18 months

This past week Sophia turned 18 months old. She is becoming such a big girl! Sophia loves to talk and is so chatty. She definitely has over 100 words now. She knows most animals and animal sounds, body parts, please and thank you, trouble, happy, sad, and love you. She has started to say people's names and when she picks up the phone she says talk and hello. In the past 2 weeks she has started putting 2 words together to make a sentence. Most of the time it's "more food" or whatever particular food she wants. But when she bumped her head she said "boo boo head". When she gets a boo boo she says kiss and wants us to give her a kiss to make it feel better.

Sophia is very active now. She walks, runs, and climbs all over the furniture and up and down the stairs. She tries to jump, but is really just bending her knees bouncing up and down. But she looks so proud of herself because she thinks she's really jumping! She is very independent now and won't let us feed her anymore. She uses silverware and can get it to her mouth, but has trouble getting the food on the fork or spoon. She still loves to eat but has definitely gotten picky. She'll let us know what she wants to eat and tells us no if she doesn't want it. Her favorites are most fruits (mangos, blueberries, grapes, watermelon), pretzels, snacks ("nak" anything out of the pantry), corn, and cheese.

Playing in her "house" with her friend Joshua

She is obsessed with The Wiggles "wih wih" and it's the only tv show she'll watch. She loves anything with elmo "elbow" on it. She likes to give hugs and especially kisses all the time. She likes to play peek a boo and will hide behind her hands and then open them up and say "peek!" She loves music and dancing. She is a great helper: she likes to put toys in a basket and after each one will say good job "jahbah" to herself. She loves her stuffed animals. She has a bear upstairs and one downstairs that she asks for and carries around when we're on that floor. She'll look around for it and say bear "beer". Her bunny that she sleeps with is named hop or foo foo, depending on her mood. Sophia is doing great at school and doesn't cry anymore when I leave her there. She is going to have a blast when she starts going 2 days a week in January. Sophia loves to be silly and is always trying to make us laugh. She won't smile for pictures anymore unless it's her silly cheese smile.

18 month stats:

Height: 32 3/4 in = 80%

Weight: 26 lb 10 oz = 80%

Being silly. Cheese smile and messy hair after

she pulled out her "tail"


Our first attempt at Play Doh- poking at it


This looks tasty!