Haddie- 18 months

Today Haddie is 19 months, so naturally I am getting around to posting this.😊 We sure love our baby cakes, HadJoy, sugar pie. 💜

It's been a big month for little miss. She is walking primarily and started doing that right at 18 months. She eats well now and really has no issues related to food- Praise God! She still receives services every other week, but we are mainly working on words and communication. She loves Jo (our therapist) and loves playing with her. Haddie has several words in her vocabulary and mom is working on not asking yes/no questions so she has to use them. 

I was trying to get her to smile and said "where are your buttons?" thinking the ones on her dress. She was thinking her belly button.

Haddie has really started "mothering" in the last month. She often is found carrying a baby or stuffed animal and pats or shushes it. It's the sweetest thing. 

She still has a wicked side-eye and isn't real fond of people unless mom isn't around. Even though she is pretty reserved, she has started giving hugs and kisses to people she loves and will play with others even if mom is in the room- just don't try to hold her too much.😋

Side eye 

She likes clothes and shoes "shoooooz". She tolerates me doing her hair, but it's not her favorite part of the day. She's really come around to swimming and water this summer and likes to splash. And if daddy is on the floor, she likes to sit on him.

Her brothers still dote on her and love her dearly, but occasionally I've started hearing "mom, Haddie is trying to ruin.... or Haddie is being mean..." She says "eye-eeee" for Eli and we're still working on Micah. Their newest thing is if we're not in a hurry at a story, they like to each take a hand and walk with Haddie. It's slower than molasses, but it is precious.

Please Please, can we be done? 

She still is terrified of animals. She LOVES singing. She can carry a tune and since I'm her mom, I can tell she is trying to sing Old MacDonald and the ABCs. You can even make out a few letters. She also just sings to herself as she's playing. The boys never did any singing at this age that I recall. 

It's blurry, but I love her face!

Stats:
Height - 29.5" below 5th percentile
Weight 20# 11oz below 5th percentile

Eli (and stats) and Micah at 18 months for those that are interested.