19 month update

Caitlin is growing up TOO fast. To help me remember, I'm keeping a log of what she's up to on the blog....
-counting to 10 (skips 8 consistently)

-loving to play with markers

-yelling "nakey, nakey mommy" everytime I change her clothes

-saying "i love you," "i love mommy," "i love daddy," "i love dissy" (dissy is her blankey)

-recognizing relatives and friends in pictures

-hugging her friends and asking for them by name--Specifically Eve, Ocean (whom she calls "lotion"), and Eliza (whom she calls "Lila")

-memorized much of the content of her books, so that I can say every other word in some books (like Opposites)--in this book, there is a series of opposite pairs in rhyming order, like "short/long, right/wrong"--we are always laughing when she gets to the page that is "hot/cold, young/old" because "old" has a picture of a dinosaur illustrating it and caitlin says "hot/cold, young/dinosaur"--haha.

-cracking us up nearly constantly--right now she has a sniffle and a cold and when I ask her if she has a cold she says "brrr-rrr--rrr-rrr" and shivers!

-according to her daycare teachers, she bosses around the other kids, telling them to sit down (at circle time) or lay down (at nap time)

Picture overload

Another messy dinner....
Loving her new train set--she can put the tracks together all by herself ("all self")

I got a STEAL on this fabulous backpack and it's EXCELLENT work taking a 1/2 walk with my 25 pounder in the back and she LOVES it!

walking with daddy's shoes
Modeling her dress and swinging the broom around--she loves to sweep :)
Marker madness!
Loving her potty! She is doing great with learning the potty.

Perch Lake trip (overdue)..in no particular order...

Conor...

family volleyball match...



Caitlin, Conor, Tiarnan

Caitlin and Tiarnan playing together--they were so funny, they would chase eachother around, then run into a bedroom and shut the door and just laugh so loud...
Caitlin on a Kayak...
Cath and Beth in the volleyball game...
Conor being cute...all the kids loved the piano and keyboard
Caitlin and Jess in the kayak

Caitlin loved the kickboard!

My favorite pictures!

18 months old

We went in for Caitlin's 18 month check up today. She is doing great--and was very talkative and busy during the visit, so the providers got to see all she is up to first hand.
She is a hair shy of 25 pounds and 33 inches tall--which is great as I want to keep her rear-facing in the car as long as possible and she can stay rear-facing (for safety) until she is 33 pounds in her current carseat. The nurse practitioner we went to was SO wonderful and respectful of our parenting choices. I'm going to request her from now on--she is consistently wonderful.
Anyway, Caitlin got a shot (tetanus) and didn't even flinch or make a peep, but we had talked beforehand about how she was going to get a boo-boo and that it was OK but it would probably hurt. She was so good, the nurse had a really easy time, so that makes everyone happy.
Since we've been home, she's been showing off her boo-boo (but showing off her right knee instead of her left thigh--ha ha--obviously isn't hurting too badly) and loving her little band-aid.

Thanks for checking in!

All by myself....

Our baby is 18 months old....

MOM: would you like help or do you want to do it by yourself ??
CAITLIN: self, self
(we do this multiple times a day)

*Here she is up at the table playing like a big girl. she gets up on the chairs all by herself.




*Reading all by herself

Our early July vacation to Frankfort area

Caitlin LOVES slides--she goes up and down all by herself now and squeals the whole time. Here she is at the park at Crystal Lake in Beulah, MI


At Crystal Mtn's water park with Auntie Joanie


At Lake Michigan with John and me

Scott, Joan and I went for a beautiful bike ride from Frankfort to Beulah
REWIND: Caitlin and John at Crystal Lake's water park--Caitlin would scream "weeee" while sliding down and then say "More, more"

more fun

Hiding...
Cutest diaper, sweetest girl...
Reading with Nana about the potty...