@17 months

Hello precious one,

You are SO incredibly adorable! Daddy and Mommy look at you so often and then just smile at your cuteness.You are ridiculously fun at this age! You have to be the most mischievous of the three at this age/stage in life. You are a STINKER with capital letters. Your favorite play place is in the shower or anywhere there is water (ahem, the toilet!); you have a love affair for sissy's American Girl dolls and tote them all over the house loving on them. 

Your current stats:

Diaper size: 3

Clothing size: 12 - 18 months

Sleep pattern:

1 hour morning nap and 2 - 3 hour afternoon nap

Sleep from about 7:30PM to 7:30AM

You still take your paci to go to sleep, but it doesn't leave your bed

Vocabulary:

mama

dada

papa

mmmm-ma (mema)

eena (Tina)

good girl

this

yes

all done

bu bu (puppy)

nana (banana)

more

night night

bye bye

mo (milk or drink)

snack

bubble bath or bath tub

hot

sis

bu bu (bubby for brother) 

YOUR FAVORITE word UP

You refuse to:

- use silverware and prefer to eat with your hands

- give kisses on a regular basis :(

- be buckled into your car seat at times

You love:

- showers & bath time

- singing the ABC's, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Patty Cake, but your favorite is Row Your Boat. You sing the Row, Row, Row part every.single.time!

You're a master at:

running laps around the house

crawling up and down the stairs and then back up again

being a female version of Lioness from the Charlie Brown show carrying around your beloved Aden & Anais muslin blanket

eating twice your weight in food each and every day

overfilling your mouth with milk from the sippy and leaving a milk trail behind you (we could do without this)

oogling over baby Micah

capturing your Mema's attention and beaming at your Papa

wrapping Mr. Wesley around your little finger 

wrestling with Dawson

having dance parties with Gabrielle & Mommy 

staying attached to Momma's hip at periods throughout the day - this is fairly new. You lock your legs on tight in hopes of me not putting you down. It's a bit hard to resist when you look up at me with your baby blues, arms extended and say "up". 

 

You are a constant ray of sunshine to our days. I don't know that it is possible to love you anymore!

We are crazy about you baby girl!

Many, many thanks to our talented friend Christiane Branstrom for the everlasting gift of sharing her photography talents with us.