18 months

Sienna is a year and a half! Some of our favorite Sienna-isms at this age...

• She has become so snuggly! Most mornings, she wakes up and spends some time cuddling in bed with Scott and I before we start the day. She also likes to give us big bear hugs, especially if we've been away from each other for the day.
• She is obsessed with the word 'broke'. This started when she threw her crayons on the floor, and they broke. Now, it's her favorite word for everything that has a part missing, is torn, or just appears like trash. She likes to tear things and make them 'broke' on purpose, too.
• Since she started putting two words together, she has started to express her emotions. She has started telling us what she wants from us - "Mommy, dontairs (downstairs)" - and how she feels "la lou (love you), Daddy", "Daddy home".
• Her love of singing continues. Her newest thing is to sing Ring Around the Rosy to herself, while spinning in a circle. She has just learned how to 'fall down' --- who knew you had to learn how to purposely fall down?!
• Her vocab grows every day. Her pronunciation is pretty good, but she does say some funny things -- here are some of our favs.

birdy: boo-dee

goldfish: golnish

swing: sing; sing-a

smoothie: snootie

grapes: gapes

cracker: cracky

Pops: pop-ths (the 'ths' is generally said with a lot of tongue & spit... hee, hee.)

ribbit: libbit (pronounced LEE-bit)

help: hulp

doggie: goggie

elephant: elelant

ring around the rosy: wing-a-poc-a-woah-see

• She is trying desperately to jump! She likes for us to sing Hop Like a Bunny, and she tries to hop. Her hopping mostly consists of scissor kicks and raising up on her toes in an attempt to get off the ground.

Sienna had her 18 month check-up Friday. She got three shots and won't need another shot until she goes to Kindergarten... that seems so far away! Here are her stats:

Height: 33.5" (90th percentile)

Weight: 26 lbs. 11 oz. (80th percentile)

Speech development: 2 years old