Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Lorelai at 19 Months

This sweet girl is 19 months and counting already! Still weighing in about 20 pounds. Her hair is so light, curly and growing. She has been very healthy. I have not counted her teeth recently, but she looks like she has most of them (her gums were busy the last few months!). While her vocabulary has not expanded a whole lot in the last few months, she clearly understands us and can get her point across. The words she uses most frequently are dada (for both dog and dada), mama, more, water, and yeah. She sleeps from 8 PM to 7 AM or so, usually waking for a quick nibble at around 5 AM. Her pickiness has subsided and is back to accepting most foods. She seems to love broccoli, carrots, butter, chili, cheese, GF crackers, dried fruit, watermelon, grapes and canteloupe especially lately. Surprisingly not fond of strawberries and will suck the grape tomatoes but not eat the skins. She loves to play outside and go to the park, follow the bigger kids around, and ride in the wagon. Kate Johnson from next door has taken to Lorelai and likes pretending she is her baby and will take good care of her when the kiddos are running around and playing together. Lorelai seems to have a special affinity for Grandpa Burie. This past month, Lorelai's Mommy took for granted that Lorelai could easily climb in and out of things, including her car seat. She took a tumble one day when I had unbuckled her and was getting ready to take groceries in and ended up with a black eye (still healing in the picture above, left). Lorelai loves books, cuddling in my lap to read and nurse, she loves dolls and stuffed animals, blankies, helping to put the groceries away and climbing everything. She was not wild about the waterpark when we took a trip to the Wilderness this past month for Spring Break in WI Dells- mostly because of the noise I think. She is not wild about baths either at this time. She does not like sitting in her booster most days for her meals. She is feisty and opinionated at this age. She is also very affectionate and gives nice hugs and kisses.