Eighteen Months

Elise is 18 months old.  Here is what she is up to these days:

*When she is caught doing something naughty....like taking all the wipes out of the package....she looks up with her big eyes in shock... drops what she is doing and runs the other way.  It is hilarious. 
*Elise has a happy dance. She gallups in place while turning in circles.

*When she sees something she wants, or wants to do, she just points at it and says "yea yea yea yea yea" until she gets it. 

*She is such a sugar.  We were feeding the baby ducks in the canal the other day and she kept trying to share her binky with them. At one point she actually threw it but thankfully it didn't make it.  She also gets upset if we are reading a book and there is a sad baby. She will kiss it to make it all better.

*She will take her shoes off and sniff her feet and say "eeeeww."  Her Daddy used to tease her about her "stinky" feet but now it has created a goofy habit.

*She loves to do somersaults.  If you ask her to do a somersault she will put her head down between her feet and stick her butt in the air and wait for you to push her over. 

*Starting to give hugs....sweetest thing ever.  If we are reading a book and a character gives a hug she turns around and grabs you for a hug.  We love the random hugs we get throughout the day. Sometimes she squeezes tight for quite a long time.

*She also recently started licking instead of giving a kiss. You never know which you are going to get.  You can be snuggling on the couch and suddenly she will turn to you and either give you a kiss or a big ole lick right across your cheek.

*She is starting to accessorize. She will rarely leave the house without some sort of hat, medal or beads.
*Elise loves to smell beautiful flowers outside. She will also bend down and smell all types of things like pieces of trash, or bird poop.
*Her favorite food is definitely pizza. Every time the oven timer goes off she yells "PIZZZZAAAA" no matter what is cooking in there.
*When we are trying to take pictures of her she often says "cheeeese" and puts her hands up in the air.

Here are a few things things we would like her to stop doing:

*She has a temper. If she gets really mad because she can't do something, or we take something away from her, she growls and bites her fingers. 
*She is also very into blowing her nose on anything. Her recent faves are blowing it on your leg or the couch. 
*When we are out and about at the zoo or park she likes to go up to people she doesn't know, eat their food and drink their drinks.
* She STILL eats sand and dirt.  It isn't like she eats it one time and then spits it out. She eats a second helping.  I can't wait until this stops!

18 months Stats:
20.6 pounds  5th percentile
31.5 inches   50th percentile

Baby Trone is doing well too!  I am 16 weeks today and starting to feel a little fluttering.  We will find out real soon if we are having a little boy or little girl. 
No suprises this time.