18 Months Old

It's crazy to think that Brayli is already 18 months old. She had her 18 month check-up today (a couple weeks late) and they asked if I wanted to schedule her 2 year old appt. At that point it hit me that I will also be bringing in a 2 month old baby boy the same day. He will be here before we know it. All day after that I was thinking about how much harder things will be when I have to carry an infant seat and make sure my curious Brayli is staying close by. Then at home I wondered how I'm going to divide my attention when Brayli is so demanding. Man-what were we thinking when we decided it was time to have another baby?????? Here are a few pics to make this post worth looking at.

Typical Brayli face these days. She is perfecting the scowl. I think she was mad this particular moment because she didn't want her picture taken. She is very stubborn and independent and tells us what and when she wants things. Discipline is becoming a challenge with this little stinker. Although it doesn't do much good we put her in time-out--unless of course she put herself there first. We haven't even hit the terrible 2's yet!!!

On another note, she is quite the silly little girl when she wants to be too. She keeps us laughing all day long. She is always coming up with new ways to make us laugh. Brayli thinks its funny when she finds my glasses. I caught a pic today of her with them on. It was entertaining to watch her put the glasses on, look around, then take them off and look at the same things realizing how different they look. My prescription isn't even that bad but it must have changed things a lot for her because she kept getting a confused look on her face.

And here is Brayli showing off her pretty band-aids after we got home. She got 3 shots today. She did GREAT!! Only cried for a minute then pointed and said owie. (how do you spell that word???)

Also if you look closely you can see that she has on big girl panties!!! She has been wearing them for a week now and had NO accidents! We are very grateful that she figured this out before the baby comes. She still wears pull-ups for naps and bedtime but I can't even tell you the last time I changed a dirty diaper. That will all change in a few short months though when the baby comes so we will enjoy our diaper less house until June!

18 Month stats

Weight: 24 lbs 2 oz (50%)

Height: 31 1/2 in (50%)

Head: 46 cm (50%)

As for baby news. . .He's still growing and moving like he's supposed to. He likes to kick and flip the most around 8-9pm. He is way low just like Brayli was. The Dr always has a hard time finding the heart beat because of how low he is. Hopefully as he grows it will become easier. I started on a prescription heartburn medication this week. I imagine I love Prilosec the way my sister and other family members loved Zofran for nausea. It makes life and FOOD so much more enjoyable. We still don't really have any names picked out. We didn't decide on Brayli's name until I was in labor though so we still have LOTS of time!