The Townsends: 16 Months Old!

Hannah Lee you are 16 months old!! You are SO much more a toddler this month, I think your baby days are pretty much a thing of the past. You talk NONSTOP and just run all over the place! You are such a sweet sweet girl and you have such a happy attitude 99.9% of the time. We feel so lucky to have you as our daughter. This month I'm happy to report that you've stopped grinding your teeth, thankfully that was a short lived habit!! It was HORRIBLE for those few weeks you did it. You really love to make faces and it's hilarious. You are SUCH a ham!! You love to entertain people and you still will just go up to anyone, doesn't matter whether you know them or not, you will just go chat with them and hold your arms out to be held. I love that you are so independent but once you're a little older we'll have to work on stranger danger a little more with you since you're so friendly.

You still don't really have an interest in TV other than your Baby Einstein DVDs.

You are still a great eater and sleeper. You go to bed around 7-7:30 and wake up during the week around 6am when we get you out of bed for school and you wake up around 7-8am during the weekends on your own. You are just happy happy happy!! I love your sweet personality but when you do get upset about something you have started throwing fits. Not OK with Mommy and Daddy! You will just whine and get on the floor crying. When we don't respond to you (which we NEVER do) you just stare at us and realize you're not getting your way and move on. It's pretty funny actually but we don't encourage it at all obviously. Luckily it's few and far between that these fits happen.

I'm not really sure how much you weigh right now but I'd guess 24-25 lbs. You are pretty thin minus your big ole' belly! You've started having some eczema this month, I'm guessing because it's colder outside so we're trying to keep that under control. It doesn't bother you one bit it seems. That's another thing that I just love about you sweet girl. You are rarely bothered by much. You are very "go with the flow". You got that from your Daddy because we all know I'm not that way!

You have TWO more teeth this month bringing your total to 16! You're almost at your full set! You love getting your teeth brushed everyday and love to watch yourself in the mirror while we brush them.

You got your first black eye on your 16th month bday. You fell at school and hit your eyelid on the table. You can see it a little in the pictures below. Your teachers said you were pretty upset but you haven't cared about it since.

You are such a funny girl! You love to laugh and to make other people laugh. I LOVE that about you! You make faces all day and it's just the cutest thing ever.

You talk SO much!! You repeat so much that we say and amaze us everyday with your new words. We think you're very smart! Dada is now Daddy to you, about a week ago you decided to call him Daddy all the time. It's the sweetest sound when you say his name. You had a bad dream a few nights ago and you were crying and I walked into your room and you were crying and yelling "Daaaaaddyyyyyy!!" It was so cute and sad at the same time.

Here are your 16 month pictures. You actually stood still for a really long time while we took these!