Everything McDaniel: 1 1/2 Years!

Ellasyn is 18 months old. A year and a half! That seems so grown up. Like she is officially a toddler now. She is getting so tall and her face is getting longer. She doesn't have the little round baby face like she used to. I feel like I was just writing her 17 month update, where did this month go? She is talking more and more. She repeats things that we say and she also likes to jabber on and on, making no sense at all.

Our well check went pretty...uh, well. That is a bit of an exageration. It all starts when the nurse calls her name. She gets nervous and clingy. When we walk back, they measure her head with a paper measuring tape... she freaks out. She calms down as we walk to the exam room to undress her and go up to get height and weight... she freaks out. They actually asked me to go around the corner so that they (yes, it took two nurses) could hold her down on the scale. She calms down once we are back in the exam room and she gets to play with the (nasty, germ infested) toys. When she hears the doctors voice in the next room she begins to get nervous again. When he finally comes in and starts with the stethescope it all goes down hill from there... then come the shots... We are worn out by the time we get home!

The stats this month are 31 1/2 inches tall and 23 pounds. Her weight has gone down due to her recent finicky eating. She still eats all the good stuff (i.e. fruit, veggies, milk) so the doctor is not too concerned. We will go back in a couple of months to weigh in. Oh, goodie. Because Ellasyn enjoyed it so much the first time.

Here are some pictures from the last month and her rocking chair picture...

All bundled up... she loves her bear mittens.

Dressed up for the Cotton Bowl game and exhibiting some independence as she stands in the chair after being warned to sit down. She got an extra warning because she was so cute...