My 18 month old baby!

She really isn't a baby anymore, but she just seems so young to me still; I think because she's such a snuggle bum. And possibly the fact that she doesn't talk. Oh yeah, and that she just barely started walking a little over a month ago.
Taytum is so yummy! She really loves to snuggle with her mama and gives the best hugs. My favorite is when she pats my back while giving me a hug. This girl can be a little feisty at times, but for the most part is pretty content. She loves, loves, loves books and is currently attached to our Handy Manny tool box, which she will drag all over the house. She loves shoes and puts on about a hundred pairs a day. She also loves doing whatever Carter and Andi are doing... or rather, messing up whatever they are doing. They are usually pretty tolerant of her.
Taytum loves Junglie the giraffe (seen above) and sleeps with him every night and nap time. Tay also loves to eat. I don't think we have come across anything that she doesn't like yet. She sits at the table on a booster seat with us and thinks she is so grown up. She is finally starting to babble. She's got the mamama and the dadadada going and we'll occasionally hear some other random sounds out of her besides her normal grunting and whining.
She is way into dancing! If there is music on she will rush in to start shaking her booty, raising the roof, or just spinning in circles. There is no stopping this girl.
She does this quite frequently; standing on her head. She'll put all of her weight on her head and lift her hands out to the side. I wish I were that flexible!
Tay loves to play dress up with the older kids and especially loves to wear things on her head and sunglasses.
This was Taytum's first day of nursery. She did pretty well. I am in primary, so it was up to Jefferson to introduce her to the whole nursery experience, which I think helped. I guess she cried a couple of times, but when a leader picked her up she was ok. The whole sitting and doing an activity thing is a little over her head at the moment... like a table full of puzzles that they want all the kids to sit at and do, or playdough, or even sitting for singing time is a little bit of a stretch for her. But she stayed in the whole time! Just in time for baby girl to come.


We really are in love with this little one.