Amity is 19.5 months old! (Recap of months 18 & 19)

Things have been a little nutty around here the past two months as we get ready for the holidays, for Baby Vivien's arrival, and keep up with a very busy little girl!

These are the pecans(or "balls" from Amity's perspective) that we picked up in our yard in just a few short minutes last night.

This is the little girl that is just 14 days away from being 20 months old and I never did an 18 or 19 month post so here it is! Due to sickness on the day of her original 18 month checkup, we rescheduled her appointment for November 3rd. At almost 19 months, these were Amity's stats:
Weight: 27 pounds, 1 ounce (85th percentile)
Height: 35 inches (above 95th percentile...we are now officially "off the charts")
Head: 19 inches (90th percentile)
We always love Dr. Moore's informational sheets that he provides at every checkup. The introductory paragraph seemed especially appropriate this time:
"Warning!! Two-year olds do not usually wait until they are two to begin acting like they are two. If you don't understand what I mean, consider yourself fortunate. For now. You will learn soon enough."

If we had received that at the time of Amity's originally scheduled appointment, we would have been those parents that didn't understand, but three weeks later, Amity had made sure that we understood exactly what Dr. Moore meant! :) I also like the last few sentences that he wrote: "Do not be afraid to teach them what is best for them. You will not lose their love and they will develop respect for authority. Real parenting gets tested and shaped now."

While we originally thought we would prefer not to have our parenting tested :), we are learning that there is even more joy in watching Amity choose to obey and do so with a happy heart! Of course, along with all of these so-called "two year old behaviors" comes a lot of fun personality!

Amity loves to pretend, especially with her baby dolls. She is always careful to make sure they are well fed and never thirsty...all the while carrying out her motherly duties in her fashionable tutu!

She loves to help me vacuum and do other chores. She is getting especially good at picking up trash and throwing it away and putting her shoes and dirty clothes in their baskets.

The sound of the garage door going up always brings quite a bit of excitement from both Amity and Paco because it means that Daddy is home! She runs to the door and says, "Hi Daddy!" Who wouldn't want to hang out with a Daddy that brings home cool things like a 3-D movie and glasses?

She continues to love Elmo. After a previous post about seeing Elmo toys in the toystore, GG and KK thought she might need just one more Elmo toy!

We have also diagnosed her with CBPS (Chronic Button Pushing Syndrome)! One of my favorite outings when I was little was going to DeFord's Hardware and hanging out in the doorbell section of the store. I am sure the workers loved it when we showed up knowing that they were going to be hearing all of the doorbells ringing for the next few minutes! Amity also loves buttons and recently discovered all of the buttons on the dash in the car after we returned home from the store. She sat in my lap for more than 15 minutes pushing buttons!

Other favorite things to do right now are:

- playing in the front yard and collecting things in her bucket (Cool Whip container).

- doing puzzles. She recently sat at the table for an hour and fifteen minutes working puzzles ("tuzzles") over and over and over.

- tellings us to "shhh" with her finger to the side of her nose when one of her baby dolls is sleeping. She always puts her dolls face down when they are asleep. It looks kind of creepy but I guess that is how you think everybody sleeps when you are a tummy sleeper!

- telling us that her baby doll needs a new "bopper" (diaper) because she is "stin-keeee".

- sitting in her rocker while reading a book to her baby dolls.

Favorite foods:

- cheese, cheese, and more cheese

- apples

- bananas

- crackers

- raisins

- green beans

- broccoli

- any kind of noodle (especially ones that come with cheese!)

- apple sauce

- yogurt

- peanut butter

- cake, cookies, and ice cream (she now knows those words and often suggests them when I am preparing her breakfast or other meal! :))

Amity, there is rarely a minute go by that you don't make us laugh! We love your joy, imagination, and determination and pray that God will use those to glorify Himself. We are so thankful for you and can't wait for you to be a big sister!