Float On...: Charleigh's 17 Month Update!

**Forgive me. These have been written for months, but forgotten about. Let's catch up. And yes, the 16 and 17 month pictures are pretty.... interesting. They aren't perfect and you know what? That's a-okay in this house ; ) Plus - You try taming a toddler!**

Charleigh Liana, you turned 17 months on June 23rd!

You loved stuffed animals and baby dolls. LOVE THEM. We usually don't leave home without a small army of Elmo, baby, puppy, and teddy.

You are doing great in daycare. You are excited every morning to see your friends and you like your teachers. During the summer you have "water play" on Mondays and Wednesdays. They bring out sprinklers, water tables, and a little pool. I've been told you seem to love it the most and you splash around the entire time.

Your eating is no longer an issue. Your current favorite foods are bananas, corn, apples, and Spaghetti O's. Your vocabulary is coming along well. You are starting work on your ABCs and 123s. We are also working on your manners. You have please and thank you. Sometimes we just have to remind you to say them.

You are a pistol. You like what you like. You've gotten into a hitting phase. Sigh. I'm sure it's out of frustration and lack of communication, but time out has been introduced. The funniest thing happened last weekend. Papa caught you standing on the coffee table (something you know is not allowed) and he came and put you on the ground telling you that you can't do that. He wasn't going to put you in time out, but you immediately went to your time out corner and sat down for a minute. HA!

You continue to be a great sleeper. We've moved your bedtime to 7pm. You like to have a story or two before bed and then we lay you in your crib with a few books. You immediately sit up and open the books to "read" by yourself. I shut your door and that is all she wrote. You typically only wake up if it's a teething night. You are a sleep lover like myself.

You like to dance. Anytime music comes on you stop and start bobbing up and down. You love to watch Sophia the First on Disney Jr. You dance every time the music for that show comes on.

You flew on a plane the day you turned 17 months and you threw quite the fit. You were overly tired and it was not pretty. The flight had been delayed a few hours and it was past nap time. Luckily for us all, the people were on the plane were extremely nice... until papa spilled all of your milk on one of the seats while exiting the plane.... ha! (We laugh about it now, but at that moment, I wanted to crawl under a seat and hide)

Month by month!