18 months old! What happened to our baby?

As of Monday, Miley is now 18 months old!!!! Such a great age but what happened to our baby? Time has flown by entirely to fast but thank goodness for this blog so I can look back and see how much she's grown. To mark her 1.5 birthday, we set up her transitional toddler bed. That's right folks, Miley is no longer in the crib! She LOVES climbing in and out of her bed. The first time she climbed in she had a look of pride on her face. She also likes to put all her babies and stuffed animals in her bed so they can go "Nigh, nigh".

For the first couple of nights, she'd wake up and start banging on her door crying to be let out. She'd do this for 10 to 30 minutes and then suddenly all would go quiet. I half expect to find her asleep at the door but she always climbs back in bed. On Tuesday she woke up at 3 am (nothing unusually, this is been going on for 2 months) so I quickly got up to check on her to make sure she didn't fall out of bed. She was just sitting in bed waiting for someone to come. I laid her back down and tried patting her back to sleep. She just sat up half awake, climbed out of bed, walked right past me sucking her thumb and playing with her hair, shuffled down the dark hallway and into our room, stood at my side of the bed, raised her arms and said "up". Guess she still prefers our bed. Knock on wood, that was the last time she woke up in the early morning. I hope this means she'll start sleeping again but I won't hold my breath because yesterday she was a drool machine. Teething again already, I really hope not.

Here are some comparison photos of Miley at 6 months and at 18 months (what a difference a year makes):

6 months


18 months

Miley's First (and Only hopefully) Car Accident

Miley and I were in a minor car accident this morning. We are both OK, please no one worry. I was stopped at a busy intersection waiting for traffic to clear to make a right turn and the woman behind me was not looking forward and ran into the back of my Saturn. Miley didn't make a peep she was just looking around like "What was that?" Later when the cop was there she was happily blowing him kisses and desperately trying to climb into his cruiser. I'm doing fine, I'm just relieved Miley is okay. The back of my car is smashed and her insurance will have to replace the rear door and bumper. No worries, the woman's Ranger Rover didn't have the slightest dent or scratch, a fact she felt she needed to share with me at the scene. Yeah, thanks lady.

This has been the week from HELL!!!! Very long story but trust me on this. Sunday I had to deal with Dollar Tree when buying treat bags for Miley's Easter party this afternoon. Monday I had a horrible stomach bug that was so bad I couldn't move at around 6 pm. The pain was constant for about an hour and I prayed I would just pass out. Stephen had to help me to the car and with Miley in tow we went to an Urgent Care Center. We sat there for 2 hours and by the time I saw the doctor the pain had finally gone.

But let's stay postive: Because of the stomach bug I lost 8 lbs in 2 days, the treat bags are 18 month old appropriate and super cool, and maybe my car will be totaled and I'll get a new one or the rental car will be really sweet.

First trip to the zoo and Easter pictures

Well I wanted to post pictures from the zoo but after looking through the photos there were only 2 with Miley. Even though we don't have the photos to prove it, Miley had a great time at the zoo. Miley's favorite animal at the zoo......oooh let's have a poll then I'll tell :). We went during Earth Fest so they had a couple of animals out to touch. Miley touched a rat thing, baby alligator, and a ferret. She liked the reptile house because some of the exhibits were her height. She'd run from one to the other saying "nake" (Miley talk for snake). She did really well but refused to nap in her stroller so around 2 she was done!

Below are some Easter pictures from Bellingrath gardens in Mobile. A co-worker took them for us and they are beautiful. Goal for this weekend is to mail Miley's 1 year photos, her newest class photos and some Easter pictures. It's been too long since we're sent pictures and Miley looks so different. It's the hair, it's longer and much blonder. Enjoy and keep an eye out for pictures in the mail :).