Yesterday our little redhead turned 17 months old. It's so hard to believe it's been almost a year and a half. On one hand it seems like just yesterday that we welcomed her into our lives and on the other hand it seems hard to imagine life without her.
Our doctor told us that Quinn's in the "fun" stage and let us know we would be normal for saying all the time "she is so smart." Well that doc is right because everyday it seems like Quinn is amazing us with something new. Here are the highlights:
She's clueing into so much and really repeating what we say. She loves to say "Oh Boy!" and "Alright." We also learned tonight to say "careful" when Mommy is driving and "hold tight" to Mommy's wallet. (Yes, I let her hold on to my wallet after we check out at the store. She just loves it.)
She loves her family. She loves to rattle off the names of all her family members and points out everyone in our family photos.
She loves her school. When we ask her about school she can name all of her classmates and her teachers too. Then when we come to pick her up, she gets really excited and runs to the poster wall to show us all the colors, shapes and letters she's learning.
She's fair & balanced. If she gives one person a hug, kiss, high five or "cheers" then everyone else in the room gets one too. I hope she always knows how to make everyone feel included and loved.
She's learning things! She's starting to identify colors, she's rocking at puzzles and can pick up the right shape when we ask her.
She's so friendly. She loves to say "hi" and "bye" to everyone we see when we're out and about and she usually flashes a nice smile for everyone too.
She makes sure we know where to sit. Her new thing is to pat the floor and say our names until we sit next to her. This also goes for puppies or any visitors in the room. Her new favorite book is Mrs. Wishy Washy's Farm and we all have our assigned seating in front of her crib for story time -- Mildred too.
She can pose for pictures. We can now get her to stop and say "cheese" to pose for a photo. This is quite handy, but we have to act quick because it doesn't last long!
She's been able to climb the stairs since she was 8 months old, but now she can "scoot scoot" down them.
And because this blog also needs to be fair & balanced, I must tell you that's she's learned how to throw a fit. But we're working on it and hopefully getting better!
And without further ado, here are a few photos of our little 17-month-old!
Sunday we visited our favorite Mexican restaurant and this time we let her eat the lollipop from the server. She loved it!
