Isabella 19 Months!

Is there a point in which your baby growing up doesn't just keep getting better and better, & more and more fun!?! I know I say it every month, but watching Isabella grow up has been a true and complete joy, and has been more and more enjoyable for me!  I guess part of that is as they grow up comes more sleep, more fun activities, more interaction, more laughs and giggles, just "more!"  This last month has been no exception! Bella is constantly trying to make us laugh (and succeeding!) and loves to play...and we are happy to oblige her! OK, enough gushing...

                                  Happy 19 Months Isabella Rae!

                               19 Month Highlights:
-You were hard core teething over the course of 2 weeks this month which made for some really rough days.  You spiked fevers (up to 102) at night for a few nights (although not in a row) and were just miserable during the day, only wanting to cuddle and rock. Poor poor baby : (

Terrible picture, but that's what you get with all day snuggles in the dark

-You got a doll last month before Aubrey was born and you absolutely love her! You carry her around with you where ever you go, want to take her on all your horsey and scooter rides, love to swaddle her, burp her, rock and sing to her, and change her diaper.  Usually when I am doing something to or with Aubrey, you want to do the same with your doll. It's super cute to watch you be a little mama. 

You are also obsessed with shoes and love to carry Mama's around!

-We celebrated Christmas this month and it was just so much fun with you this year!  You truly understood what a present was, and enjoyed unwrapping things!  Mimi and Pops got you a rocking horse and a push scooter that you absolutely love.  We got you a few small things as well (set of textured balls, building blocks, bath letters and numbers and a numbers foam puzzle), but your favorite was a bubble machine.

The best one we could get with a newborn and a toddler : ) Merry Christmas!

-So many of my friends had to worry about the tree, or more importantly the ornaments, with their toddler around, but you gave us nothing to worry about! You LOVED coming down every morning and turning on the lights, but that was as close to the tree as you got. You were scared when I tried to take your picture in front of it with your back to the tree...as if it was going to jump out and grab you!

-While you have always loved music and dancing, it comes out more and more as you get older. You are always drawn to musical toys, and you point to the tv and sign please at least 5 times a day to ask for music to be turned on. You like kids songs, Christian music, pop music (especially Taylor Swift!) and you certainly have an opinion about what you listen to.  If a song comes on you don't like you definitely let us know and sign "All done".  As soon as we get in the car, you start signing "sing" and before I can get the last word out of the song, you are already signing more. We also started to go back to Library Singing Story time when Aubrey was 5 weeks old, and you just love it!

Sleeping: Our sleeping habits were all drastically changed with the addition of Aubrey, and you esentially transitioned to one afternoon nap, although there were a few days that you ended up taking/needing 2 shorter naps rather than one longer one. 

Thankfully (for us!) you still love your bed and having "quiet time" even if you aren't truly sleeping.  Bedtime is generally around 6:30 pm and you sleep til 7 or 8 am depending on the day! By 8:30 you are ready to get out of bed and start the day.  Your nap is around noon, and you sleep 2 to 2.5 hours. And as great of a sleeper as you are, the days of our sweet little baby signing "sleepy" when you were ready to go down are over. You now adamantly shake your head and say no every single time we ask if you are tired...even when you are falling asleep in your lunch!
 
Eating: You continued to stay picky this month with eating, and your appetite was way down (probably largely due to lots of teething).  Favorite foods this month: cheese, pear, banana (really any fruit), fig bars, oatmeal in the morning, squeezies, PB sandwiches, whole grain puffs. You LOVE drinking water out of water bottles, and will drink so much more if we put it in one of ours for you to use during the day. Since you don't drink milk (b/c you don't like it) or juice (b/c we don't buy it and have never given it to you), if a water bottle makes you happy, so be it!

Isabella Loves:

-Her dolly

-Music, singing and dancing...all the time!

-Rocking horse (and doing "Slow Horsey, Fast Horsey")

-Baths

-Being outside, taking walks (and you actually walking, not in stroller)

-Reading, fav books this month: Toes, Ears & Nose, Pig-A-Boo, I Love You Through and Through, My First Bible Stories, Where is Baby's Belly Button, My First Spanish Words

Isabella Hates:

-Not being able to do something...you get SO frustrated and hit or throw whatever it is you are trying to do, and then cry.

-Lately you have not wanted to get dressed or even change your diaper...I think it has more to do with the fact that you have to stop and lay down for 2 minutes!

19 Month Stats:

Height: 32.25 in (58th percentile)

Weight: 23 lb 12 oz (27th percentile)
HC: 18 in (23rd percentile)

Teeth: 4 on top, 4 on bottom, 1 molar on left bottom

*Wearing mostly 18 and 24 month clothes (although still in some 12 month onesies and capris and skirts). Still in size 3 diapers.

Isabella's Firsts this Month:

-You are doing great at pointing out most body parts! You've got down eyes, ears, nose, mouth, arms, hands, fingers, feet, legs, belly button, belly, and heart.

-You build a tower of 3 blocks high...and LOVE to knock then down!

-You easily climb stairs and "scoochie" down well now  

Words Added this Month:  Bye bye, bubbles ("bu-buhs"), book, no, hot ("haa"), cold ("coal"), yucky

This Month in Pictures:

Any chance you get to carry a "purse" (or bag!) you take it...such a girly girl!

Always wanting to give sister "kisses" by putting your head or cheek on hers : )

Spending time at the library- looking out the window at the choo choo train passing by

Always putting on our shoes!

You LOVE love love bathtime!!! Look at that nakey booty : )

HA you wanted to rock your baby in the bouncy and got stuck...and then cried when you couldn't get out!

A favorite game...throw the blanket over your head and walk into things.  And "Where's Bella!?" with the blanket over your head!

Our sweet girls!

 

You LOVE the rocking horse Mimi got you and scare me a bit with how crazy you rock it!

You love doing "Slow Horsey, Fast Horsey" on it!!

Scary Mama...will do anything to get her to smile for the camera! She ALWAYS shakes her head no!!!

Mama's first jog post-pregnancy on a "winter day"- 47 and sunny : ) You and Dani loved getting all bundled up and kept laughing!

"Word" : )

Sleepy morning times together : )

LOVE this girl's goofy and fun personality!

"Seriously Mon...another photo shoot!?!?"