18 months

At 18 months old, Blaykleigh ....

• weighs 24.15lbs and is 31 inches in height.
• is really starting to develop quite the personality, we've got a little miss priss on our hands!
• knows several letters (o, m, d, b) and can identify them when you point and ask her what they are. 
• loves her bathtub crayons.
• is all about "dipping" her food in sauce. 
• has had 3 double ear infections (that we know of) within the last 9 months and if she keeps getting them will most likely need tubes put in. 
• can climb on and off the couch without any assistance, miss independent.
• is starting to get rather familiarized with her "time-out" spot and ends up there the majority of the time for throwing things she shouldn't, i.e. - her toys and food off of her high chair tray. Such a pill! 
• got her very first set of Duplo Legos from her granny and grampy for Christmas and boy does she l-o-v-e them!!! 
• would eat bananas all day everyday if I let her. Whenever I ask her if she is hungry her response is "eat, nana" ... it's never a pretty sight on those days we're banana-less!
• loves playing and cuddling Mannie which is really cute, especially since Mannie seems to hate all kinds of affection except from Blaykleigh. 
• loves getting her "boo-boo's" kissed and then kisses yours. 
• still gives me eskimo kisses and butterfly kisses! Melts my heart. 
• is definitely going through an attachment phase. She gets so sad when her momma leaves! 
• started sticking her finger up her nose!!! Gasp. So was not looking forward to this bad habit. 

                   Her words

                       dada

                       mama

                       uh-oh

                       tenk you (thank you)

                       ba-ba (bottle)

                       kee kat (kitty cat)

                       choooose (shoes)

                       maaaow (meow)

                       baiiiiii (bye)

                       haiiiiii (hi)

                       no, no, no - yes she already knows the word "no"!

                       po-pol (purple)

                       naaan (nani)

                       doooug (dog)

                       bau-bo (bubble)

                       turt-o (turtle)

                       jeh-jeh (Jade)

                       nan-na (banana) 

                       bay-bee (baby)

                       yewwo (yellow)

                       doooous (birds)

                         -not sure how she got "dooous" from b-i-r-d-s?

                       peaz (please)

                       ha-ha (hot-hot)

                       nuna (nuni aka paci)

                       eye

                       mous (mouth)

                       aer (hair)

                       ear

                       yet meh seee (let me see)

                       sou <insert chinese accent> (sock)

                       tenkle s-kah-i (twinkle in the ski) 

                       boo-boo

                       buffly (butterfly)

                       ya-yee (huggsie) 

                       buh-bee (beep-beep)
                       oh wow