18 Months

Last week Courtney had her 18 month check-up. Here is where she stands:

Height: 33 inches (90%)
Weight: 24 pounds 14 ounces (60%)
Head: 46 1/2 cm (55%)

The doctor told me to keep her on whole milk and a high calorie diet because she is a "string bean". I never thought being above average in weight would be considered skinny but she is quite tall so that makes up for it.

She also got prescribed some Miralax because she's been having some pooping issues. That seems to have cleared up though.

Oh yeah, and she got three shots. :(

She is talking up a storm. She surprises us everyday. Just yesterday when I picked her up at daycare she grabbed the zipper on my sweatshirt and said "zipper". She handed me a DVD the other day and said "movie". She also finds trash and throws it away.

And I swear last night during bath time she said "A, B, C."

They grow too fast.

Santa Claus is coming to town!

Potty Time!

We purchased Courtney a Princess potty from Target about a month or so ago. We set it up in the guest bathroom and were just hoping to get her used to the potty and what you use it for. A few weeks in, one morning I asked her if she wanted to go pee pee on the potty. She said yes and I followed her to the bathroom. I got her all set up on the potty and after a minute or so I hear this music playing. It took me a minute to realize that she was peeing. No her pee doesn't make music, but her potty does when she goes. I was so proud. This has only happened one time so far.

I've been bringing her into the bathroom with me so she understands that we go in the potty too. Now she is obsessed with sitting on the big potty. Luckily her Princess potty has a seat that comes off and hooks onto the big potty.

We aren't expecting any miracles here, but we thought it wouldn't hurt to get her used to the potty early. Her new daycare is wonderful and has said to just let them know when we want her to start working with her on the potty at daycare. Isn't that great?

Look at my big girl!

The Toddlers Creed

If I want it,
IT'S MINE!

If I give it to you and change my mind later,
IT'S MINE!

If I can take it away from you,
IT'S MINE!

If it's mine it will never belong to anybody else,
No matter what.
If we are building something together,
All the pieces are mine!

If it looks just like mine,
IT'S MINE!

If it breaks or needs putting away,
IT'S YOURS!

We are at this point now. Yay us!

Then and Now

This time last year, Courtney was 5 months. Remember this?


Now she is a walking, talking 17 month old toddler that looks nothing like her mommy and all like her daddy.


Like her Bieber hair style?

[Thank you Grammy]

We headed out to the local pumpkin patch on Sunday after nap. It wasn't the original patch we wanted to go to (that one is only open Thursday - Saturday). The patch was a huge disappointment to Mike and I. The selection of pumpkins on the vine were sad. The munchkin was in love with the apple trees. She had a blast and that is all that matters.

We want to give a shout out to Grammy for the adorable pumpkin patch dress she made. And we can't wait to see her adorable Halloween costume. Stay tuned for that. Squeee!

Checking out the apple trees.


Mamarazzi. Enough with the pictures.






She loves apples.

It's been awhile.

I've taken a bit of a blog break. I felt like I may have been putting too much of our day to day out on the interwebs and I just felt like some of the stuff I discussed may need to stay more close to home. So I took a step back and it has felt great. But, my daughter is growing yo! BIG. She's 16 months now. I know, right?

So here is what my little muffin is up to these days.

- Talking. Mo (more), pesh (please), ya you (love you), appu (apple), ball, yesh (yes), up, no (that one is fun ::rolls eyes::), nih nih (night night), bye bye. That's all the new ones I can think of.

- She started a new daycare and is so happy. (so are we!)

- Um, is my kid blonde? (see below)

- Working on using utensils with meals.

- 24 pounds





With her cousin Lily (3 months)


From Left: Heidi, Lily, Courtney, Clare and Stella.