Happy 16 Months!

Here's what's happening with Emily at 16 months:

 - She wears a combo of 6-12 month clothes and 12-18 month clothes.  I'm pretty sure this will be the last month that she fits in any 6-12 month clothes.

 - She's in a size 3 diaper and size 4 shoe although I just ordered her size 4 diapers.

 - She's starting to say a couple more words.   We've been working with her on saying please and thank you.  She's getting pretty good at saying thank you. 

 - She's testing her boundaries much more now.  She knows what she wants and is not happy if she doesn't get her way.  Her favorite thing to do is throw her food on the floor whenever she's done eating.  We haven't started time-out yet, but if this continues we might have to soon.  She also doesn't like to hold our hand when we're out and about.  If that keeps up, her going with us to run errands may soon stop.

 - She HATES brushing her teeth, so much so that I only attempt once a day.  I dread this part of our night.  I struggle every night to get her to open her mouth all while she's trying to squirm out of my arms.  I feel like I've tried everything! Any suggestions??  Please!

 - She's becoming a more picky eater! Things she used to like, she doesn't so much anymore.  And she still won't touch ANY fruit . .I know, it's so weird.

 - She's become very aware of the kitchen / bathroom cabinets and loves to go through them.  Daddy will soon be putting cabinet locks on them.

 - Her eczema is still an issue, especially on her hands and feet.  With all the cold weather we had, we just can't seem to keep it under control.

 - She has 8 teeth now.  4 on top and 4 on bottom.

 - They have been working with her at school on kicking a ball and she's getting pretty good.

 - She's been working on her forward and backward rolls at the Little Gym each Saturday.  She still needs lots of help, but she's doing better.  I have to keep telling myself we have several more years before she can even qualify for the Olympics.  :)  She can also walk on the balance beam now too (with some balance help from me). 

 - She still likes to watch the Wiggles, Sesame Street, Baby Einstein and recently, Thomas the Train too.  Sprout is her channel of choice and sadly it is on her channel 90% of the time.

 - She has done well at weining herself off her paci.  She only uses it at naptime and bedtime now.  As we go to get her out of her crib, she immediately throws her paci down to leave it there.

 - She loves playing with her baby dolls now.  She likes to give them hugs and carry them around. 

 - Her personality continues to come out.  She cracks us up all the time.  Even her teachers at school are always telling me how funny she is.

 - We've been working with her on using a spoon and fork.  She's getting better, but still has a long way to go.

 - She loves to wear her sunglasses.

 - She loves to wear my necklaces. 

 - She loves to carry around mine and Shawn's shoes.  She'll bring them to you if you ask her.

 - She loves to "read" her books and have them read to her as well.

I was looking at her in her swing this past weekend and she just seemed like such a big girl to me.  It makes me sad at how quickly she's growing up.  I have been guilty of always wanting her to reach the next "phase," but now that she's only a couple months away from being a year and a half, all I want is for time to slow down!