18 Months Old!

Grace turned 18 months old today. Grace spent some of the morning at her pediatrician's office for her 18 month old wellness visit. Grace now weighs 24.5 pounds (55th percentile) and is 32.25 inches long (75th percentile). The biggest change that we have seen with Grace over the past month has been an explosion of her speech and language skills. Grace is pronouncing words much clearer and most of her utterances are now 2 words in length! We have even heard several 3 word phrases (e.g., "big black dog," "big blue ball," "my turn please") and for the first time today Grace combined four words together ("very, very itchy nose"). As always, we are so proud of all of Grace's accomplishments and so grateful for her kind & gentle spirit. After Grace's appointment we celebrated her big day at one of her favorite places - The Maine Wildlife Park. Grace is such a sweet, caring, and kind little girl. She was willing to give up her her favorite possession in the entire world (Ella) to the ducks so they could enjoy the pleasure of her pink elephant too. When the ducks would not take Ella, Grace proceeded to follow them to their pond while calling out "quack, quack" and "Ella" to the ducks.