Happy Year & A Half Birthday, Violet!

**Added Video at the Bottom!**

Geesh! She sure isn't a baby anymore! Today is her 18 month birthday. A whole year and a half on this ole planet of ours. It's hard for us to believe we even HAVE a kid most of the time, let alone that we've somehow kept her around for 18 months. Okay, so 6 months of that was in a body cast, but who's counting?

Here are some pictures from her 18 month photo shoot. I'm not promising it's her last one either. Now that she's all standing and sitting again, it's hard not to make every day a photo day!


We have been lucky enough to find a really awesome playgroup with lots of very nifty moms. We meet once a week and the kids all range from 15 months to 22 months. They have a BLAST! Well, most of the time. It is so funny to watch them all learn to play together!

Here is Jordyn, Violet, Piper, Grace and Bryce. Mason was probably sneaking over to eat some dirt. Ah the wonders of toddlers!
Violet and Piper
I THOUGHT Violet was over her "let's eat the crayons" stage, but low and behold, I turn my back for one minute and I get this! She had chomped up so much of it that I had to rub orange wax off her front teeth. GROSS! She looks like a sad clown :)
She had her 18 month checkup today and is still pretty tiny - she's in the 5th percentile for weight (a whopping 20.25 lbs) and the 20th for height (31 inches... which means she grew 2 inches while in her cast!). Everything else looks just great. AND while we were talking with the doctor about her walking skills, she STOOD UP from a SQUAT! With no help from me! I just about died! Plus she is really getting the hang of walking while she holds your hands. I wouldn't be surprised if she figures out how to walk by herself in the next few weeks. About TIME little lady!

Here is a video I got this morning of her standing up all on her own!