17 Months

On Allie's 17 month birthday Kelly Beth came and got her for the day so mommy could have a day to get things done, like clean the house, grocery shop, run errands, and get my glucose test.  All things that are slightly easier to accomplish without an ever so helpful 17 month old :)  

First they went to Barnes and Noble for story hour and from the sounds of it Allie had lots of fun.  We will have to visit story hour more often.  Looks like from the pic below she found them elmo section.

 

Apparently she LOVED the train table.  Good thing she is going to have a little brother because I am sure she will get more opportunities to play with trains and cars in the future.

 

During story hour she was a bit shy and stayed close to KB

 

But perked right up when they started singing the itsy bitsy spider... which is currently her favorite song.  When we start singing it we have to repeat it numerous times before moving on to the next thing.

 

Allie wanted to take the trains home but agreed to leave them when she got to pick out a new book about dogs... another favorite thing right now.

 

When they got back to KB's they had fun playing with babies, eating lunch, watching sesame and just having fun.  I can't believe my little girl is really this big.  She still loves her baby doll's and is practicing every day to be a good big sister!

 

Later in the day they went over to play with KB's neighbors.  They took their babies for a walk in the strollers...

 

Looks like something was wrong with her baby and she needed to stop and comfort her.  What a good little mama she is

 

Then it was time to play on the play set out back.  Allie LOVES slides.  We will definitely get a slide and play set when we move into our new house!

 

Looks like they had a great day!  Allie loves playing with older kids, she seems to do better with them at this point in life.  We are still working on sharing and appropriate behavior with friends... but from what I hear this might be a long process that I cant magically escape... so for now we are just taking it one day at a time. 

Some new things this month:  you have started to repeat everything we say... I know we need to watch what we say now.  You have learned Josh's name and I think you have a slight crush on him.  Today you acted like you were talking to him on the phone and then wanted to look at pictures of him on facebook.  You can also kind of say Todd and JuJu for Juliet, you recognize them in pictures.  We are still working on Kim but you have trouble with the K sound.  We are also working hard on Chaim.  You are having a lot less outbursts now that you are getting better at expressing yourself with words.  You are so sweet, you love to give hugs and kisses especially to your mommy and daddy and babies.  Mommy is trying to figure out how to get rid of your paci... we are successfully down to only naps and bed time not sure how to make the next big step.  You still love to dance and are full of life and personality I hope you never lose that.  This month you have started telling me night night when I put you in bed and then blow me a kiss... it is one of the cutest things I have ever seen and I am lucky that you go to sleep so well.  Allie I am so proud to be your mommy and I love that I get to watch you grow every day... just dont get too big too fast.  I love every moment of life with you.  I love you Allie, always and forever... no matter what happens my baby you will be!