Riley Roo is one and half! We have seen such changes in our little Miss over the last 6 months...our baby is definitely not a baby anymore, she's a little girl. She is a constant source of overwhelming joy in our lives and we love each new phase of her life.
At 18 months, Riley is a smiling, happy little person with energy overflowing (more than she or I know what to do with most of the time). Since we past her first birthday, Riley has gone from a baby crawling around to a toddler who now runs practically everywhere she goes. She has also recently added climbing to her list of skills and has yet to find and obstacle that is too great for her (read: she doesn't back down easily from a challenge so we are constantly watching her as she can mount a chair at the speed of light).
While she has practically been trying to speak to us since birth, her vocabulary continues to amaze us. She adds more and more words all the time and can now string two or three together in a sentence. At this point, it probably easier to keep track of the words she can't say as that is probably a shorter list. She uses her words so clearly and correctly to communicate with everyone and everything around her and she even catches us by surprise with some of the things that she can identify.
Her favorite songs that she likes us to sing are Itsy Bitsy Spider and Miss Mary Mack, she will tell us which one she wants and the other should always come after, she helps on the hand gestures. .She has also started to sing her ABCs and while she can't quite get all the way through, we can see/hear her determination to go all the way. We can hear her on the baby monitor practicing in the middle of the night as she is trying to fall back to sleep.
One of her favorite activities is still reading, but she has also started to like to draw and paint. She gets everything all spread out and goes at like a little artist, it's a good thing that we have wood floors and that crayon wipes off pretty easy. She has started to be very imaginative as well and loves to cook up things for us to eat from her kitchen.. She also loves to socialize with her friends and delights in giving hugs and kisses. She also loves to say "hi" to everyone we pass and "bye bye" with big smile and waves to anyone we see when we leave. I love how engaging she is with those around her.
Weight - 19 lbs 0 oz, a little over the 3rd percentile
Height - 31.5 inches, 45th percentile
Head Circumfrence - 18 1/8 inches, 50th percentile
We are so lucky to be parents to this beatiful little girl and are so thankful for the blessing that she is.
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Awww, we love, love, love our Riley Roo! We feel so lucky we get to watch her grow up with our little boy. She could not be any more adored by our family!
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