18 Months.

It's official. It's time to stop counting in months.

SO bittersweet. You are growing up SO fast Hazel!

And quickly becoming Miss Sass-A-Frass.

You rarely will allow us to help you eat,

you love using your spoon and fork,

You love to drink with a straw,

and especially enjoy getting a lemonade as a treat when we go out.

You say "hi" and "Ba-Bye" to anything and everything...

could be a person, or water, or a grocery cart, or a blueberry,

or an animal in a book, or the TV.

You love to give Posey her cookies before we go to school,

feverishly saying "KOOKY? KOOKY?" like I'm going to forget (which I do).

At this point you don't have any new teeth,

but I swear you are trying to pop some new ones.

You are still weighing in at 20 lbs,

but you grew an inch and now hit the 31" mark.

Your mama was a bit overzealous with the diaper situation,

so we are now back to Size 3. Size 4 was WAY too big!

We spent the afternoon at the beach this weekend,

and your favorite part was the rinse off spout as we were leaving.

You never cracked a smile while on the beach,

but seemed to keep yourself somewhat amused.

(along with constantly saying "YUCK" while holding your foot/hand in the air).

You think Hippos and Gorillas are the same animal.

And you love to run through the house yelling, "NUNNING!"

And when you do run, you use your WHOLE body,

and your face lights up like Christmas morning!

Your favorite new game is "Sit down".

You tell whomever to sit down...

about a million times,

in a million different spots.

You fed the ducks for the first time too.

Your first visit to an aquarium was fun!

It wasn't the best aquarium, but you didn't know the difference.

You loved the sharks, but cried and cringed at the dolphins.

Go figure.