~Cordelia at 18 Months~

When Cordy was a tiny little infant she was always so calm.  She slept all the time and smiled at everyone.  She was what people call an "easy baby".  I really appreciated her easy ways.  Now that she is 18 months she is not so easy anymore but I still appreciate her fabulous, spunky, crazy personality.

At 18 months this little girl climbs on EVERYTHING.  I have complained many a time that I spend half of my day getting her off the table or saving her life.  She tries crazy dangerous things all the time.  For Cordy that means putting tiny toys in her mouth and climbing (and often falling off) pretty much every anything with two to four legs.  She isn't climbing out of her crib yet, which actually really surprises me.  I call it an answer to prayers.  

This little lady thinks she's a big kid, just like her older brother and sister.  Here she is showing that she is One, but I swear this girl is One going on Five.   

She copies what the big kids do, wears their costumes, and carries around their toys.  She tries to do and be just like them all the time.  Some handle her copy cating ways better than others.  :-)  She likes to be in the middle of things, never being left out of a social situation.  She can be extremely friendly, waving and saying "Hiiiii!" and "Bye Bye!" to everyone we see at the gym or the grocery store.  She seems to particularly attract the attention of grandpas everywhere and I've found going to Sams Club in the morning takes twice as long now because everyone wants to stop and talk to her or play peek a boo around the isles, etc.  She's a little charmer when she's in a good mood, but believe me when I tell you she can throw a fit and scream with the best of them.

At her 18 month check up her stats were as follows: 

Height: 31 inches (25%), Weight:22.7 lbs. (48%), Head:18.25 inches (50%)

I think percentiles don't make any sense.  My older two weighed more at 18 months but had a lower percentile.  Maybe a mixup?  Who knows.

Now that she's 18 months we have finally stopped cutting the back of her hair (in efforts to let the front catch up) and just let her mullet grow, hence enough hair for mullet pigtails.  

This picture sums up Cordy really well.  All dressed in her coat and shoes, ready to go explore the world, with her favorite puppy under her arm and a toothbrush in her mouth.  Some of her favorite words to say are "puppy," "shoe," and "teeth".  She's obsessed with toothbrushes and will brush her teeth with any toothbrush she can get her hands on. 

This little lady really is obsessed with teeth, hence she is pointing to my teeth.  She's building up her vocabulary of words (that at least we can understand):  Mama, Daddy, Chester, cheese, shoe, teeth, mine, no, some, more, Whats that?, puppy, nose, eyes, ball, bath, book, baby, and a wide range of animal sounds.      

This little lady may keep me on my toes with her crazy antics, but she cracks me up all the time, melts my heart with her smiles, and lights up my days with her laugh.  I adore her more than ever and am so enjoying watching her learn and grow.  

I love you to the moon and back, Cordy baby!