18 Months

18 things about our 18-month-old

1. Jilly loves drinking out of straws.

2. Jilly's only allowed to have her paci in her bed, but she's gotten very sneaky- she leaves them close to the edge so she can reach through the bars and grab one.  All the time she comes to me with a big mischievous grin behind her paci.

3. She can say baby, woof woof, meow, tweet tweet, pretty, shoes, stick, hot, cheese, hi, bye, mama, dada, uh oh, ah choo, no, yeah, and I did it!

4.  She also can say many many things in Jilly language.  She has a cute little voice that sounds like a chipmunk and goes nonstop.

5. She sleeps!  Just a month ago she finally started consistently sleeping through the night.  She goes to bed at 8 and wakes up sometime between 5:30 and 7:00 (unfortunately, usually closer to the 5:30 end)

6.  She takes 2 hour and a half naps.  I keep thinking she'll grow out of the second nap, but since she wakes up so early she still really needs the sleep.

7. She likes to rub her face in soft things.

8. She loves babies and dogs.  She'll run over to both and say, "Hi baby!"

9. She loves "Yo Gabba Gabba" (dumbest.show.ever.)

10. We keep her sippy cup on the bottom shelf of the fridge so whenever she's thirsty she just goes and gets it herself.  Makes me laugh.

11. Jilly has 12 teeth now.

12. Whenever we're outside she collects sticks, rocks, and pinecones.  We have a collection outside the front door that I won't let her bring inside

13. Her favorite foods are graham crackers, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, rice, green beans (canned, not fresh), popsicles, and anything chocolate

14.  She insists that we wear shoes at all times.  If we aren't wearing shoes, she'll find a pair to bring us.

15. Jilly loves to play peek-a-boo on the hammock

16. She loves to hold my hand and walk along the curb- perhaps a budding gymnast?

17. When we skype with my brother he always makes a funny face and Jilly thinks it is so so so funny.  She's been working on her own funny face.

18.  Jilly gives the best kisses!