16 months old – Our Havenhill

Today Lillian turns 16 months old. It is astounding to realize that everyone who tells you when you become a parent “it goes so fast…enjoy it” ISN’T JUST SAYING THAT. Ha ha. Yep, it’s true. The older they get the faster time goes. Strange. Our beautiful and brilliant girl is such a wonder, such a blessing. I really couldn’t possibly say everything in one blog post about how much she’s learning and changing every day. But just to list a few:

She knows concepts like “light” and “dark” and tells us it’s dark when we turn out a light, or she’ll request “dark” so we turn off a light to show her. She says “black” and “grey” now in addition to all the other colors she recognizes too.

She does somersaults. Scary! But immensely adorable to watch. 🙂 She’s a bundle of energy.

She dances and sways with her own adorable rhythm. She almost looks like a hula girl sometimes with her sideways moves!

She takes off her own diaper (pulls off one side of the tape and pulls the diaper down and steps out of the other leg) at bath time and tries to climb into our (super tall) tub herself. 🙂

She sometimes only takes one nap a day now. Still does two a day on occasion though (like right now).

She’s still a great eater and has a wide range of favorites.

We have no idea how but she learned what mermaids and turtles are and says them any and every time she sees one in a book or on pj’s or sees our turtle dish on our bbq outside. SO COOL!

The way she says “Turtle” and “Purple” are too cute for words. It cracks us up every time. She forcefully blows air out her closed lips “PPP PPP” for purple, and “TuTT TTT” she rattles strongly behind her teeth for turtle. 🙂 LOVE it.

She is starting to say “r” in words. Says “Bear” and sounds like “bay-oo”. Melts my heart. 🙂

She grabs our elbows and says “bo bo”. Love that she’s trying to learn all the body parts. 🙂

We love you baby girl! You’re perfect in every way!

For comparison: Here is Lillian today, and here is Lillian on this day one year ago!

Mom says:

28 September, 2012 at 5:05 PM

Heartwarming and beautiful post!!!:):) I love that she is holding her Tigger
buddy’s hand:):):) We love you Lillian:):) We love you Rachel and Josh:):)

Rachel says:

28 September, 2012 at 5:11 PM

Thanks Mom! Yes it was precious to see her grab and hold onto his hand!! We love you guys too!! 🙂 🙂 xoxox

Rosey says:

29 September, 2012 at 12:50 PM

What a perfect way to show how she’s grown, and they’re perfect pictures too!! what a lovely post. 🙂

Rachel says:

8 October, 2012 at 2:03 PM

Thank you Rosey! 🙂

Josh says:

1 October, 2012 at 10:28 AM

Happy 16 months old, our dearest Lillian! We are so proud of what a huge month you have had growing so much, outside and in. We are just in awe of everything you accomplish every day and what a beautiful miracle you are to watch.

Thank you for this wonderful post, Sweetheart! I love this dress that you picked out for her and her adorable hair clips! It’s wonderful how long and strawberry golden curls you have to match Mama’s beautiful hair, Lillian! It’s amazing how big Tigger once looked compared to you and now how he can’t compare to how tall you’ve gotten! It’s just heart-melting to see you cuddling around his arm and looking lovingly at Mama to the side.

Rachel, I couldn’t have said it better about what a wonder and blessing she is and how there is too much to list that she is learning every day. Lillian amazes us every day. We keep a list on our phones of new things she is saying and doing so we can be sure to take record of everything on the go and it was just pages and pages full for last month. We already have several for 16 months, too!

Lillian’s voice saying her new words like “PPP PPP” and “Gee” to recognize colors are just priceless and her special way of saying dark and bark when she goes out in the yard with us just is a treat to hear every time. I can’t get enough of watching her dance and request horsey rides. There is just too much to list but every new activity and word is just priceless.

We can’t wait for another wonderful month with you, Sweetie Pie, full of wonder at all that you accomplish every day! You have already come so far, running anywhere you want to go and understanding everything we say and do even when we don’t realize it! We love you so much!