18 months old

Katie is 18 months old today. I took all these pictures of her outside because that is her favortie place to be. She never gets tired of it! She loves to swing, jump on the tramp, slide, ride her bike and go on walks. Whenever the kids play outside without her, she stands at the kitchen window and knocks on it and yells "Hi" to them. Katie is talking more and more every day. She says so many words. It's so fun to listen to her talk. She does get frustrated when she can't figure out how to tell us what she wants. When she is mad, she will run around the room and hit things and then colapse on the floor and cry. Katie loves doggies and kitties and gets very excited when she sees them. She likes them from a distance. If they get too close to her, she gets pretty nervous. She still loves babies, especially real ones. If she ever sees a carseat she knows that a baby should be in it. She will go over to it and say "baby, baby, baby" until whoever is the owner of the baby shows it to her. Katie loves music! She likes to dance with her Daddy. She has fallen asleep on his shoulder, while he's dancing with her, several times. She doesn't like her carseat and frequently will freak out and arch her back so we can't get her in it. She loves hot dogs, bananas, apples, grapes, fruit snacks, candy and gum. She knows where we keep the candy and gum and will go over to the cupboard and ask for "nandy". She has learned to say please so we make her say please for everything. She will stand at Kierra's door, when she knows Kierra is in there, and knock and say "Please" over and over until Kierra lets her in. She doesn't care much for TV but loves Mickey Mouse. She watches the first 5 minutes of Mickey Mouse Club House and that's about it. Katie loves shoes and is always putting everyone's shoes on her. She knows when Dale is coming home. When she hears the garage door open, she'll say "Daddy!" and get very excited.

Katie doesn't have much fear of anything. She jumps on the tramp with the kids and it doesn't scare her at all! She will wonder off from us no matter where we are. She doesn't seem to even know she is by herself when she does that. She just keeps walking and exploring.

She loves to climb up to the top of our playground and peak through the slats and say "Hi". Then she'll move to the next slat and say "Hi". It's so cute to see her little face peaking through. She is so much fun and it's so fun to listen to her learning to talk. I can't believe how fast she's growing up!