One who does not need her beauty sleep

Elizabeth is officially 18 months today. 

 

My beautiful girl is getting more beautiful by the day, but certainly not due to all her sleep...

My little insomniac who has never taken great naps will now take a short nap in the afternoon, but she regularly wakes up in the middle of the night and quietly plays.  I only know this because her room is above ours and I am often up feeding the baby in the middle of the night and can hear her quietly talking or banging around.  She will go back to sleep eventually though.  She is probably my little night owl and is not as cheerful as the other two first thing in the morning.

 

 

She is my fearless little one.  She throws herself into the pool, face goes under, and she comes up laughing and ready to do it again. We are quite aware that we need to watch her because we have jokingly said that she would drown with no struggle.  She just thinks she can do anything!  She is also rather independent, which goes right along with the fearlessness.
 

 

 

However, she also has a nurturing side to her.  She constantly wants to help with her little sister.  She loves to hold Abigail!  She likes to kiss her too.  She blows kisses to everyone else too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

As mentioned before, she loves to try on shoes but always makes it into just one shoe and then goes prancing around. 

 

 

We are finally getting to the point where she will not pull her hair out of a ponytail and so we can tame her wild locks occasionally.  She also keeps sunglasses on now for a while. 

 

 

 

 

 

G Daddy's visit this month was nice...

 

Bizbeth still doesn't eat too well--her variety in food is very much lacking--but she has learned to eat her PB&J sandwiches without taking them apart.  This means she keeps a somewhat cleaner face and hair now (you can't tell in these pictures though!)

 

 

 

What a climber!  (see her fearlessness)  She wants to do what big kids can do!

Definitely a Daddy's girl!!!!

 

 

 



What a smart girl!  Biz can say all sorts of things and understands virtually everything.  I am constantly floored by her maturity and quick mind!

She still likes to be a baby at times but will quickly step aside to take care of the baby when called to (except when too tired). 

 

 

Yeah for another month with this very busy Bizbeth!



Growing up

4+1 month. 

 

 

A few things of note...

David knows no stranger--he often strikes up conversations with complete strangers.  This month it was all about how he has tennis shoes (as he kicks up his leg to show them off--and no, they are not a new pair)
 

Funny things he says: 

• he still says Boy Boy (for Big Boy) which rather confused him when he was trying to describe E as a Boy Girl.
• He talks about his "scrub" blanket...his favorite blanket that he likes to scratch the corner (scrubbing, apparently)  He likes the sound it makes.
• Still says diggert for digger
• "Where it is?" My linguist just states his questions the way most of the rest of the world does (just not Americans).
• He asks for "Coco" (ie Coca Cola--all carbonated beverages)
• Still rather forgettful half the time of his middle sister's name...when asked, it is just "Sister"
• He has lots of "friends"  (often his "sister" is referred to as "my friend," as is Daddy, as is all the people in his class at church--whether or not he knows their names.

All toys are weapons right now: legos become guns, golf clubs become swords, water guns-another favorite.

We had a visit from GDaddy this month.  D cried when he left and said, "I like GDaddy.  I don't want him to leave.  He's my friend."

Went swimming a couple of times this month and D is all over with his floaties but my cautious little boy is terrified of testing the water without them. 

 

 

 

Just a few days ago, we went to a friend's birthday party at a bounce house.  D liked going with just me and had a great time dragging me around with him to try out each bounce structure, but when it all came down to it, he kept coming back over and over to the video arcade machine.  Of what?  Nothing less than a car racing game!  D is so much his Daddy!

 

With this same skill, he rides his tricycle too!  All the while ringing the bell...

And D is finally learning to swing himself on the swing...

More of D's "friends"

We love you, BOY BOY!