hadley elizabeth at 18 months

 

HADLEY ELIZABETH MORGAN

 

age: 18 months

 

weight: 22 lbs 12 oz {~23rd percentile}

 

weight taken at a doc appointment last week. trying to kick some killer texas allergies.

 

height: we will find out at her 18-month well-visit tomorrow!

 

shoe size: toddler 5/6 {bricks for feet}

 

clothing size: 2t {she literally went from wearing 12-18m to 2t overnight...we essentially skipped the 18-24m range}

 

baby gap ftw! it turns out both of hadley's grandmas bought the same dress for her! great minds.

 

'firsts' this month:

- hadley started first gymnastics class. she loves hanging from the rings and crawling under the balance beams.

 

- we took our first trip to the zoo. hadley was mostly interested in hanging out with her friend lilly in the wagon, but we saw tigers, goats, monkeys and bears.

 

- she used her potty for the first time. we are planning to do the three-day potty training boot camp soon. hadley has a couple of important birthday parties to attend this coming saturday, but after that, it's game-on. jon will be in chicago for the big event, probably best for everyone. if it doesn't work out, we will try again in another month or so.

favorite toys:

- hands-down her bitty-baby is her favorite possession these days. we hosted a very large playdate last week and it was the only toy she wasn't willing to share.

 - her three plush lovies {two bunnies and a puppy}. she sleeps with one or all three lovies every night. she loves them all equally so it makes it easy for me to wash one when needed {huge parenting win, in my opinion}.

 

- my parents passed down my wooden name puzzle to hadley and she has been obsessed with it for several months. she can now say and identify numbers 0, 1, 4, and 9. she also knows the letters j, i, and a.

number 9 has gone rogue. a hippo and a toothbrush are currently filling the void.

 

favorite games:

- hadley loves to kick and throw her "frozen" ball and any balloon that ends up in our house.

- she loves to play hide-and-seek, which basically consists of her holding her breath behind my back and me pretending i don't know where she is.

 

favorite shows:

mickey mouse clubhouse and frozen pretty much rule our lives these days. i genuinely believe that someday i will miss hearing the hot-dog song when my baby girl is all grown up.

 

favorite foods:

she has turned into a picky little thing. she always seems too busy to eat a full meal so she grazes all day long. i'm pretty sure she lives off of willpower, string cheese, apple sauce pouches, peas, and turkey...and milk. SHE LOVES MILK.

 

new phrases:

{she has started putting 2+ words together this month}

"i don't know" - this cracks me up because i'm sure she hears me say this 5-10 times a day.

"no, mama" - i don't love this one so much. 

 

also, this is probably boring to most people, but i have compiled a list of all the words hadley can say. if you read my very first blog post, my mom did the same thing when i was this age. I just wanted to continue the tradition. i created this list over the weekend so i'm sure i'm missing some words:

mama

dada

uma

granddad

buddy

puppy

dog

kitty

lilly

pop {poppy}

nona {nonny}

plane

truck

tractor

car

tree

bird

toothbrush

bunny

leaf

girl

ball

balloon

moon

star

cloud

please

giraffe

shoe

boot

minnie

mickey

olaf

book

cookie

light

diaper

wipe

block

milk

cheese

egg

waffle

wagon

bubble

 

hadley cannot say f's. they come out as s's, so these words are not recognizable to the general public:

frog

fan

phone

flower

fish

 

final note: i love having my little sidekick with me all day long. we have so much fun together. lately, i have really felt the weight of my responsibility to protect her and teach to be kind, but firm, in this weird, scary {but beautiful} world.