Big Baby

Today Mackayla woke up a short while after she went down for her nap. She is teething, so I wasn't surprised. (It's amazing that it took me a few children to figure out that when my children get really irritable for no apparent reason they actually do have a reason, although I always hear some kids never show any signs of teething. Her teeth are almost through though!)
I had big plans to clean our house.
Instead I went in an swept her up and held her. I think she probably would have gone back to sleep after a while of crying, but today I was just thinking about how she is getting so big and I knew that I wouldn't be able to hold her while she sleeps much longer.

At 18 months:

You love doing anything your brother and sister do.

You love being outside.

You are in church nursery now. That means you are officially on the role and just keep coming with me:)!

You love animals. Your favorite books are about animals, especially Noah's Big Boat, right now.

You still love blueberries, hot dogs, apples (and will eat everything but the stem:))

You love to crawl around on the floor like a kitty, meowing.

You love your dad.

You say new words every day and can put two words together.

Usually a nice holler works well for you though!

You love doing animal sounds.

You love waving goodbye when you see that someone is leaving.
You love backpacks. Sometimes you get a backpack and sing the Dora song that says 'Backpack Backpack.'

You love helping.

You have the camera figured out

And love to pose

I took you to the doctor and they weighed and measured you. Our pediatricians everywhere else always gave us a printout of the stats, but these ones don't. I wrote them down and lost them in the abyss of my purse. I think you are 24 pounds. But I do remember you being in the 75% for height and 68% for weight.

 You love clothes and bring new outfits out several times a day, and love to try on shoes. Between messy eating and changing for fun you sometimes go through several outfits a day! Right now you love putting shirts on for pants. I'm not sure if you haven't figured it out or if you just like to do it. Often you are just naked because you love getting undressed too.
I love your little faces. This one is especially priceless, but it doesn't come until the phone rings:

 We love you Mackayla!