Lily: 18 Months

She's definitely a toddler now! 

I can hardly believe she is one-and-a-half. 

Lily's 18 month stats:

She is almost 22lbs {not sure on her exact weight}

She has a mouth full of teeth. Four up top, four on bottom and 4 molars.

She can say, mama, dada, more, bubbles, uh-oh, no, Bade {aka Blake}, I know there is more... she tries to repeat us a lot, but it doesn't always sound like it should.

She loves to sing, and will sing with us at night when we sing Jesus Loves Me.

She does a great job feeding herself. Partly because there came a time when she refused to let me feed her.

She can throw quite the temper-tantrum. It's not pretty when she doesn't get what she wants or if her brother takes something from her.

She sleeps about 7:30-8pm to 7:30-8am she still wakes up occasionally at night, but it's usually worse when she's teething or sick. She will sometimes take a morning nap if she wakes up early or if we are in the car and she falls asleep, but usually it's just one nap from 1-3ish. 

She loves, playing outside, climbing on things, playing with her brother {most of the time}. Her favorite book is "Moo, Baa, La la la". 

She is growing up too fast! We LOVE you Lily!

{Blake's 18 month post}

A 3.5 year-old and 16 month old

So I've been meaning to post an update on both kiddos. I missed Blake's half birthday and Lily's 15 month post and so I kept thinking I'll do it when Lily turns 16 months. Then today I get the email from Baby Center that says "Your 16-month-old: Week 3". And I thought WHAT?! 16-month-old: Week 3?!!! How in the world did that happen?! I swear she was just 16-months!

So here is a quick little update on my 3.5 year old and 16, almost 17-month old.

Blake:

I can't believe he's just four short months away from turning four!

He is such a fun, loving, full of life little boy! 

He loves to do anything outdoors, or anything that is active. 

His favorite foods are, mac n cheese, hot dogs, quesadillas, pizza and most any fruit. Still not a fan of any vegetable. 

He had been going through some major separation anxiety stuff. Like wouldn't want me to leave him with anyone except Russ. If he knew we were going to church or somewhere where he would be in child care he would start crying before we even got out the door. It went on for several months and I think we are finally, almost over it. {thankfully!} He has started a bad habit of coming and crawling into our bed at night {this is an almost every night occurrence}. 

He still naps about 1.5 hours everyday, but can do without it if we are busy. 

He goes to bed around 8pm and wakes up between 6:30-7am

He can spell his name! And is starting to recognize letters!

He's taking a soccer class right now {although we have yet to be to one yet because we were in Medford on week and it snowed the next}

Here are some pictures from over the last couple months:

 Christmas morning Santa brought a helicopter!

He loves his hot cocoa from Dutch Bros.

 Christmas Tree

I often find pictures like this on my phone.

 Blake and his buddy Luke, meeting Benny the Beaver!

Checking out a fire truck!

Blake, you are a caring, thoughtful boy and a great big brother to your little sister. I am proud to be your mom and have loved watching you grow! Mommy and Daddy love you!

Lily:

16, almost 17-months! Where has the time gone?! Seems like yesterday she was just a little baby! Now she is a walking, kind of talking toddler! Geesh, they grow up too quick!

She weighs 19lbs 5oz {5th percentile} and is 30in tall {25th percentile}

She loves to read books, sing {she'll sing Jesus Loves Me with me when I sing it to her before bed, I can't understand anything she is saying, but it is seriously the sweetest thing ever}, dance, climb on anything and everything and take any toy her brother is playing with ;)

Her favorite foods are yogurt, cheerios, bagels, mac n cheese and hot dogs {like her brother} and most any fruit. Oh, and she has a sweet tooth!

She start walking right after Christmas and hasn't crawled since! 

She can say, mama, dada, more, yeah, uh-oh, B {is Blake}, ball and water.

She sleeps 7:30-7:30 generally.

She takes one 2ish hour nap a day. Unless she wakes up supper early or isn't feeling well, then she'll do a short morning one and an afternoon one.

Just about a week and half ago she was diagnosed with bronchitis for the second time. She had a slight cold {with a pretty bad cough} and started doing this weird breathing thing, and the doctor didn't like the way her lungs sounded so he gave her a prescription for prednisone and it cleared right up. It could also possibly be asthma related.

She has learned that if she doesn't get her way she can scream, or if Blake takes something from her. I'm ready for her to have words to use ha!

Here are a couple pictures of her from the last couple months:

Christmas Eve when she turned 15 months

She's a walking girl!

Getting sleepy during lunch

First pigtails!

