Thank you/week 34/18 months old!

First, I just wanted to say thank you for all your sweet comments on my post from Saturday. Everything looks better in the light of day. I had a great NST today and the nurse told me that my babies look fabulous, I am doing great, and it makes me remember how truly lucky I am. I have an appointment with my OB tomorrow so I plan on discussing what we can do to help with my itching. I honestly think if I can get that more under control, I'll do better.

But again - I love that I come on here and complain like a baby and get nothing but support from my blogging family! Thank you very much : )

34w0d : )

This is me peering over and attempting to see my toes. I was not successful.

I look tired. I am not sleeping well at all anymore.

My baby bug is 18 months old. As of Saturday. We have her 18 month appointment in 30 minutes, and I am excited to show off all of our new skills!

And our fab hair! This is what we look like post-nap.

I made a list of all the words she is saying, as well as other info on our big 1.5 year old!

Words we are saying regularly (although not totally understandable to others, my family and those around her a lot know:

mommy
up
night night
no
waffle
water
grapes
cheese
baby
bye bye
puppy

yuck
car
shoe
eyes
nose
book
block
banana
phone
dada

papa (my dad - still hasn't made reference to my mom yet...much to her chagrin! But my dad is feeling very proud!)
owl
turtle
cracker
oh no!

oh boy!
bath
quack
arph arph (puppy)
please
outside
keys


Body parts she can identify:
nose
ears
belly button
toes
fingers
hands
eyes
elbow (kind of!)
lips
knees

Sleep:
7:30 - 7:30 normally
2 ish hour nap a day - except on school days, it is an hour or sometimes even less. But she goes to bed for the night earlier those days.

Still gets 1/sometimes 2 bottles a day
*some people feel that the bottle should have been given up by now, but we could care less. She loves to be rocked and cuddled before bedtime with her blankie and a bottle. It is a special time in our house and neither David nor I are willing to give that up with her.

Food info:

Favorites:
waffles, cottage cheese, grapes, strawberries, bananas, any kind of chip and cracker (ugggh), french fries (bigger ugggh), turkey, cheese, broccoli, carrots, and WATER! This kid drinks water like we are literally running out of it. Still hates juice, which is fine with me. And she will only drink milk from a bottle.

Favorite activities:
books: bringing them to us to read and flipping through them herself, climbing on anything, playing in a car - she likes to get herself in and out of her carseat, walk through the isles, climb into the back, play outside, bath time, and school. She loves going to school.

She has also recently discovered her "girlyness." She loves to brush my hair, brush her own hair, put on shoes, and imitates me putting on make up. She very much enjoys bath time and brushing her teeth after her bath. And lately, she hates to have anything on her hands! If her hands get dirty, she says, "yuck!" and holds her hands out to be wiped off by someone. It is so funny.

I'll give an update on our pediatrician appointment later!

Thanks again for always being so supportive! Love to you all : )