Laura is One Year + Six Months!

The bagooz is a year and a half today! Yikes, awfully close to 2...I think that months 12-18 have been my favorite so far. It's been so interesting to watch her development and language change, and see what she learns as she goes about her life.

Height: ? Can't say we've measured lately.

Weight: 20 lbs.!!!!!!! When we were at the doctor last week (emergency visit for ear infection), Laura weighed in at just over 20 pounds. She did have her shoes and coat on, but I'll take it. We've been waiting forever for her to gain weight.

Likes: pacifiers, throwing things, multi-grain Cheerios, yogurt, treats aka "num nums" with mom (bars, cookies, ice cream), pictures of people she knows, spinning in circles, directing mom & dad to do things, playing outside, puppies, scribbling with mom's correcting pens, sitting on the kitchen counter "helping" cook, stacking things, finding people's bellybuttons, babbling in Laura talk, saying "no" - it is her only response word, she says it even when she means yes!

Dislikes: eating most things that are good for her, ear infections, being denied pacifier access, dad getting in her face when we get home and she just wants "mama love" time

Any new tricks?: the spinning is pretty funny, and when she practices walking backwards. She's also working on position words like up, down, on, off but doesn't always apply them correctly. Last weekend, twice she completed some little task she was trying to accomplish, and then proudly announced "Yay!" and clapped for herself. Laura delights in manipulating switches and buttons such as the garage door opener, doorbell, and bathroom light and fan switches.