Maeve, 18 months

Officially 1 and a half.

Yippee for Maeve!!!! My baby girl is 18 months old!

We are having so much fun with Maeve it is awesome.

She is now chattering away. She has many more words than last month... she now says mama, dada, noah, ba ba (bottle), doggie, woof, thank you, cheese, snack, shoes and much more. She signs well and so we normally know what she wants. She "yells" more when she wants more by fiercely putting her fingers together!

We are excited, however, to see what happens as her speech develops. She has very very long conversations with us but we can't understand a word she says! She chatters away with hand motions and facial expressions and we just smile and giggle. Some day we will surely ask her to quiet down!

Maeve continues to be physical. She climbs up on tables and runs very quickly. She isn't afraid of much.

Noah and Maeve have found a pretty good groove playing together which is amazing. They have a few standard routines. Maeve will sit in the baby stroller and Noah will push her full speed in circles around the house... she giggles with joy. Another favorite is Noah and Maeve emptying Noah's 500 stuffed animals on to his bed and then putting them all back. Maeve has even started coloring nicely with Noah. She doesn't really get any crayon on the paper, but she pretends and chatters away while she does crafts with her brother. They do not share a love of television, however.... by this age, Noah was a pbs poster child... Maeve doesn't have 10 seconds of stillness in her and tv has no worth in her mind.

Maeve continues to be very interested in dolls. She is almost always carrying around her doll, patting it, hugging it and kissing it. She is also very into mimicing and LOVEs to clean. (Could this be more gender stereotyped?). When I get out a towel to clean up a spill, she demands her own and walks around wiping the entire floor. If she finds any rag, tissue or wipe she is automatically trying to clean something with it. Other favorites are hair brushes and shoes.

At 18 months, Maeve is an incredible joy. She lights our world and makes us smile and laugh every single day!