Our little girl is a year and a half!!! Oh my! Big girl!!! This month she really seems like a toddler. Abigail has matured SO much, which probably has a lot to do what how much she has gone through. Abigail understands SO much! We can sit and have "conversations" together and she pretty much understands most of what you are saying. Our little grown up!
At 18 months, Abigail weighs 21.10 lbs (35th percentile) and is 31.5 inches tall (38th percentile). Her noggin is still going strong in the 92nd percentile at 19 inches:-) Abigail is wearing anything from size 6 month clothing to size 12 month clothing, just depends on what it is. Most of what she wears is 9 months, but she definitely has a few 12 months, which is quite a jump! Someone hit their growth spurt this month! Abigail seems as though she has a very long torso, so if it's a romper, she's in 12 months. If it's pants, she's in 9 months; otherwise it will slide right off of that tuckus! Abigail wears size 3 diapers during the day and size 4 diapers at night. Abigail drinks A TON of milk before she goes to bed so we need the jumbo size to hold all of that fluid in!!! Abigail also went from a size 4 shoe to a 4.5.
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| Wearing her stethoscope, of course! |
It has been a little over a month size Abigail had open heart surgery. You would NEVER know it just by looking at her, except for her scar. She is a bundle of energy....running around, playing like crazy. Abigail loves to be outside. Our neighbors always comment that we live outside! Her favorite things to do outside are swing (duh!), blow bubbles, play with her rocks, chalk, paintbrushes and play with the soccer ball. We just got her a soccer ball a couple of weeks ago. (Hot pink, of course!) At first, she carried it around the whole time, but now she is learning how to kick it. Every time she kicks it, she looks at us and claps! So proud of herself!
Abigail is obsessed with trucks and cars. She gets so excited whenever she sees a truck. She points and "screams." Abigail definitely knows the difference between a truck and a car. Abigail also recognizes Jeep Wranglers and she can tell you which car is Mommy's, Daddy's and Nana's. Wonder where she gets her love of automobiles from?!? Hmmmm....
Abigail has been talking more recently. She still isn't talking a ton, but what she doesn't say, she can sign. It's rare that we don't know what she wants. Currently, she says mom, dad, outside, what's that, all done and hot. She tries to say truck. Other than mom and hot, it seems she's skipped over the basic words and went straight to two word phrases and a compound word??? Whatever she says, we love to hear her little voice. It is so cute!!!
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| I wish we could zoom in on this picture....her face is adorable!!! A lot of times when we give Abigail a bottle of milk, she will go to the playroom and sit and relax on her bean bag while she drinks. So sweet:) |
As we said earlier, Abigail understands most of what we say and can perform simple commands. She recognizes (and can hand you) about 10-15 fruits and veggies and several animals. She knows most of her body parts and can do the movements to lots of songs. She loves helping to dress and undress herself. As long as they are in reach, she can retrieve most items of clothing for herself and you if you ask! Dad is thinking of working on teaching Abigail how to get him an adult beverage...haha!
Abigail was eating really well when we got back from the hospital. Her eating has definitely slowed down again, pretty much back to what it was before maybe a little better. She'll eat as long as she is moving and grooving. Abigail is a huge drinker. We feel like we are constantly buying more and more milk. We are so curious to see her stats because it sure seems like she has gained a lot of weight!
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| Love that smile!!! |
Abigail is still obsessed with G-dad's iPad. She asks for it CONSTANTLY. Right now her favorite is The Mother Goose Club. She enjoys singing and clapping along to all of the songs. It's adorable! Another favorite is still the vacuum and mop. Abigail is a cleaning machine! Two other favorites are the grocery cart and her train, which she can now get on/off and move it herself. Crazy! It doesn't seem like that long ago we had to pick her up to put her on it!
Abigail is sleeping really well right now. She currently sleeps for about 10-10.5 hours at night and then takes one nap for about an hour and a half to two and a half hours. We've come a LONG LONG way!!!
It has been such a fun month. We love and appreciate this little girl more and more every day. Abigail is such a funny girl. She keeps us smiling and laughing constantly. We love her BIG personality!!! We love you so so so much, Abigail!!! Happy 18 Months, sweet baby girl! :)
