My Baby Girl is a Toddler



Our little blonde, blue-eyed girl



Time for a little Meli update. The last time we weighed Meli she was 21.8 lbs.  That was a few weeks ago so it could be a little more now.  She is just turning into a little toddler - which is so fun but at the same time so sad that my little baby is growing up! She has ended one small chapter...she has finished her time at Ms. Barb's.  Now she has transitioned to Colin's school.  Her first 16 months has gone by too fast.  She is loving her new daycare.  She is trying so hard to keep up with the other kids (she is the youngest).  Thankfully right now it is a small group (only three) so that will make the transition easier.  It is amazing what being around a group of older kids does for a kid.  She is learning so much.  Colin is focusing on what he needs to do to be prepared for Kindergarten (so sad...but exciting at the same time).  I cannot believe I will have a kid in school next year. 

Some things she has been doing are:

• Shaking  her head and saying "yes"
• If you ask her if she has poo-poo in her diaper, she will point to her bottom and say "poo-poo" and wave her hand like it is stinky




Go Ravens!


• Some new(er) words since her last update are: cracker, apple, ball, bottle, no (but a lot of times it is like "NOOOO"), cookie (she says it in a very rough deep voice, not sure why), diaper, dirty, hat, puppy.  Lately she has been starting to form little sentences and it is just adorable.  A lot of words or just grumbles but we can make out a few.
• She loves to do animal sounds like quack-quack, moo, tweet, roar, etc.  Then when you say fish she makes a fish mouth and if you say bunny she tries to wiggle her nose.
• She is playing peek-a-boo (where she does the hiding) and is trying to sing.  So cute. 
• Colin has taught her to say "GO" after he says "Ready, set..."
• She will also say "two" after Colin says "one".
• She has learned some baby signs, like "more"
• She also learned the hand gestures for Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and The Itsy Bitys Spider
• She has 12 teeth
• loves shoes - I think we are foreseeing a problem

Meli has shown that she is a very independent little girl.  She is going to do what she wants to do.  So, if she wants to climb on top of the table no matter how many times you try to prevent her from doing it - she will continue to try until she is successful.  This will hopefully end up being a good trait but right now it is very tiresome.  I may have a gray hair or two now.  Thank you, Meli.



She loves her big brother




Meli has no fear



I am sure I am missing a lot of new things...

~ Love, Hugs & Kisses ~

The B Family