Mary Catherine - 18 months

Mary Catherine turned 18 months on Dec 4, 2010. Wow - a year and a half has passed since she has blessed our lives!! She is just such a joy and so much fun. She is the most loving child. She can give some of the best hugs and best kisses!

I took her to see Doctor Whylie on Dec 7 for her check up. He even called her "independent." She didn't have any issues with him holding her and checking her out. She did really well and didn't seem to mind him checking her out. Didn't really like him looking at her ears, but all was well. She weighed 23 lbs and 6 oz and is 32 inches.

She is starting to add to her vocabulary. To name a few, she can say daddy, Ella, Wesley, dog, ball, Paw Paw, duck, quack. She even said, "Mommy"!! She is definitely very expressive. She knows what she wants and even if she can't tell you, she will figure out a way to let you know. And if you don't understand, well then, she will just throw a tantrum :) Are we ready for the terrible twos?? We did have an exciting moment the other night though - she (accidentally) went #1 in the potty! We were all very surprised - even Ella. We gave her a high-five. She seemed really proud of herself. Wow - what it would be like to get her out of diapers :)

For some reason, she has also taken a likin' to sah-sees (pacifiers). If she sees one of Wesley's, she doesn't think twice about taking it and putting it in her mouth. This morning, she even got mad at me for taking it away from her before I left her at school!