Hadley: 16 Months!

Happy 16 Months to our sweet Hadley Mae! 

And please excuse the post-bath wet hair in the pictures ;)

 

Where's your ear?!

Where's your nose?!

Oh Hadley, where do I even begin?! These past sixteen months with you have been a blast! You are at such a fun, busy age right now & you are bursting with personality! You crawl at lightning speed, so you keep us on our toes! Your two favorite things right now are coloring & walking with your walker toy. You still get three 6oz bottles a day (although you often don't drink your bedtime bottle b/c you always eat such a huge dinner). We could have taken the bottle away from you long ago, but I felt bad changing too much in your routine between the move & our trip to GA...so the bottle got to hang around for a while longer. Thankfully, I don't think you'll miss it at all when it's gone! We officially dropped you to one nap after our trip to GA. Up until then, if we had plans for the day you had one nap but if we were staying close to home, we gave you 2 naps. You needed both naps in the midst of the move/trip to GA--traveling is hard work for a baby!! But now that we're settled back in at home, you don't miss that morning nap AT ALL! I remember the transition from two naps to one was much harder on me with Shelby, but you've just never required a whole of daytime sleep! You take about 1.5-2hr nap in the afternoons. Shelby always spoiled me with 3-4 naps when she was this age, so I do miss the long naps! But I won't complain b/c you're as happy as a clam with your shorter naps! You are still a GREAT eater! We had a bit of clingy-ness to Mommy/stranger anxiety after the move & our first couple of days in GA were very hard on you (and me!!) as a result. But by the time the wedding rolled around, you were back to hamming it up with anyone & everyone who would give you attention! You talk a LOT! And you love to nod your head to communicate! I can ask you a question, and will almost always understand me and nod your head yes or no to respond. It's the cutest thing! After you have a poopy diaper, you'll grunt and point at your diaper. If I ask you if you have a poopy diaper, you'll nod yes until I change you. I really think since you're so aware of what's going on, you should just crawl on over to the potty and do your business in the bathroom! ;)  Oh, and you also love to climb! That also keeps Mommy on her toes! ;)

We love you, Hadley! Can't wait to see how much you learn & grow in the next month!