you will fall asleep.
• You fall and hit your head a lot. I think there was a span that you had 3 different sores or black n blue marks on your head.
• Your happiest time is in the mornings.. after you have woke up you are smiley and just the happiest little girl.
• You love being outside.. especially walking around at the lake.
• You LOVE slides. Your favorite are the ones at the park but you can get up the one on the deck by yourself now and go down yourself, so you think that's pretty cool.
• Favorite toys: balls -  tech toys - phones, ipads, computers, remote controls - your red and yellow car, shoes - moving them around
• You are wearing mostly 18-24 month clothes, size 4-5 shoes and size 4 diapers
• You love your big sister and smile so much around her. It's so nice that you 2 have started to play together a little more now.
• Your favorite person is Ziggy though.. you love to be around Ziggy.
• You are the best little 15 month old ever. We love you so, so much during both your highs and your lows :-)

Leah & Karlee with G&G D

The girls got a fun week with G & G D. while mommy and daddy were in Vegas. Looks like they had a great time.