Ellie at 18 months!

My sweet girl turned 18 months last Monday. She is getting more talkative and a little more outgoing everyday. I think going to the YMCA is definitely helping her with her shyness, although it still takes her a while to warm up to people. She talks constantly now (at home) and is actually easy to understand. She has started to enjoy playing independently a little more and doesn't have to have me watching her 24 hours a day (only about 23 1/2 hours a day now). Here is what else Ellie is up to at 18 months:

-Weight: 23.8 pounds (35th %) and height: 30 7/8 inches (25th %). She has actually lost weight lately due to having croup. She weighed about a pound more the week before when we took her to the doctor. After 3 days on steroids and lots of nose blowing she started feeling better.

-Diaper size: 4, Clothing size: 12-18 months, some 18 months, Shoe size: 4

-Favorite foods: yogurt covered raisins, grapes, sugar snap peas, broccoli, corn on the cob, sausage, oatmeal, strawberries, apples, carrots, cheese, milk, apple juice, suckers

-Favorite toys: baby doll and stroller, bike, zebra, balls, books, puzzles, farm, blocks

-New words she's saying (the word and how Ellie says the word)

raisins- "freeses"
cuck-cake- "cupcake"
grapes
broccoli- "brockey"
jacket
house
home
mouse
coke
girl- "gool"
French Fries- "Fen Fies"
Kleenex
Wylie- "La-La"
Mickey Mouse
Minnie Mouse- "Me Mouse"
Linny
Tuck
Ming-Ming
Oscar; "Ocsar"
Cookie
Elmo- "Melmo"
Abby
Grover- "Gover"
milk
apple juice
sunshine
pacifier- "sass"
so sorry
all gone- "gone-gone"
diaper
toenails- "nonails"
mommy's car (you can pick it out in the parking lot)
bubbles
Get Back (to Wylie when you have food)
fart- "fark" (you say this when you do that . . . I know, so proud!)
All animals and family members names and too many other words to list right now!

-You love going to the library. Here are some of your favorite library activities:

Craft time- this is the turkey we made last Thursday.

Puzzles

Reading books

Playing at the Lego table

Playing with the puppets

You are doing and saying so much right now, I can't fit it all in one post! I can't believe what a smart, funny, sweet little girl you are . . . I'm so proud of you! Happy half birthday, Ellie!