18 Months

At 18 months Aly is walking almost all the time. I thought she would just get up and walk one day but its kind of a gradual process. She is doing really well and getting so confident and faster all the time. She has started babbling a lot, no real words but plenty of noise.

She loves to point at body parts, especially belly buttons, noses and mouths. She can pet her kitty friends, but is scared of most dogs. She can clap, wave and we are teaching her patty cake.

She has stopped going to OT and we are hoping once she walks full time she can stop PT. She still has Early Intervention with her therapist at least once a month though.

She had her follow-up with her eye doctor on the 17th and he thought she looked great. She will still be seen by the doctor every 4 months to monitor her eyes and make sure they stay straight. She is starting to grow out of her glasses. She still wears 12 months clothes, but they are getting tight.

She loves Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood and Sesame Street. She will eat half of anything you have and loves everything. She is well behaved in public, loves attention, but is starting to get some stranger anxiety. She loves to go outside and pick up rocks or sticks and also loves wind in her face.

She loves to play with Mommy and Daddy's phones, and she loves to pull stuff off of tables, and she loves to pull down games or dvds from the racks. She will try to grab stuff off of shelves at stores as well.

She is a very happy little girl. Always smiling, laughing and so interested in the world. She can be a bit of a troublemaker with how inquisitive she is, and she will keep you on your toes! If there is something that can be thrown, dropped or pulled down, she will find it.She has grown so much in her short life and she has so much more to learn and discover. Everyday she learns something new and she can't wait to learn more. I know she will continue to impress us and grow everyday.

GO ALY!