This post is ridiculously late … like many things in my life, it just got pushed further and further back. I am going to take this post as a sign that things are starting to reach our new normal!
At 18 months:
*The bugz have tolerated our moving and renovation project exceptionally well! There have been a few up-all-nights and many, many tantrums, but overall I am very proud of them. They are just like any other 18-month old, except that they have been picked up and plopped down in the middle of chaos 😉
*They are sharing a crib, and have for nearly a month while we finish cleaning upstairs. Hopefully, they will be in their new nursery by this weekend, which I guess is actually a toddlers’ room now!
*They loooove to play with all the balls we found in the woods, and are learning to pass and catch
*They are still in their rear-facing seats. I haven’t had them weighed since their one-year visit (bad momma!!)
*On that note, I still haven’t taken them for their 18-month shots! Yikes… I really, really need to book those right away
*They do not eat baby food at all anymore, and I do not “feed” them anything – they feed themselves, unless we are somewhere with only applesauce and no high chair. Then they get fed by my to minimize the mess!!
*I can’t even begin to list the number of words they use now!! Kit-kat is definitely more chatty than C-boo, but C-boo says, “Oh. Dear!” and it is hilarious 🙂 🙂 They are also becoming copycats. For bad words…
*A brief list: shower, cracker, juice, Auntie, Tay, Sherrie (can you guess where we’ve been spending time??), shoes, sock, truck, car, giraffe (I know!), diaper, crotch (classy, Kit-kat…), belly button, ears, eye, nose, mouth…etc etc
*Yes, Kit-kat knows where her crotch is and is very happy to tell you about it. Nice…
*Kit-kat is also obsessed with Momma’s CrackBerry and pretends to talk to Dada with anything she can put to her ear!
*They looooooove being outside and gathering leaves and “trees” (sticks). This move to the country will be so good for them 🙂
*Kit-kat’s spot is almost completely gone. People don’t notice it at all anymore
*They walk and run everywhere now!! In opposite directions!! Fun!!
*They give each other sister-kisses (which is basically a head-bunt!) and “share, share!” everything if you ask 🙂
*Kit-kat has 6.5 teeth and C-boo has 5 teeth. Teething + moving + strange bedroom with no ceiling tiles = screaming tantrums
*They love to play in the pantry, close the door and hide, and take all my cans of tomato paste out to play with!
*They are finally old enough to watch and pay attention to movies – this was a blessing when we were trapped in the basement while the renos were in full swing upstairs, and also when it was so scorching hot outside. It is fascinating to watch them watching and reacting to the characters onscreen! I still don’t believe in letting them watch TV, but I think that a movie as a treat once in awhile is okay. It keeps it interesting without rotting their brains 😉 They even watched Lilo & Stitch for 45 minutes straight!!
*They STILL fit 6-12 month clothes in the waist, but they wear mostly 12 month or 1T size clothing. Great-Gramma keeps sending absolutely adorable finds from the Fields store by the cabin. I don’t know how she does it – I can never find anything there!!
*Gramma D took them shoe shopping and we can officially say that C-boo wears size 4 and Kit-kat wears 4.5. I bought size 6 winter boots for $16 at Superstore for them, but I figure they will wear big socks and grow into them 😉
*They are such big girls now, even though they are still my smidgets. They are so sharp in so many ways! I cannot believe how mature they are, but they are still my little cuddle bugz
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