Arden is 18 months!

It feels like just yesterday that we were bringing this little baby home. The last year and a half have flown by. What fun we have had!

Arden started school on Monday. Since I'm not back at work yet, I'm having her go Monday, Wednesday, Friday for a few weeks to get back into the routine and give mommy a little break. I LOVE her new teachers and know that she enjoys being back with her friends.

Here is Arden on her first day of school!

Arden's Favorites:

• Being outside
• Being with her Extended Family
• Her babies and monkey (she sleeps with a couple each night)
• Animals (especially fish, ducks, monkeys, and dogs)
• Playing with other kids
• Watching TV
• Songs and Nursery Rhymes
• Playing with balls
• Riding in her fleet of cars
• Going to, "Bouncing Bears"
• Swimming
• Teasing TJ with food and toys
• Being silly with Daddy (they have their own language: nunga-na)
• Climbing
• Dancing to Katy Perry and Bella Dancerella
• Books (just for the pictures)
• Brushing her teeth (she knows where my toothbrush and her toothbrush is and will bring either to Ryan and I and yell, "teeth" when she wants to brush. 

Arden's Dislikes:

• Having her diaper changed (she is just too busy)
• Having to go inside
• Getting dressed
• Being in her car seat, high-chair, or stroller too long
• Being contained
• Having something that she shouldn't be playing with taken away

Arden's Naughty Moments:

• Climbing onto the dining room and kitchen table
• Throwing food from her high chair (usually to TJ)
• Getting into my make-up
• Eating TJ's food
• Not sitting down in a shopping cart
• Not sitting down in her high chair when out to eat
• Pouring milk from her sippy cup on the floor, herself, or in the car on purpose
• Screaming when we don't get her milk or juice fast enough
• Throwing herself on the floor and screaming when we have to go inside

Arden's Favorite Foods:

• Raisins (probably her favorite)
• Pizza
• Goldfish
• Dried Apple Chips
• Hot Dog
• Pistaccios
• Broccoli (we call them trees)
• Shrimp
• Beans
• Cereal 
• Smoothie
• Spaghetti
• Peaches
• M&M's
• Popsicles

She has also been intruded to spicy food and likes it!

Milestones:

• Two word phrases (play outside, dada car, mama bye-bye, baby night-night, and more)
• VERY verbal! She says new words everyday (knows well over 100 words)
• Throw and kick a ball
• Knows most body parts
• Repeats, "please and thank you"
• Does pike, straddle, and butterfly in gymnastics
• Follows simple directions (sometimes...)

Arden's Stats:

• Age: 18 months
• Weight: To Be Announced
• Height: To Be Announced
• Clothing Size: 9 month
• Shoe Size: 5
• Eye Color: Blue
• Hair Color: Dirty Blond

She is so much fun and we love her to the moon and back!