Mattie: eighteen months

Eighteen things about eighteen-month-old Mattie Claire

1. She loves her paci and blankie and gets super excited to go in her bed with them

2. She takes one afternoon nap that is somewhere between 1.5 hours and 4 hours (I much prefer the latter)

3. She loves Dannon yogurt smoothies and would eat 5 a day if I let her 

4. She's way into Frozen and says "Let Go!" every time she sees anything Frozen-related

5. She talks way more than Jilly did at this age (which I'm sure is because she has an older sister that she listens to all day long.)  Our favorite things she says are Gi-ee (Jilly), Careee! (scary), Dan-doo (thank you) Lookit! (look at this, always said while pulling us over to see something), Mee Mou (Minnie Mouse), and I tinky (whenever she needs her diaper changed)

6. She loves shoes- especially Jilly's shoes and any dress-up shoe

7. She's an iphone whizz- can flip through my phone and find exactly what she wants.  I'm not proud of this.

8. She's very shy and doesn't like when strangers talk to her at all

9. She loves to brush her teeth- perhaps a future dentist?

10. Her favorite show is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and at the end of the show can always be found right in front of the tv singing "hot da" while doing a little shimmy

11. We have some Minnie Mouse pajamas she loves that are way too big so I let her wear them over her pajamas every night

12. She's teeny tiny and after going through a multitude of tests we've finally decided she's just petite

13. She loves dogs and has to stop every time we see one, but usually isn't brave enough to actually touch

14. She hates her carseat

15. But, she loves little seats or little spots where she can hide

16. She insists on giving each member of our family a big, wet, full-mouth kiss before she goes to bed

17. We taught her to throw things away in the trash but she'll often get confused and put her dishes in the trash when she's done

18. Her favorite toy is Potato Head and she thinks it's hilarious to put the Potato Head pieces on her own face

And, just for fun- Eighteen things about eighteen-month-old Jilly