Emily at 18 months

Emily turned 18 months old last week and I snapped a few pictures of her that day. This one is my favorite. She had just grabbed Brian's face and planted a big kiss on him and of course I wasn't fast enough with the camera. She was done with giving kisses but didn't mind at all to get a few from big brother!

She is at such a fun age, very playful and learning new things everyday. She's adding new words daily too. My favorites right now are "kay! kay!" when she brings a blanket to me and wants me to make her a cave to play in. She loves giving kisses, including to the dog. She loves to scribble, she's going to be our kid who makes her artistic mark on the walls with a sharpie one day. She's sneaky and smart and cuddly.

Emily has been having some stomach issues lately and we are starting to look into what is going on. It's probably just a really long lasting virus but we are having lab work done this week and going to see a GI doc in the next few weeks. She's still energetic and eats and drinks a ton but her weight is in the 5th percentile so we decided to make sure there isn't any underlying health issues or food allergies causing her "daintiness." But what she lacks in weight, she makes up for in height, she's in the 90th percentile for height!

We spent some time in the afternoon at the park. Here she is giving me her "cheese" for the camera

This is her "wheeeee" when she's in the "wing"

Her distracted look-away pose

Loves cars as much as big brother

Her new favorite activity, sliding down the "wheee"

She loves hiding in this little cabinet in the kitchen. She'll yell "bye-bye!" and then climb in and close the door. Then pops back out yelling "hi!" and giggling!

Here is her "enough already with the pictures mom!" look