• Turned 18 month old and for the first time since you were born it felt like time is really flying by. These past 6 months have gone so quickly and you have made so many progress in growing up…we had to wave goodbye to the baby phase, you are a toddler now!
• Got your first scooter to celebrate your 18 month birthday. We were going to wait for you to turn 2, but then you tried your friend’s scooter and loved it, and we loved it too 🙂
• Learned to do small puzzles by yourself. You got upset every time we tried to help you, but then you got frustrated if you were not able to put the pieces together…we can’t win!
• Had a temperature again over the weekend, and we really don’t know what’s happening now. Is it because of teething? We’ll find out this week when we go to see the doctor.

Happy 18 month birthday baby girl! We have come a long way and we love you more and more.

This week you:

• Have been very good, for the first part of the week.You ate a lot, slept a lot, played a lot and laughed tons!
• Had a temperature on Thursday evening and have been very grumpy, but didn’t loose your appetite or your sleep. And you got to spent the whole of Friday with mama.
• Insisted on playing with mama’s make-up bag and pretended to put make up on everyone’s face. I’m sure I didn’t teach you that, but I guess your observational skills are something I have not taken enough into consideration.

This week you:

• Whispered ‘mamma’ and ‘papa’ in your sleep and it was so sweet to hear it.
• Learned to go down the big slide by yourself.
• Had a couple of troubled nights because of teething. And for the first time we had to go for a car ride to let you fall asleep.
• Got excited as soon as you realised we were about to change the bed sheets. You know we let you play hide and seek with the duvet and make a hammock with the sheets for you to sling in.
• Fell in love with your new chair. It’s still a bit high for you to be able to sit by yourself, so you learned to climb on it and stand up, turn and then sit down. But we are now thinking of hiding it from you as it looks dangerous.
• You kept blabbering pretending to read almost everytime we asked you to.
• You got some new toys and loved playing with them.

• Blabbered and blabbered and blabbered. And we loved listening to you.
• Let me put your plastic bib on during meal times after months of messy clothes. And loved going around the house wearing it. Unfortunately it only lasted one day!
• Replied ‘mamma’ with a cheeky laugh every time your dad asked you who you love the most. It seemed like you were doing it on purpose.
• Tried on your new sandals and t-shirt and wouldn’t let me take them off despite the chilly temperatures.
• Learned how to make the noise of a dog…finally.

This week you:

• Turned 17 months. And again, four weeks have gone by super quickly, and before I know it you’ll turn 18 months!
• Pointed at yourself, and laughed, every time we asked you where Olivia was.
• Went back at nursery after a week away and were not impressed, but you survived brilliantly.
• Started to repeat some of the words we say to you. You really are making progress!
• You keep calling us both ‘baba’, but if we insist a little you call us ‘mama’ and ‘papa’.
• Enjoyed playing in our front garden, weather permitting. Picking up and throwing pebbles is still is your favourite game.
• Had a swollen cheek for a few days. And we wouldn’t have even noticed it if you hadn’t pointed at it so often with your little finger.

I’m loving the light on the portraits of Isabella, Harriet, Billy, Arlo and some chubby little cheeks @24 weeks from Life in our busy household, from last week posts.
If you are curious about this project and want to know more, you can check Jody’s blog @ Che and Fidel.