Although, it also seems like it's been way longer than just 18 months. I keep thinking of her as being two, or almost two...and I have been doing a double-take when I realize that she is only just now hitting 18 months. Crazy.
As usually, I have tons of pictures of her, even given that I have been trying to keep up somewhat with posting.
Some quick stats/info: She weighs 22lbs 4oz and is 29.25" tall. She loves pointing to her eyes, nose, head, ears, and feet and naming them (as best she can). She loves waving hello and goodbye. When teaching her to say "please", we eventually just got her to say "puh"...the sound that the letter "p" makes. And we can't get her to go beyond that. It's cute, but it means we have to listen extra hard for it. Matt has gotten her to say "A-E-I-O-U" and she will often yell "DADA" when she is by herself in the gated-off living room and wants to be attended to. She loves giving hugs and is amused by a great many things. She is also annoyed by a great many things, including her big brother (who seems to excel as much in making her angry as he does in making her laugh). She may be only 18 months but she has the "twos" thing down pretty well now. She is very brave and is constantly standing up on her chair, and on less stable objects like her ride-on-cars (you know, the ones with WHEELS). She LOVES pretending to eat things...she'll often pinch something up in her fingers and pretend to eat it with great smacking sounds...or offer it up to one of us for the taking. Put a pillow or blanket or anything soft on the floor and she will lay down on it, butt in the air and a big grin on her face. Hand her a stuffed animal and she will hug in a squeeze of love.
I could go on and on and on....there is just so much to share about her. But as usual, I am supposed to get sleep at some point, so I need to move on to the pictures.
That's it for now, folks. I hope to get more up THROUGHOUT this next month, instead of starving the blog for a month and then throwing an entire months-worth of pictures at you. (I've said this before, haven't I?)
Some quick stats/info: She weighs 22lbs 4oz and is 29.25" tall. She loves pointing to her eyes, nose, head, ears, and feet and naming them (as best she can). She loves waving hello and goodbye. When teaching her to say "please", we eventually just got her to say "puh"...the sound that the letter "p" makes. And we can't get her to go beyond that. It's cute, but it means we have to listen extra hard for it. Matt has gotten her to say "A-E-I-O-U" and she will often yell "DADA" when she is by herself in the gated-off living room and wants to be attended to. She loves giving hugs and is amused by a great many things. She is also annoyed by a great many things, including her big brother (who seems to excel as much in making her angry as he does in making her laugh). She may be only 18 months but she has the "twos" thing down pretty well now. She is very brave and is constantly standing up on her chair, and on less stable objects like her ride-on-cars (you know, the ones with WHEELS). She LOVES pretending to eat things...she'll often pinch something up in her fingers and pretend to eat it with great smacking sounds...or offer it up to one of us for the taking. Put a pillow or blanket or anything soft on the floor and she will lay down on it, butt in the air and a big grin on her face. Hand her a stuffed animal and she will hug in a squeeze of love.
I could go on and on and on....there is just so much to share about her. But as usual, I am supposed to get sleep at some point, so I need to move on to the pictures.
Naturally I have to take the "messy face" pictures, to later use to embarrass her.
She was so cute in her lumberjack coat, interacting with my grandmother (notice Liam in the background, with his matching coat?). I am sorry that this wasn't a good picture of my grandmom.
One of the many shots of Liam and Maia hanging out together.
Matt and I have a thing for Hello Kitty, so I am sure Maia will as well by the time we are done with her (or an intense hatred?)
Maia also loves getting her picture taken (though often she wants to see herself in camera/phone)
She was giving the A-OK for something...
Maia loves playing with necklaces when she can get her hands on them (we are careful about those)
She got annoyed that I kept trying to get her to look up for the picture. She has definitely learned how to furrow her brows in annoyance.
Ah yes...my first attempt at pulling her bang back into a mini ponytail. Looks more like a unicorn, doesn't it?
I only have a few pictures of Maia "mothering" her dolls, but she does it all the time. It's adorable.
I think this has to be one of my all-time favorite shots. We attended the Westampton Emergency Services Open House at our local fire station and Liam was sharing a water ice with Maia. (note to self, red cherry water ice and white coat on a toddler aren't a good mix)
Maia was very happy to be out, and was enjoying the music
We snagged a pink firefighter hat for Maia
Maia was rather interested in Sparky the Dog and wanted to follow him around, but she was afraid to actually get up close to him. Poor fella had to work hard for her approval.
But eventually she gave him a high five
I discovered that I could use Liam to feed Maia her lunch so that I could get some work done. They were both amused by the situation (and Maia was pretty messy by the end of it).
And I learned that I can use even Maia for some cheap labor. She was happy to pick up little twigs and branches and toss them into the can.
Later she made friends with the local faeries
While Maia enjoys eating with her hands and getting it all over her face, she was not happy with the placement of this particular rice.
I took the kids to the PTA Movie Night, and Maia was quite content to snuggle down into her chair with her juice cup and a handful of popcorn in a cup (at least for the first half of the movie).
As I said, Maia loves to give hugs. Liam didn't even ask for this one.
BTW, we didn't even plan to match these outfits. Liam picked his shirt out on his own while Matt was in the other room picking out Maia's shirt. Voila!
My little cutie (this was the best I could get of her, as she kept turning her back to me with an "Ehhh!"...typical difficult toddler speech for leave me alone). (PS, Matt did her hair. He seems to be able to handle the toddler hair tie thing)
Liam is always rearranging the kid furniture in the living room and creating things, like this "ice cream truck". Maia likes to join him on/in his creations.
That's it for now, folks. I hope to get more up THROUGHOUT this next month, instead of starving the blog for a month and then throwing an entire months-worth of pictures at you. (I've said this before, haven't I?)
