Brynlee at 18 Months

Brynlee was 18 Months old on October 1st.  I thought this was a good occasion to do a little update on her. 

*Weight:  24 lbs. 12 oz - 55%tile
*Height:  32.5 in. - 75%tile
*Head:  18.5 in. - 60%tile

Brynlee loves:
*Dolls and all doll accessories, especially strollers :)
*Shoes, especially her boots! 
*Make-up
*Books/Being read to
*Keeping her brother away from her things
*Keeping her brother away from her mommy when she is sitting with mommy
*Ketchup
*Suckers
*Cereal
*Putting on her jacket and hat
*Outside
*Dancing
*Copying anything and everything her brother does
*Going to Kellan's house
*She especially loves people who come to her house often:  Shari, Lori, Ashley, Joey
*Watching/Helping mommy make her smoothies
*Having snacks all day long
*Showing where her body parts are

Brynlee's Words:
*Mommy
*Grady
*Shari
*Ashley
*Cracker
*Hi
*Bye bye
*Shoes
*Uh-Oh
*Ball
*Trees
*There are probably a few more that I can't think of right now.  Her speech and language was actually one of my concerns at her 18 Month Check-Up, but she is meeting the milestone for 18 months so the doctor is not worried about it yet.  We have noticed that for the past few months, since she has continuously beeng getting teeth, she will not open her mouth to talk.  She says words with her mouth closed, and we can tell what she means, but it is just odd!  So, of course, as soon as I was getting worried and asked the doctor about it, she has been doing much better these past few weeks.  She is really starting to talk a lot on her own and will pretty much 'parrot' everything we tell her to.  So, I'm not so much worried anymore, just still notice how far behind she is of Grady when he was this age.  It's so hard to not compare!  :)

The most imporant milestone Brynlee has met this month is being an awesome shopping buddy!!!  She loves to go shopping with me and does such a good job!  It's amazing to me how much more mellow she becomes when I am with her one-on-one and she doesn't have her brother to bother.  :)  I see many more shopping trips in our future!  She especially loves, shoe shopping!  Yes!

She also got to go get a 'pedicure' for the first time!  We didn't do a full pedicure, just had them painted, but she also got to have the special things put on her toes, filed, etc. She sat so nice and let them do it and watched in awe.  And she LOVED her pretty pink toes when they were done!  I also see many more trips to the nail salon in our future!  It was so fun! 

She is just such a sweet girl!  She is getting such a funny little personality and likes to be a little comedian, just like her brother.  We sit in amazement at times over the things she does to make us laugh.  She brings such joy to our lives!  :)