nineteen months

It feels like Hadley has gone from baby to toddler overnight.. literally, in her new big girl bed! She now has a few hundred words in her vocabulary.

Some of her favorites:

yep- still working on getting her to say "yes", but i suppose it is a step up from "yeah"

more

milk

plea

shoes

no no no

shirt

chair

nana, papa, gramma, poppy, uncle

car! "hi car! hi car!" as we are driving along

ewww -if something is messy, or gross to her, she will let you know. the other say she pointed at chris' elbow and said "ewww" it is cute, but brutally honest.

dirty- goes along with "eww" most of the time.

any sesame street character- elm, ernie(said with the most enthusiasm. i think she appreciates his sarcastic sense of humor), big bird, cookie!!

any animal- goat, horse, bird, butterfly, cat, dog, plus many more and the coordinating sounds to go along with :)

baby, momma (when she sees one big animal with one small one)

sister (she points at my belly, says "sister" "aww" and gives her a hug and a kiss! last night, she put a blanket on my belly and said "night night sister")

any facial feature/body part (hadley loves to talk, so if she doesn't know what to say, she will remind you of your nose, eyes, ears, cheeks, mouth, teeth, hair etc.)

I love when she gets very close and say "hi!" with a huge smile on her face.

she is even forming short sentences. i love having conversations with her!

the most common phrase is hear from hadely is "ju ju ha" we think she is saying "thank you hadley" because I have always told her "say thank you hadley" oops.

we hear a lot of "love you, dada" "love you, mamma". those never get old.

the other day, hadley was eating cheerios out of a cup and my mom was encouraging her by eating one herself. hadley said "no no no. say plea!" we couldn't believe it!

hadley has been playing so well by herself lately; reading books, playing with puzzles, organizing her babies. I am getting very hopeful that her new independence is a sign that she is getting ready to share chris and i with her sister.
we love you so much, hadley. every new month brings new discovery, adventure, and fun.