Ohhh Sister is 17 months old...turned it on Saturday. There's no way to celebrate turning 1 year and 5 months like riding 9 hours in a car on the way home from Destin.
This child is FULL of personality. She has spunk and facial expressions that could last for days. She has changed a lot over the last month. She's very loud and vocal. Since she only has a small vocabulary (momma, dadda, bubba, bye bye, bah (ball), cheese (smiling for pics), no no, Bo (dog) or bow (hair bow), etc.) she just screams, squeals, shrieks or whatever she can to get her point across. It's amazing that she does so too....I usually figure it out.
The girl can hold her own too. Ohhhh golly. Bitty loves her, but he's a terrorist. She screams and slaps at him. The other day John Brantley stole her riding toy and she chased him yelling in something that sounded Chinese, then she whopped him upside the head. I laughed.
Despite her ever chunkiness, she isn't a good eater. She likes junk but nothing healthy too much. It's stressing me out. ALL of my kids are bad eaters. Well, Ford has improved, but the others aren't. I'm still nursing her because it's so easy and she won't drink whole milk. We are taking the boys to Disney World soon (sister didn't get a bid) so I will be done before our trip. I am honestly having a hard time thinking about quitting. If you haven't breast fed you wouldn't understand, but if you have then you know the emotional bond it provides.
I think she's close to dropping the two naps a day gig. My boys both did at 18 months so my time is limited. At the current time, it would be nice to go to one nap because we are stuck at home a lot with her sleeping. But when school starts back I would prefer two. I can get a lot done when she sleeps and the boys are at school.
Her clothes sizes are still the same and since we got tubes there have been very few doctor visits so I have no stats to report. She gets 18 month shots next month so we will see what she's got then.
Seeing her asleep, so uncomfortably, makes me want to squeeze her. And I do, many times a day!
I'm pretty sure she wants to sleep in the big bed with the Bubbas. She always wiggles to get down from my hip and hop in there with them. The other night I pulled the covers over her and she smiled so big.
We mustn't forget "The Bit". He's sort of a local legend. Mrs. Rosy gave him some goggles at the beach and he wore them all the way home and while playing outside!
When we were building our house I asked the architect to draw us a playroom downstairs near the kitchen. Trey thought it was a crazy idea, and I thought it was brilliant. I was sure the boys would play in there all the time. We even put two closets for the toys and a desk area with shelves. Well, it was a nice idea because we need a place for junk to go, but they seem to bring the toys out into the living room and then my entire house is a huge mess!!!!! I have strong urges to throw 80% of it away, but I refrain. I must remind myself that the days are long (Lord have mercy on me they are), but the years are short. And I know this so I will let my house be a huge mess, cluttered with toys and forever be embarrassed when folks drop by. All the while I will remember that one day, yes one day, those toys will be gone and I will wish they were there for me to trip over and step on and think dirty words. So don't judge me because I honestly do prefer a clean house, but for now I just live here and I'll let them play!
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