Kenzie is already 18 months old!

I took Kenzie in for her 18 month well check yesterday. Aside from being 15 minutes late, everything went well. At her last appointment, the doctor was a little worried that she hadn't gained much weight, and that she hadn't grown much. This time was a different. She has gained 2 pounds in the last 3 months. She has also grown a bit (not sure exactly how much.). Her stats as of yesterday are:

33" tall (85th percentile)
23 pounds 4.5 oz (~40th percentile)
47 cm head diameter (~95th percentile)

So the percentiles conclude that she is tall & skinny with a big head? haha. Well luckily, you can't tell by looking at her that she's got a large noggin. :) She's adorable to me so WHO CARES?!

Oh also- in the last month- my baby girl went from having 6 teeth- to having 11, and another one ready to break through.

I can't believe how fast my baby girl is growing up! She's grown & matured in so many different ways. I'm so proud to be her mom. :) She's doing really well with her sign language. She does quite a few, granted they aren't perfect, but we still understand them. She can say "hat", food", "water" (which looks exactly the same as "food" when she does it.), "please", "thank you", "more", "all done", "sleep", "ball", and probably some more that I'm missing. She is also trying to say real words too. She says "mommy", "daddy", "book" (boop), "bath" (also boop), "hi", "uh oh","toys" (tis), "kiss" (also tis),"down" (da), "doggie" (sounds pretty close, but not exact yet), "blueberries", (bluebs), "butterfly" (butterbly), "this" (dis), "that" (dat), "cheese" (teas), "yeah", etc. Aside from those words- she tries to say just about anything you say. I love this stage. It's so much fun! :)

Kenzie also loves to shake her head for no, and nod for yes. When she shakes her head- she always either giggles or smiles. I think she likes that one. lol. She does a million other cute things too. She'll sit if she hears me telling our dogs to sit. The she smiles very proudly that she understood. :) If I tell her she needs to get her diaper changed- she will run to her changing table and try to climb on it if we're upstairs, and if we're downstairs she'll find me the wipes- then lay down (usually too close to me, facing the other direction- but it's still super cute!). If I put her down on her bed, she'll roll to her belly and lay in "stinkbug" position (as me & her daddy call it).

I'm so sad that she's growing up so fast, but at the same time I'm so excited with how smart she's becoming. And how sweet she is. Sometimes she'll run from across the room just to give me a kiss. Or to climb in my lap for a story. Or just to sit by me. I love my little girl more than I would have though possible. I always miss her when I put her to bed.

Kenzie will also be such a good big sister when the time comes. When we were up at Bear Lake last month (yeah, I was too lazy to post about that...sorry), her cousin Gabriel was sick, and crying. Kenzie was trying EVERYTHING she could think of to make that kid happy! She brought him his binky, which she tried to force him to take. When that didn't help- she brought him his blanket, and a toy. She kept giving him his toy, but he didn't want it. So, she'd take it- shake the rattle to get him interested and give it back to him. She did the same thing over and over. It was the cutest thing to see her interact with a baby! Ok, so Gabriel is not a TINY baby anymore, but he still counts. On a side note- Tyler & I are hoping to give Kenzie a little brother or sister soon! No, I am not pregnant yet, but once I am, I'll make sure to post the announcement, here and on facebook.

Til next time...