Fiona at 18 Months

We had Fiona’s 18 month check up last week. She had a little cold, but other than that, she is doing great. She weighed 20 pounds, 13 ounces. She is 31 inches tall and her head is 18 inches around. She is in the 10th percentile for her weight and 25th percentile for both height and head circumference.

Here is waiting in the doctor’s office:

 

 

Here are some recent photos:

Downtown during a street fair day:

While sitting on a curb waiting for John to get a coffee, the WORST caricaturist EVER drew this picture of us:

John came back in the middle. The guy took FOREVER and it’s not even a caricature. John looks like the Joker from Batman, Fiona looks possessed, and I’m looking sideways. He also told us that he was engaged to a Sports Illustrated model that he met four months before and that he had a big recording contract with a music studio in Santa Barbara. Basically, he was probably mentally ill. Next time I’m just saying “No Thanks.”

At the park:

 

 

She ran up and down this little hill:

Playing with an acorn squash:

Playing with a broom:

Playing picnic with John:

Playing with Chinchi:

Sometimes she gives him a raisin, and sometimes she eats the raisin herself.

Her doctor thinks she behaves exactly like any other 18 month old. We discussed lots of things about eating and her eczema. It’s getting a lot better but she still has patchy spots on her legs. We switched sleepers and that helped a lot. We also spoke about speech development. Fiona says “mama” and “dada” and we are pretty sure that she says dog. Whenever she sees a dog, she points to it and says “Doh! Doh!” John swears she actually said “dog” yesterday. She hums to herself and says lots of things that only make sense to her. I am sure once we are finished with the dreaded teething (yes, it’s back again, with a vengeance), she will be able to concentrate on speech. In the meantime, I am not worried. She’ll say things when she is ready. Right now, I like that she cannot repeat everything she hears ;)

Walking around the neighborhood and inspecting the lawn :

 

Riding her little walker in the house:

She was really amused at first, then got tired of it. She also really likes hanging upside down, running around the couch, and thinks it’s funny when I pop up from behind something with my arms raised.

Here she is sitting in the chair my mom bought her for Chanukah. Sorry the photo is fuzzy, it was taken with my phone.

Well I’m off to start addressing holiday cards!