Not two days after I graduated, my poor girly got a really bad fever. She would cry and not sleep and not eat and she just wanted me to hold her. I had no idea what was wrong. I gave her baby Tylenol and sat and held her all she wanted. I gave her tons of baths and lots of milk. I found out a few days later that 6-8 teeth were coming in all at the same time. No wonder my poor girly was so sick.. She now has all but two teeth.
Since graduating, she has learned to say so many words. She has learned her body parts... eyes, ears, nose, mouth, chin, cheeks, elbow, arm, fingers, toes, knee, foot,... and animal sounds. She does best with dog (ruff) and lion ( roar). But she gets such a kick out of being the center of attention. She dances a lot. She's learned to tumble and loves to show it off. Now she tries to sing and dance at the same time. James and I call each other dear and she has picked up on that and now calls "dear... dear" in her sweet, adorably cute little voice when she needs or wants something. A few days ago I finally put away all of her 6-9 month clothes and pulled out her 12 month clothes. Hilarious, considering she is almost 20 months. She's like a half sized person. But she is happy and healthy and I'm saving money by not having to keep buying new clothes as fast. It is also funny when I consider her cousin who is about 4 months younger than her who is seven inches taller and in 18-24 month clothes. But then again, James and I are fairly short people. It's certain that all of our children will be fairly short as well.
So the good things that are coming... General Conference this weekend, my youngest brother is going on a mission in two weeks or so, Halloween, James birthday in November, Thanksgiving, and then Christmas. We are so excited for the holidays this year. Once again we have our own place and we intend to start family traditions. Last year after the Christmas season we went to Wal-Mart at about 5 am and bought all the decorations that were 50% off. We have so much stuff now and we are so excited to put it all out. James wanted to start decorating a few weeks ago but I told him we need to decorate for Halloween and Thanksgiving first. But as we have no decorations for those holidays, and won't till after they go on sale this year, we probably won't decorate much.. I'll just have to go buy a seasonal smelling candle and bake some banana bread (since I have a freezer full of bananas). Maybe get a pumpkin! Ah, I love the holidays. I can hardly wait. I am so glad to have my family and I am so excited for the future as we star our family traditions and set goals.
