Madeline hit the 18 month mark on Monday. I never knew you could pack this much personality into such a tiny body. Her stats:
Height: 33 inches (90%)
Weight: 22.12 lbs (25%)
Clothes: 12 -18 months
Shoes: Has progressed from a 2 to a 5 over the summer! Very exciting!
I knew that having a girl would be different but every day I marvel at how different she is from Jack. Verbally, she is at least 6 months, if not 8, ahead of where he was at this point. Her vocab is large including: mom, dad, jack, goose, maeve, papa, all animals and their sounds, gogurt, most fruits (banana, blueberries, apples, grapes, etc), waffles, juice, water, cup, spoon, cookie, cracker, pop, seat, car, night night, all done, pool, potty, shoes, go go diego, dora, backpack, map etc. We are astounded every day by her communication skills. This week she has started saying "oh" alot. Like when she is calling for Clay and I say "Daddy is at work" she says "oh" and it is so cute.
Madeline loves to eat and is not picky at all. She and Jack both inherited Clay's metabolism and I am jealous! She will try to do anything Jack does including climbing on the couches or beds and jumping off. She has no fear! Her awake hours (6am- 6pm) she does not stop moving. She is constant energy and happiest when we are out and about. She brings me her bathing suit every day and says "pool?" She loves the water and has no fear. If you ask her to go get her shoes or put them away she goes straight to her closet. She also loves to pick out her clothes (ALREADY!). Since potty training Jack, Madeline now comes into the bathroom with any of us and says "I pee. I pee" and proceeds to pull her bloomers down. I haven't said "yes" yet b/c I don't really want to potty train her but she is pretty adamant.
We do not have another car lover on our hands though. Madeline HATES the car. She is just generally pissed off the whole time we are in the car. She tries her best to get out of her seatbelt and has succeeded once. No DVD or CD makes her happy. We suffer through our roadtrips b/c we love to travel but Madeline is not happy about it.
If she can't find someone in the house, she walks around screaming "Mom!" or "Jack" or "Dad" like a teenager. It is hilarious. She does the same thing in the mornings when she wakes up. She is not very sweet to Jack, hitting, pulling hair and pinching right now. He is so sweet to her though and will just say "Madewin, we don't hit." She just laughs. I can trust them to play together for about 15 minutes until all hell breaks loose.
I cannot imagine loving somone more than we do Jack and Madeline. She is a spirited little girl and from the looks of it, the one who will probably run the show amongst the siblings. We love you Madgirl and are so thankful for the spirit you bring to our family!
Ready for kick-off!
On his way to score his first goal!
So maybe it was his second goal and the first was for the other team but who is counting?:)
The littlest cheerleader- more concerned with the snacks, really
Heading home after a great game!
