18 Month Check-Up

Lily went to the doctor today for her 18 month check-up. Where has the time gone?! She now weighs 20 lbs. 4 oz. and is 31" tall. That puts her in the 3rd percentile for weight...still... and 30th percentile for height. She got two shots and goes back at 2 years old. The doctor gave her two thumbs up and said she's doing well. He's not concerned about her weight at all, since that's the growth curve she's been on since birth.

Last weekend my people turned Lily's carseat around to face forward. I haven't been in the car with her since she's turned around, but I hear she loves it. It's a shame I won't be able to entertain her anymore though. She used to love watching me go nuts in the car.

My people have lots of pictures on the camera they need to unload. Pictures of her at the park on the playground, playing in the hose in the back yard and at her last Inchworms class at the Y. Oh! There are also pictures of our awesome shed being torn down. I'll do my best to post some once they're off the camera. Here's a picture from a week or two ago. My bald person was trying to teach Lily how to hit a golf ball. She had more fun stealing the golf balls and running away from him though. That's my girl!

Squealing and Climbing

Lily has discovered a fun new sound to make when she's happy. You can imagine this drives me just a little bit nuts.




The other day she was playing in her room. She got quiet, which is never a good sign, so Katie went in to check on her. She had moved her trash can to her crib, turned it upside down and climbed on top of it. Fortunately there was no trash in the can at the time. She was quite proud of herself.

Fun Photos

Bailey Dog's people are coming over tonight. I'm really excited. I may have mentioned this before, but I love Bailey's tall person. I pee on him every time I see him. That's how I claim my favorite people. There are only a handful I do that too, so they know they're special.

Here are some recent photos of the little one. Enjoy.

Charge!!

She must have me confused with her chest of drawers.

She took to wearing her winter hat around the house for a little while.

Playing in the sand with Spencer (Yes, we know that's a glorious shed in the background)

Sensory Overload

There's a line of severe thunderstorms headed our way right now, so I'm pretty keyed up anticipating their arrival. I was looking out the back door watching for signs of a tornado when two deer and a black cat had the nerve to wander into my yard...at the same time! My long haired person waited for them to leave before letting me out, but I'm confident I could've scared them off on my own.

My First Earthquake

There was a 5.2 magnitude earthquake this morning at the Illinois/Indiana border. St. Louis felt the effects of it around 4:30 a.m. Well, everyone felt it except my people. I tried to warn them by waking up and flapping my ears like I do every morning. My girl person heard me, but then went right back to sleep. My bald person never even moved. I'll have to come up with a better warning signal the next time an earthquake hits. None of us felt the 4.5 aftershock around 10:15 a.m. So, I've experienced my first earthquake...kind of.

By the Way...

I rock Guitar Hero.

Birthday Cake

I know it's like a month after the fact, but I thought I'd post a picture of my bald person's birthday cake. It was pretty awesome. This is what it was supposed to look like...




Of course, we all know that's Mizzou's mascot, Truman. And this is a picture of the actual cake...


Not bad. I think had my other person known the lady was going to use orange icing, she would've suggested she use yellow instead. In any case, it still turned out pretty cool. Even if it does kind of resemble Tony the Tiger instead of Truman. : )

Greg's party was outside at a park last month. I wasn't able to go, so I don't have any pictures. I hear it was fun, but cold. It didn't rain (or snow) though, so that's good. I do know that the fridge is still packed full of beverages that were leftover and will be full for quite some time. I guess it's hard to enjoy a cold drink when you're already freezing. Ha.