{Gah! She looks so grown up in this picture!}

Lily, you are growing up so fast! You aren't a baby anymore and I can hardly believe it! I love watching to learn and grow. Mommy and Daddy love you!

Lily's first steps!

Finally, Lily is almost walking! This morning she held just Blake's hand and walked down the hallway and then tonight she took about three steps on her own! I think it'll still be a while before she is off and running but she's getting closer and closer!

Lily's Leg

Well, the first broken bone in the Bartlett family goes to little Miss Lily. 

On Friday, I watched Michael and we went to the park. I suggested that Lily go down the slide on Michael's lap. As they went down, her leg got caught in between his leg and edge of the slide and went backward. I watched it happen... it was like slow motion, and as soon as it happened I knew it wasn't good. She cried, but it wasn't a my-leg-is-broken-I-am-in-so-much-pain type cry. So we played at the park a bit longer and then headed back to Michael's house. When we got there I put her on the floor and I knew something wasn't right. When she tried to crawl she would cry and stop. I called Russ to get a second opinion and then called the doctor.

And sure enough it was fractured. 

Thankfully, we had the option to use a splint. We can take it off for baths and it's not as bulky as a cast. She has to wear it for about 3 weeks. The first night was a challenge, she couldn't seem to get comfortable to sleep with it and was up a lot. She has now figured out how to crawl with it, but won't stand on it {I'm sure it still hurts a lot}. 

Thank you everyone for the prayers and comments on Facebook and Instagram. It means a lot! 

Lily's First Birthday Party

Last Sunday we had Lily's 1st Birthday Party. A few weeks before we laid sod in the back yard intending to be able to use it for the party. We should have known that it was going to be a monsoon the weekend of her party! I think it rained a good couple inches that day, no joke and it was supper windy. It was a steady downpour the whole day. So to make things work, we cleaned out the garage and had half the party in there. It really ended up working out fine and I was surprised at how well our house held the 40+ people that were here!

 See the rain out there?! 

Lily's "smash" cake

 The cake

The table spread

#1 Piñata 

(I used this tutorial to make the piñata, except, I used the rolled crape paper instead of tissue paper)

 We had so much family come (which was so fun!) and many of them were traveling form the Portland, Salem, and Medford. I thought it would be nice to have her open presents from them before everyone else came, then that way they could take off when they needed too and it wouldn't be so crazy. 

It was a little sad seeing this thing being hit at ha!

 I didn't get a picture of it but, we had to call in Uncle Danny to hit it hard enough to break it open!

 The house full!

Birthday girl ready for some cake!

Don't worry, we ended up cutting it in half!

More presents

Lily and Liya

I still can't believe Lily is ONE!

Thank you everyone who came! We are so blessed to have such great friends and family! It was a fun day!

Lily: ONE

Lily turned ONE today! I can hardly believe she is already one. I have a hard time with the first birthday. Like, if I think about it too much, I want to start crying {and by the end of this I probably will be ha}That first year seems to just fly by. They grow and change so much and so quickly, during that first year, it just goes too fast! 

ONE year stats:

I'm not sure how much she weighs {her one year well check is at the end of Oct. so I will update then} my guess is over 18lbs.

She now has four teeth on top and still just two on the bottom.

She can now pull herself up to stand. 

She is only nursing twice a day and drinks whole milk from a sippy cup.

She is a happy and content baby! 

Lily, I can't believe you are one! You have brought so much joy to our lives! We love you so much!

Blake at ONE

Lily: 11 Months

Really not sure how it's possible that Lily will be one in less then a month. This year has really, truly, flown by. Summer is ending, fall is coming and my baby is going to be one! 

{This was the only good picture I got of her. The others are of her scream or trying to rip her headband off.}

Lily: month 11

My guess is she's closing in on 18lbs

She eats mostly finger foods and loves fruit and meat, isn't much of a veggie fan. She eats three good meals a day and nurses 3-4 times a day. 

She has 2 bottom teeth and almost 4 top teeth! Teething surprisingly, still hasn't been too bad, thankfully!

She takes about 2 naps a day. Morning and afternoon and goes to bed between 7-8pm and wakes up between 7-8pm. 

She still does the army crawl everywhere and can now pull herself up to her knees but hasn't figured out how to get all the way up onto her feet yet, I think walking is still a ways away.

She can now wave and clap and we are working on some sign language.

She loves being outside, going for wagon rides, laughing at her brother and bath-time!

I seriously can't believe she is going to be one!

Note to self: next time take pictures after nap time.......

{She's really got the head throwing back thing down}

Blake: 11 months