Seventeen Months

17 Months

• We are staying with Grandma and Papa Matthews for a few weeks. You are having a hard time warming up to Grandma, but Papa is usually awake early in the mornings and will get you from your crib and give you your bottle of milk in the morning, so you really like him. 
• We have gone swimming a few times at the Brigham City Pool. The water is still not your favorite, but Dad put you on the slide and you really liked it. If you climb up to the slide by yourself, you will stop right before in the tunnel and cause a big traffic jam. We had to send Maggie up there to push you down. But if Dad just sets you on midway on the slide and have you go, then you really like. The second time we went there, I took you on the big slide with me and you really like that. You just want to be big so bad. You don't like being held but you can't really even walk well in the water yet, so it is a real struggle right now.
• You have loved going outside and getting pushed on the swings. You also like trying to ride the tricycle and follow the big kids around.
• Other things we did while we were in Utah-we went to the cabin for a few days, you had a late night at your cousin's house, we celebrated Caroline's birthday, and just hung out at the house.
• We made the official move this month. I knew the trailer was going to go slow and you aren't the greatest on rode trips, so I stayed the night with you at Aunt Laura's house after Caroline's party and we woke up early the next day and went as fast as we could to Grangeville. You did really well for just being you in the back with no movie (though you don't really watch movies at this age). Grandma and Papa drove with Dad and they are here for a few days to help with some projects. You are starting to show more interest in books and by the end of the week, you were a bit more warmed up to Grandma because she would read you books.
• The cherries were ripe when we got you and you love them so much, you eat the whole thing, pit and all. So not only do you have diarrhea but all the pits are in the diaper with it. Yuck!
• Overall-you are still a spitfire of a girl, running all over the place the moment I set you on the ground, you love the Little People Princess and baby dolls, you give some really good hugs and are still really obsess with water and milk (constantly drinking something). We love you so much.