Alex - 18 Months

 Baby girl, you’re 18 months old!  You’re a funny little girl.  You like to laugh, and wrestle, and giggle.  But, sometimes, you just sit back and very seriously take in everything around you.

You are a drama queen.  You go from calm, to outraged, to delighted in the blink of an eye.  You’ve mastered the art of looking up at your daddy, slowly batting your long eyelashes, melting his heart.

You are passionate.  The things that you love, you LOOOVE:  like cheese, yogurt, splashing in the bathtub, dad doing donuts in the van, and cuddles.  The things you hate, you HATE:  like washing your hair, being told “no”, and sharing with your sister.

Your ability to communicate has skyrocketed in the last month.  Every time we bring you food, you look at it and say “Hot!”.  When we tell you it’s not, we get a very understanding, “oooh”.

Whenever you’re feeling a little bored or neglected, you go up to someone, take their hand and say, “husha”, (asking for ring-around-the-rosey) looking up so seriously with your beautiful, big eyes so that there’s no way we can say no to you.

We love you very much baby.  Happy birthday and a half!