These first two pictures are Vivian actually smiling for the camera. She's only recently started getting the concept of it...I'm excited! She's only done it a couple of times...when I said smile, she did! 
Vivian is 18 months old (last Friday)! She is a joy for our family. Aaron and I love to watch her change and grow and play, and Kate loves to watch everything she does and smiles at her all day long. She has been sick this week...she's had her very first ear infection. Thursday was the worst, so it's getting much better for her and she's acting more like her normal self. I am thankful that this is her first...Dr. B was shocked when I told him. God has given us a healthy, happy kid!
She doesn't have her 18 month well-check until the beginning of January, so I'll post some other things then.
She celebrated her 18 month birthday on Friday night by having a bowel movement in the bathtub. The funny (weird) thing is that she celebrated her 15 month birthday the exact same way! hehe
A few things to remember about her at this age: She wakes up around 7 and goes to bed between 7 and 7:30. She takes a nap from 1-4, although most of the time she doesn't sleep for the whole three hours.
She plays in her crib by herself from 9-10.
We try to eat meals at 8, 11:30, and 5:30.
Other than those things, her days vary! She loves to:
-play with baby dolls and do all the same things I do with Kate for her dolls or stuffed animals
-read books...books are definitely her favorite "toys"
-say "Elmo". It's a dominant word for her, but she is adding more! She says duck, hop, hat, hot, dada, shoes, eyes, choo-choo and makes signs for Help please, all done, more, thank you.-eat yogurt. It's one of her favorite foods. Others are string cheese, broccoli, PB&J, and most anything in front of her at the table :) She's feeding herself most of the time, which means we either take her shirt off or use a bib.
-buckle buckles. She is obsessed. If she walks past Kate's carseat and it's not buckled, she cannot continue with life unless she stops and buckles it. It's the same with the buckles on Kate's swing, her high chair, etc. It's hilarious!
-try to put on her socks and shoes.
-go up the stairs with just leg power...no more knees!
-spend time with Papa and Gramme.
-brush her teeth. She has gotten so many teeth in the last 2 or 3 months, I can't count them all.
-practice making a few animal sounds. She can make a quack sound for duck, "mmm" for a cow, and make her mouth do a fish. It's adorable.
-Another word that she has learned to say is "no," unfortunately. She is beginning to understand that she has a choice when I tell her to do something. For example, when I tell her to "come here please" I can see in her eyes that she is thinking about whether she wants to come to me or not. Uh oh.
-I'll come back and add more about her as I think of it...Kate needs me right now!
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