Today Brooke had her 18 month check up, and I am proud to announce that she is a healthy growing child. She is now 24 lbs, putting her in the 45 percentile. This is very exciting, because when she was born she was in the 7th percentile, but we have slowly chunked her up. She is also in the 86 percentile on height, measuring in at 33.1 inches. Only 2 more inches and she can ride the Matternhorn at Disneyland!!!

She luckily only had to have one shot this time (last time she had five). She handled the shot pretty good, just let out a little scream, but then they did the unthinkable and put a band-aid on her. Yes, I realize as her mother, I should have been paying attention and stopped them. Brooke is not a fan of band-aids and never has been. So as soon as she saw the nurse put the band-aid on her leg, tears just started flowing. It only stayed on for about 2 seconds before Brooke ripped it off, and then all was OK.

So other then the band-aid issue, all went pretty well. The Doctor assured me it was OK if Brooke only eats Hot Dogs and Cheese for awhile. She also commented on the fact that it’s easy to see that Brooke is extremely strong-willed and bubbling over with personality. She told me to plan on Brooke being a handful for the next few years and probably more so then other children, but that someday it will all be worth the extra work. I think that was her way of saying that Brooke is a little stubborn and hyper, but those are two of the many things we love about her.

Today Brooklynn is 18 months old. It’s crazy how fast she is growing up. She is such an adventurous little spirit, who lets nothing get in her way. To celebrate her 18 months, I thought I would share 18 fun little facts about our Brooky.

1. Her favorite food is cheese.

2. She loves to brush her teeth.

3. She loves wearing her sunglasses.

4. She loves shoes. It doesn’t matter whose shoes they are, if they are out, she is going to wear them. 

5. She loves playing in water, whether it’s bath time, the splash park, playing in her pool, playing in the rain, or even just washing her hands.

6. She loves to talk on her fake phones. She can turn anything into a phone.

7. Loves chasing the cat around the house.

8. Is excellent at pretending to play Rock Band with Daddy.

9. She is scared of her new twin cousins, and tortoises.

10. Her favorite movie is “Enchanted.”

11. Her favorite show is a toss up between “Super Why” and “Little Einstein’s.”

12. She is a complete Daddy’s girl (which I think is wonderful).

13. She is a giggler. When she starts giggling, it just keeps going.

14. She loves people. She makes friends everywhere we go.  

15. She loves books. She is not so much into us reading to her, she mostly likes looking at the books, and talking about the different pictures.

16. She is a chatter-box. She can just talk and talk all day. We go for rides and she sits in the back seat just chatting away.

17.  She is an outdoors girl. She loves going outside, and is always so sad when it’s time to come in.

18. She loves giving hugs and kisses.