EE @ 18 Months

If you can say anything about this girl, it's that she is full of spice! (Can't you tell from the pictures above?) EE has quite the personality! She can go from joyful to tearful in a split second. Many people ask me if she has the personality to match the hair color, and I can definitely say that she does. At any rate, here are a few things that I can tell you about my pride and joy...

*She is VERY independent. She wants to do everything by HERSELF! At her well child check up she didn't even sit in my lap. She sat in her OWN chair beside me...sad, right?

*She is VERY opinionated. She knows what she wants and doesn't want, and she will let you know about it.

*She imitates what she sees- good or bad. Her eyes are always watching. Want an example? Lately she has been walking up to the potty and putting her hands on her diaper, much like her bothers do when they go to the potty. Like I said, she imitates good and bad...and rest assured, we try to keep the bathroom door closed, but inevitably she still sees them go from time to time.

*She will eat almost any fruit you put before her. She doesn't care for many veggies (though they still go on her tray), and she HATES bread of any kind (will not even put a spoon full of spaghetti, lasagna, pizza, etc. in her mouth).

*She loves for you to quiz her on the sounds of various farm animals. Her favorite sounds to make are the cat and cow. She also enjoys when you ask her to point to her body parts. She can point out head, hair, nose, mouth, eye, ear, hand, foot, knee, and belly right now.

*She does not want to do anything you want her to do...for example, if you try to swim with her in the pool, she won't go. She will throw a hissy. However, if left on the steps to the pool, she might just float off and smile about it.

* The girl loves her ice cream. (Special thanks to G-pa and Papa on that one :)

*She has recently started asking for a bow to go in her hair. I'm thrilled about this, but also a little fearful that what little bitty hair I can gather for a bow will fall out or break. We put it in there anyway though. I hope she gets more before too long :)

*I love to watch her play with her baby doll. Funniest thing is that she likes the one that used to by my doll the most (my great grandma gave it to me). She will hug it, rock it, feed it, and for some reason HATES for me to put a dress on it. She only wants the onesie on it.

Girl, we LOVE you! You add both sugar and spice to our lives, and we love you to pieces. Happy 18 months!