Our Merry Christmas

18 Month Stats

She was 33 inches and 27 pounds. I didn't get my little sheet with the percentages for some reason :(. But if the whole doubling-your-height-at-two thing is true, then Leslie will be at LEAST 5'6". What??? How is it possible for ME to have a tall daughter??? Craziness.

Our Christmas Parade

Ok. Since she only sleeps about an hour a day at daycare, Leslie usually decided at least one day during the weekend to go to sleep around 9:30 a.m. to catch up. That wasn't such a convenient thing today because the parade started at 11. So at 10:45 she was asleep and I decided we weren't gonna make it. Then she woke up at 10:50 and we decided to take our chances. We parked 100 miles away and jogged to Ashford Church to watch -- 21 minutes late -- and I'm so glad we did! Leslie had a blast!

P.S. She LOVED her mittens and did not want to take them off!

Our "Just Because"

This is one of those pictures I take just because I love the outfit!

Our Fun In the Leaves

Our Thanksgiving

Leslie had the time of her LIFE on Thanksgiving. I've never seen her so excited to play with her cousins and Recie.

On a more sour note, we found out she does have kidney reflux on BOTH sides, just like her mama did. We await word on how soon she'll need surgery. Until then, it's antibiotics every day to ward off infection!

There are probably too many recent accomplishments to note, but I'll give it a shot:

• She does all her gymnastics positions: straddle, pike, and butterfly
• She can begin her forward roll all by herself (we have to help her with the roll part)
• Just TODAY she started saying "Awww man!" like swiper on Dora. Before that she just said backpack
• She has FINALLY started trying to say all kinds of words if you ask her to. They mostly just come out in the correct number of syllables but not the correct consonants!
• She is still a creature of habit who loves her routines and is very helpful with cleaning, throwing things in the trash can, putting toys back, etc.
• She TRIES to count!
• She loves to scream out "Mama" and "Dada" when she's looking for us.
• She says more now instead of just signing it!
• She says "hello" when the phone rings.
• When she sees the Christmas tree she says "oooohhhhhh"