18 Months Old

Kylie turned 18 months old on 1/1/2011. Where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital. The past year and a half has flown by. Not sure of her exact height or weight, but we will find out this next Friday at her 18 month checkup.

All about Kylie at 18 months:

• Wears size 3 diapers, size 4 shoes, 18 month bottoms (a little big in the waist, but fit lengthwise), and anywhere from 6 to 18 month tops. She is tall, but tiny.
• Favorite Foods: cheese, applesauce, bananas, Vanilla Wafers, Macaroni and Cheese, and anything off anyone else's plate
• Drinks from a sippy cup (no bottle since she was a year old...she went cold turkey from the bottle and never looked back)
• She has a mouth full of teeth ( I lost count after nine)
• Walking like a pro (most of the time)...practically running
• Words she says: MaMa, DaDa, RyRy (for her uncle), PaPa, nanna (banana), byebye, go, pup pup (for any size dog), ball, car, manman (snowman), ba (blanket), shsh (shoes/socks), Nenna (Jenna, her godmother), rockrock (when she wants to rock in the our recliner) MeMe (not sure if she is saying that refering to herself or my Aunt Stephanie who is called MeMe by her grandkids). We are still working on YaYa :):)
• Can point to the right object (animal, car, cupckakes, shoes, etc) in her picture books when you ask her where it is in the book
• Says "Nanna" and points to the produce section anytime we go in Wal-Mart or HEB
• Signs for "more" and is learning to sign "please"
• Can show she is one (by holding up her index finger)
• Knows where and points to her hair/head, belly, ear, teeth, toes, fingers, and sometimes nose
• Waves to 99% of everyone she sees, and gets really excited anytime she sees another baby or child
• Loves to give kisses, hugs and eskimo kisses
• Loves to play with all of her toys...at once. Hurricane Kylie is what we call her :):)
• Warms up to almost anybody (family/friends only), especially when they show her their cellphone
• Loves her Uncle RyRy (Ryan) and follows him around when she is at YaYa's house
• Loves to read and have Mommy, Daddy, and YaYa reread the same book over and over again :)
• Growing up too fast!!!!

Update on Kylie:
She had her 18 month checkup and we found out she weighs 24.2 lbs and is 35 inches (almost three feet tall). The doctor told us she is over the 95 percentile in height!!! He said everything looks good. Next checkup is at 2 years old.

Crazy Hair and a Cute Shirt

Kylie's hair is now getting long enough for her to have bedhead when she wakes up. It was like this even after I combed it.

Kylie in a cute shirt she got from her godmother for Christmas.

Future Baylor Bear???

I dressed Kylie in her pink Baylor shirt that she got in baby bear basket (from Baylor) when she was born. Think she looks like a future Baylor Bear???

How will she pay for her future college education????
 With money from daddy's wallet of course!!! She already has the credit card in hand ready to use.

Kylie's 2nd Halloween

Kylie dressed up as a ladybug for Halloween. It was her second Halloween, but her first Halloween to go trick or treating. She had a blast. We went with our neighbors. Kylie and the neighbor's daughter, Cameron, rode together in the wagon. They had so much fun. Cameron would make a funny face or sound and Kylie would start laughing so hard.
We first walked around our neighborhood and then headed over to a neighborhood in Hewitt. Kylie and Cameron held their pumpkins the entire night. They did not want to let them out of their sight. They liked switching candy back and forth between their buckets. We walked quite a long way, and we were all exhausted by the time we got back to our vehicles. We got over really late, and of course Kylie went to sleep as soon as her head hit her crib mattress. She was so tired, that she slept until 9:15 this morning. That is probably the latest she has ever slept. Kylie can't wait to dig in her bucket for a candy treat after lunch!!

Kylie's First Pony Ride

This past Friday, we took Kylie to the fair. It was her second time to go, but the last time she went she was only a few months old. This time she was able to enjoy it. She sat in her stroller the entire time and loved to see all of the lights and people. We went with our friends who live across the street, and their cousin. We had a blast. We walked around the entire fair just looking at everything. We looked at the cows, we "window" shopped at the booths, and looked at all of the rides that the guys were too scared to ride on.
Kylie was the only one who rode any rides. She rode a pony for the first time. She LOVED it! Joe walked around the pony ride with her and she was smiling the entire time. He said we he first put her on the saddle she seemed at little uneasy, but as soon as they strapped her she started to smile. She would have taken a longer ride if they let her. After the pony ride, Joe took Kylie in the petting zoo. She didn't want anything to do with those animals. She held on to Joe the entire time. We spent the rest of our time at the fair at the big screen next to the mechanical bull. We stood and watched some of the Ranger/Yankee game for a little while, and then headed home.

The picture below is of her on her pony ride. Even though it is blurry because I took it with my cellphone (because I didn't think to take the camera), you can still see her big smile.

Cute Pictures

Also an update to my last post. Kylie is now a walker. She took her first steps the day she turned 15 months old. She only took a few, but she is getting better. Once she figures it out she will be running in no time. Hard to believe how big she is!!!

Almost There

We almost have a walker. Kylie now holds one of my fingers and walks, but if I let go she drops to the ground and crawls. We are almost there!! She doesn't walk very far, but anything is good progress. She can pull up to everything so it should be any day now.

My poor baby had her second ear infection. Thankfully it was only one ear this time. We got her antibiotics and some other ear medicine, and she is doing much better. Strange thing is that she didn't even act sick once she got to the doctor's office. I guess she figured if she acted fine, she wouldn't have to get a shot...hehe. After only two and a half days on the medicine she is back to her hyper self. It was nice to have her cuddle with me when she felt bad, but I am glad she is back to being her happy and energetic self.

KJ's newest accomplishments/stats:

• 21 lbs and 6 oz, and 31 inches long (tall and skinny)
• She can still wear 6-9 month clothes.
• Can drink from a straw
• Can climb up on the couch if she wants (we try not to encourage this)
• Pulls up to anything and everything she can. Her favorite is the fridge to play with the magnets.
• Has more teeth than I can count. The last time I counted there were nine, but I know more have popped up since
• Loves to eat anything you give her. Her favorites are: mac and cheese, bananas, and applesauce.