Felicity Grows Up: 18 Months

I'm super behind on this, but I've been super busy taking and editing pictures to supplement our family income, and all the other daily tasks of life with little people and ministry! :) (Felicity, forgive me? I love you!) And, yes, Felicity is currently 19 months and nine days old, but I have had this ready to go for a bit… :)

Felicity's 18-month stats: Weight: 26 lbs (87th percentile)
Height: 33 inches (85th percentile)
Head Cir. 47.2 (75th percentile)
Felicity's Favorite Things (and how she asks for them): 1. Mommy (ma ma) 2. Daddy (Da Da) 3. Avaree (sih-der or Aaaaye) 4. Elmo (melmo) 5. Ball (bawl) 6. milk (mill) 7. baby doll (dah) 8. book (buke) 9. Fresh Beat Band (bee bee) 10. Mickey Mouse (me mowel)
Talking: Felicity has about 32 total words. She speaks 18 words clearly, and she signs the rest. The pediatrician has not been concerned and has told us that it's a combination of Avaree talking for her and being the second child. We have a very language-rich home, but she is just content to stay a baby a little while longer. :) She does make lots of sounds that we aren't sure of yet, so she is making the attempt to talk more, which is the important thing! 
Eating: Felicity still loves her old favorites of avocado, turkey, cheese, peaches, mashed potatoes (tatoes), fruit snacks, anything pumpkin, apples, and she is very good about trying anything that I make! She only has 5 teeth, but that doesn't stop her! She loves her milk, apple juice (half water, half apple juice), and water that she can get from the fridge by herself!
Playing: Sister loves to run! She loves to play with her baby doll and take her in and out of her little stroller. She loves to read books, and her favorite is still Are You a Cow? :) She also loves, loves to play with all of her little animals from her Noah's Ark, and she loves to sing! Her favorites right now are "Itsy Bitsy" (she asks for this by saying my name and doing the motion for the spider going up the spout!) and "Twinkle Twinkle!" She loves to run and dance with her sister in the living room! She is happy ALL of the time, unless she is tired or hasn't slept well! 
Sleeping: Felicity has played Spiderman out of her crib a couple of times, and now she is finally sleeping a little better in her crib! Last night she didn't even make a sound, and she is finally starting to sleep through the night again! Huge thanks to her Daddy who can get her back to sleep in less than a minute! When I go into her room, she wants me to hold and rock her. We are trying to get a solid routine back in place before baby brother comes! We even started adding her to our family prayer time, as she can close her eyes and put her little hands together. She takes one nap a day, though she still wants to take two sometimes, and I let her if we are able. Her one nap usually starts around 12:30, and she is usually up by 2-2:30 pm! I love her sweet, sleepy face when she wakes up! When she wakes, she wants her blankie, dolly, and cuddle time! It's my favorite. She also gives kisses and hugs (upon request and spontaneously) that will melt you to the core. 
Sizes: Felicity is wearing 18 month and 24 month clothes. The 24 month and 2T things that we have are a little big, but we roll them up, and we wear them when we need them! :) She is wearing size four diapers!
Looking forward to: Seeing Felicity with her real life baby doll coming in January! :) I am anticipating a very difficult transition, so anything better than that will be a Gift from above! Felicity is very much still a baby, and I don't want to take any of her babyhood away from her. She is my little snuggle bug, and I love, love snuggling her and watching her play with her big sister. They can drive each other crazy, but they can also be so loving and sweet! :) I'm sure that's just a small glimpse of our future with those two! :) 

Felicity, 

I can't imagine our family without you. You are a precious little lovey, and you make life so much more full of love and life! You keep us laughing, and you give more love to us than we could ever give to you. I'm feeling very protective of your babyhood right now, and I want you to know that you will never be a "middle child" to me. You (like your sister and brother) will always simply be my baby. You will never be expected to meet any social or cultural understanding of "the middle child." I promise you that we will work extra hard to make sure that you get all of the love and attention that you need and deserve. May you never ever feel less than completely loved and safe. I am so very, very blessed to be your Mommy! You make my heart overflow with warm fuzzes. Your little grin and introvert tendencies make me love you even more. 

I love you forever!

Mommy

Halloween 2014

We had such a fun time with our little girls yesterday! :) It was an all around wonderful day. It was our first family day in several weeks, and we have had zero Daddy time in the last couple of crazy weeks, so we were all four craving some time together. We had a pretty low key day, and Daddy even told me not to do laundry! It was much needed and went way too fast. We ended our day with a super fun evening with our neighbors. We are the only ones in our neighborhood that have little ones, but our whole court comes out and sits together at one table underneath our only street light, and we visit and hand out candy! It is a great way to continue to get to know our neighbors, and our girls really enjoyed it this year! Of course, it was a little cool, so we didn't last as long as we thought we would! Felicity even took a late nap and slept till 5pm, but it was still dark at 7, and she was ready for bed! We also had less trick-or-treaters this year, so Avaree was yelling down the street, "We have candy!"  :) It was really cute! They were both so excited to put their costumes on! Their costume choices very much show their personalities too! :) I love these pictures. Enjoy.

I had a hay bale and some leftover pumpkins from my photo shoot a couple of weeks ago, so we just plopped it right by our front door, and it served as a lovely prop for Halloween photos! :)

Notice our three little pumpkins for our three babies. :) We are going to paint them this week! 

Princess Anna was full of personality as usual! :) 

Minnie Mouse was in love with her shoes and kept pointing and showing them to me!

Those eyes. They aren't blue, but they tell a story. 

Minnie Mouse wanted to take a little drive!

Princess Anna opted for a bike ride!

Daddy had to rescue her a few times! ;)

beauty on a bike!

Handsome Daddy. Love him so much and so lucky to be his...

Miss Julie had glow sticks for "the kids!" ;)

Avaree's face cracks me up! ;)

Fun family day! Memories made and looking forward to more. Next Halloween we will need a boy costume! That still blows my mind! ;)