Kali May - 18 Months!!

It has been so strange to not take a chair picture every month... I was really excited to get to do another one.

Here is our cute little grown up baby at 18 months!! :)

And here is probably a more accurate picture of her... hehe...trying SO hard to say CHEESE for me :)
I LOVE this picture.... mostly because it struck me as so cute how she is so seriously trying to water the tree and make it grow, but is actually watering herself. And I think God is growing her WAY more than the tree lately anyways... so it is very fitting :)
....and this is my baby girl in the morning :) :)

I love my baby girl SO much. She is so much fun to be around, and it is so amazing to see her learn new things every day. She can now run around the house and up and down our stairs (we're working on always asking permission!) and get in to all kinds of trouble :) She LOVES brushing her teeth, and I will regularly find a pile of 2-3 tubes of toothpaste sitting all in one random location. She is trying to figure out praying.. mostly confused by why we all close our eyes and hold hands, but she likes it a lot and especially will ask daddy to pray with her 2-3 times before she wants to eat. She is testing everything out, including figuring out how many times we will say "no" to something before disciplining her...which is making me work on my OWN discipline in being faithful and consistent for her!

Kali May loves to eat... she is not too picky, although bananas, frozen blueberries, and hot dogs seem to be her current favorites. She is VERY good at saying thank you...she will usually say it not only when she gets something, but also when she gives something to you. "Bye "bye is another one of her favorites. Please and Hello she does MOST of the time, but they aren't as easy as the other two. And pretty much any other word that you ask her to say, she will say now! it is so weird to have her be able to talk... especially when I will hear her repeating me around the house...saying things like "all right!" or "ok!" totally out of context and at random times. My favorite is that she has now started calling Scott "Babe" instead of dad. I guess I should use "dad" a little more often from now on.... :) Oh, and my other favorite is that she says I love you now. She will blow you a kiss, then make an attempt at the sign for it, and then say "luw you."

So far, she seems to be taking mostly after her daddy....and her aunty megan. She is always either taking something apart and trying to figure out how it works (like daddy) OR....she is looking for a purse, some chapstick, and some jewelry to adorn herself with! (aunty megan). Both of them are very cute qualities and she cracks me up all the time!

Ok, well I could go on forever telling random things about Kali May.... but mostly I just love her to death and am so thankful for her!