16 Months

Yesterday Halsey turned 16 months. She is walking more and more, Talking, copying everything we say, distinguishes the difference of each family member (ask her to tell you where Jonathan is she points to him and so on...) She has 9 teeth First the bottom 2 then the top 2 came in, then the top to incisors and now she has 3 molars 2 on top and one poking through on bottom right. I can see the left molar is next. 4 months ago she had not a single tooth! She can climb up the couch. I can't keep her off the couch and she won't just sit, It always ends in tears because I make her sit on the floor or she falls off.

Word: Sit, Blah-blah-blah (thanks daddy), that's better, kitty cat, puppa, buba, Bo, bye, mine, no, yes, nigh-nigh,eat, more, shoe, sock, dress, this, what's this, play, ou, hi, pretty, and LOTS of babble. She "reads" her own books just flipping pages and talking. Even though she doesn't know a whole lot of words you can definitely tell when she has an opinion!

Knows Where is your Nose? where is your belly? and sometimes will point to her teeth when asked.

Loves to get dressed, picks her own clothes, loves to have pretty hair and bows.

She sleeps all night (7:30PM to usually 8AM)

She laughs and giggles, coos and smiles. She loves her Daddy and as soon as she can run to him I know she will.

Loves, her Blankie, book and pink puppy.

walking and talking

Halsey is really taking off lately, I betcha by July I have a walker! She practices all day, and likes to walk with her bike, walk to her brothers, walk to me. I got better video of her walking but I like this one more because you get a little taste of her talking too.she says "sit" for crawl, Looking out the window she is saying "Kitty cat", walking to me from the fridge she says "Cheese" at the camera. She says "that" when I tell her not to eat that, and at the end she says "bye" The rest is mostly jibber jabber in this one. It makes me smile, I hope it makes you smile too! Have a good week.

(It had been raining that morning and the dogs were in the basement barking because I was being mean and not letting them in the house. So you get to hear them "talking" too.)

14 months old

Halsey Nora is 14 months today! She weighs 16.4 lbs and is 27 1/2" long. wearing 12-18 month clothes and in a size 3 diaper. Wears a size 2 shoe.

Words: Dada, mama, coco, nigh-nigh, kitty cat, mine, juice, this, hi -hi, yes, WoW, sis, uh-uh, shoe, pretty, and what I think is dress.

Pretty is referring to her hair. She will touch whatever bow or pony tail she has and say her version of pretty.

She loves: Shoes, dresses, pink, purple, cats, food, jewelry, outside, swing, side, BLANKIE and daddy.

New fun things she has learned: Hi-5, blowing kisses, standing and cruising.

Favorite Toys: grey cat, pink bear blanket, a rubber duck, cups, blocks, jewelry and sunglasses.

She likes to hide behind the couch until I call her name a couple times and she crawls out giggling.

She is the best sleeper! 7:30 PM to about 8 - 8:30 AM. Naps 12:30 to 3PM.

Loves to eat. Favorites so far: Yogurt, pork chops, turkey, bread, cheese, chicken, cheerios, green beans, corn, noodles, lasagna, hot dogs, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes. Actually it is quite a long list...

she does not like: hamburger or milk.

Happy Easter!

I slacked on the family Easter picture this year. Poor Halsey was just so tired (so I thought) so I just took a couple pictures of her in her beautiful dress. She is going to be wearing this dress again it is just sooo pretty I can't get enough!

As it turns out....I tried to get her to take a nap at Matt's Cousins house where we went for Easter lunch, but she would just not calm down. she would just lay on me and sleep a minute and then wake up screaming. so we left early to come home and give her a rest. After a 2 hour nap she woke up a little happier. we were playing on the floor while i contemplated taking her to the ER or waiting until morning. when I heard a wheeze! So off to the ER we went. We got right in since her O2 was a little down, her heart rate was up, resps were up and she had quite the fever. Turns out after a dose of motrin, breathing treatment, a chest x-ray, a shot of antibiotics and a 4 hour stay. she has an ear infection and Pneumonia. Poor baby! She is resting now and feeling a little better. sorry sister girl I think tomorrow will be better.

Standing!

Halsey has been just standing up. out of nowhere, just up she goes. Oh and these are my FAVORITE PJ"S! I think i need them for her in every size...don't you?!?!?!