18 months

The last year and a half has been so fun with Stella. She is probably the most active 18 month old we've had. She's always climbing the chairs to see what trouble she can get into on the kitchen table or getting into cupboards and drawers to pull everything out. She's one busy little girl. She makes life interesting around here. She is definately very loved though. She gets spoiled by her parents and her big brothers. Lily loves her lots too. But she can get on Lily's nerves a little. She's constantly getting into her coloring books or ruining her puzzles. That's what baby sisters do I guess. Even though Stella can bug Lily sometimes, they do have fun together. They play with their babies and their favorite thing to do is play hide-n-seek. I really hope those two are best friends when they grow up.

This past week we've all been paying close attention to all the things Stella can say. We were guessing she said around 15-20 words, but when we counted them all out, it was closer to 50 words. Well, some of the things she says aren't exactly WORDS. But we can understand her.

Here's the list: hi, bye, baby, Bo, Papa, Mama, Jesus, dah (dog), saaahee (sorry), no, yes, aaaaa (yeah), 'mon (come on), mo (more), poo poo, pee pee, bahbah (bottle), dink (drink), eeee (eat), hush, whoa, wow, cat, where doe? (where did it go?), ny ny (night night), toot, me, peeea (please), chee (cheese), owie, Nana, Rammy (Grammy), baaa (bath), canny (candy), bubbo (bubble), my (mine), no (snow), gone, boo, uh-oh, numma, haaah (hot), buhh (book), out sy (outside), bah (ball), cole (cold), aaahvie or aaahvoo (I love you), boo (boots), shoe, wah (want), Brrrr, Santa