18 months old!

I can't believe our baby girl is officially closer to 2 than 1...sniff sniff! In these past few months, I've really seen her turn into the vibrant little toddler that she is. Three months ago she was barely walking, but now she is running all over the place, climbing on furniture, and she just recently mastered walking on her tippy toes. She loves to play constantly, especially outside. She enjoys playing with her baby dolls, she loves books and balls, she's really into animals lately especially dogs (or dogdog as she says!). She also loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Special Agent Oso.

Her vocabulary has really been flourishing recently. She has about 15 words she uses regularly, but is trying new words every day. She can point to pretty much all of her body parts correctly and recognizes many other things. She likes to point out things in books as I say them.

Isabelle's eating habits vary from day to day. Some days she eats decent and others she eats hardly anything. At her 18 month appointment she was 20lbs 2oz and 31 1/4 inches tall. The doctor said she's still tiny, but she's staying on her same curve she's been on. We continue to give her a Pediasure everyday for the extra calories. At her doctor's appointment we also discussed the issues she's having with eczema on her face. We've tried many creams that didn't really work. The doctor was concerned that it wasn't getting better and that it was so bad during this season, when it's typically worse in the winter. She gave us a prescription cream that's working really well. However, she still is referring Isabelle to an allergist to make sure it's not caused by a certain allergen.

Isabelle's sleeping habits are great. She takes one nap a day after lunch. She'll usually sleep around 2 to 2 1/2 hours, sometimes 3. She goes to bed around 7:30 at night and will sleep till about 7 or 7:30 in the morning. When she's teething, she doesn't sleep as well. As of right now she has 10 teeth and I think she's cutting her bottom two molars.

These days, Isabelle's tantrums and meltdowns are becoming more frequent. We realize the terrible twos actually start around 18 months! We've been discussing lately that we think Isabelle is ready for the timeout method...we'll see how it goes! All in all, we are having so much fun with Isabelle. She's so playful and so funny, we are laughing constantly. She has such a personality. We love our sweet baby Isabelle so much and thank God daily for her. Above are some of my favorite pics from the last few months.