Making Morgan Memories: Leah Kate: 19 month update

It has been a while since my last post about Leah, so I have a lot to catch up on! Today was her first day of Mother's Day Out at out church, and I felt like I was sending her off to Kindergarten! I am so thankful that she will have scheduled time to play with friends two mornings a week. She LOVES other kids and said "bye bye, mommy" before I could even get out of the room! It will be interesting to see how she takes a nap after lunch while at Mother's Day Out... She does so well with her routine at home, so praying that transfers to church!

Leah is running everywhere and getting into EVERYTHING! We had to add locks to the top drawers since she is so tall! She loves to pull out all of my makeup while I try to get ready in the mornings. I love that she is such a girlie girl! She always asks for my makeup and lipstick to put on. Her favorite thing to ask for are her "-ig tails" when she wants me to put her hair in pigtails! Her hair is so curly and long these days. It is crazy to look back at pictures from just a few months ago and see how much she has grown. At her 18 month appointment, she weighed 26 pounds and was 33.5 inches tall. She is in the top 90th percentile for height, so it should be interesting to see how tall she ends up!

Leah is doing SO well communicating! She speaks in two word phrases almost all of the time, and she is beginning to say three words together. Her favorite phrase is "I do it"! She is understanding concepts big/small and heavy. She is also beginning to understand some prepositions like "on/off" and "in/out". She loves to sing and play instruments. I have been so surprised at how she can fill in the words to so many of the songs that we sing. I didn't realize how much se is actually listening and processing what she sees and hears. It is so amazing to see her learning and understanding new things!