My big 18-month old cutie

I can't believe my little girl is 18 months old as of 10/8!  That's 18 months that I've been able to hold the most precious baby in my arms... 18 months that I've been able to kiss the sweetest face in the world - 18 months that I've been a mama, AND - the 18 month anniversary of receiving the greatest present from God.
18 months is such a significant milestone.  For me - it feels like my baby is "officially" a toddler.  She will always be my baby - but she's becoming a little independent lady and I just LOVE her to pieces.

I took her in for her 18 month appointment this morning.  She did great! She's 22.8 lbs, 32.5" tall (75th percentile - thank-ya Jesus... Michael's genes are helping).  Her head was 18.5" - that's how long she was when she was born!  She's right on track with her speech & development.  She had a vision test today, sat thru it (eye patch, and wires attached to head and all) like a champ.  She got one last shot (the part we hate) - and won't have to have another until she's 4. 

 (playing w/ her eye patch from the vision test)

The Dr. talked about preparing her for potty-training.  Really? Already?  I might be one of the only parents that actually doesn't mind dealing with diapers... but, I guess it's time to shop for a potty.  Doesn't hurt to practice right?  Eventually we'll make the transition.

***Little milestone updates:  Aislynns bi-cuspids (i-teeth) popped thru on the top left & top right Ais signed "mama" for the first time 10/6 - and kind of said "love you" by saying "Ya-Ya" when she repeated me before bedtime last night.  She also said "papa" las tnight.

I love how she fell asleep w/ her hand on her glow worm :)

I attempted to update this blog a couple weeks ago - and just now getting around to finishing. 
Aislynn (wanting to be a big helper) got into Zues' dog food - Zeus wasn't complaining...

(This is SUCH a Michael face...)

Fun @ the park:

Aislynn's first braid! :)

Trying curlers

Sunday, we got together @ Kaci's house to hang out and get our little munchkins together in their Halloween costumes.  It was fun and pretty entertaining to watch 10 adults herding 6 munchkins with a million toys to play with.  Aislynn's grandma is still making her Minnie Mouse costume - so we had to improvise and dressed her as a cheerleader.  With meltdowns in site - we quickly snapped a pic of the Fab5 (preggo posse) - can't believe they are so big!

Left to Right:

Emma Grace - Butterfly, Aislynn - Cheerleader, Parker - Nemo, Nate - DJ Pauly, Alaina - Cat

 And there goes Nate...

 T-minus 5 seconds to meltdown...

Emma Grace & Aislynn - way to hang in there girls!

I'm super excited b/c my mom is coming into town this Thurs eve.  She's going to help me do a cleaning/organizing overhaul on my house and just hang out for a long weekend.  We've also got Michael's birthday coming up this Saturday followed by Halloween!  I'm sooo looking forward to this weekend. 

And.. before the month ends - I would really like to get Aislynn's 18 month pictures done. So much to do - never enough time!