19 Month Update

Height: about 35 inches
Weight: about 25 pounds
Head Circumference: about 19 inches
Movement: You are learning to rock climb at my gym, and  you can completely do stairs on your own both up & down. Still working on jumping off of 2 feet though.
Eating Habits/New Foods: No new foods this month. You did get to enjoy some delicious Thanksgiving food. You are not doing so great in the vegetable department. You get most of your veggies through the fruit & veggies pouches. You are obsessed with sweets! Ice cream, chocolate, soda, lollipops to name a few. You also are loving your vitamins. You eat a multi-vitamin, vitamin c, and tums everyday.
Sleeping Patterns: You are still sleeping through the night and average about 12 hours. You take one nap a day in between 12 and 2 and you sleep for 1-2 hours. You are the easiest ever to put down. You say night night, go find your paci, and lay in bed.
Sounds/Words: We call you our little parrot because you literally can repeat any word someone says. It is hard to keep up with all your new words. We are currently working on our manners of please, thank you, you're welcome, sorry, yes & no ma'am, and yes & no sir. We have learned a bunch more songs and still love reading books and identifying objects. You were introduced to "Dash" your elf on the shelf and every morning you say "Where's Dash?" and run around to find him and say "I see him. Hi Dash. He flew to the North Pole."
New discoveries/accomplishments:
-You have 4 new incisors that broke through
-You celebrated Thanksgiving with both sides of the family and it was great!
-You went to Seaworld again with Grammy
-You went to Disney World for the 1st time and met Mickey mouse. You loved the parade and all of the characters. You even enjoyed the rides!
-You went to Erica's gender reveal party and found out your new friend is going to be a boy!
-You went out to Maria's property and played with Parker and saw turkeys and deer.
-You went to Daltyn's birthday party
New Friends I've made: You played with lots of new kids at Daltyn's birthday party and you played for an entire day with Parker. We toured some preschools and decided to start you at Fruit Cove Baptist starting next fall so you will make lots of new friends!
Places you went/Adventures: You went to Disney World! We celebrated Thanksgiving, threw Jessica her bridal shower, & had people over for the FSU vs. UF football game, went to Seaworld, & Erica's gender reveal party
Clothes: You are in 2T sleepers. These are your current sizes: Gymboree-18-24, Target- 24 months, Carter-24 , Old Navy/Gap- 18-24 (For pants we are up to 24 month)
You moved up to a size 5 diaper. They are a little big.

Delainey's 1st trip to Disney!

Yesterday, David & I took Delainey to Disney World for her 1st time. I have been wanting to take her for months, but I wasn't allowed to go without David. So I conveniently picked a date 2 months ago and yesterday it finally happened! We chose to go to Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. The usual hours are 7 pm - Midnight, but they let you in 4 pm. Of course we were there ready to go by 4:15 with Delainey dressed in her Mickey santa shirt. She was so excited when we walked in and she saw all the cool lights and buildings. We all had to wear wristbands for the party, even D.

We started the day off by meeting Mickey mouse. The line was about 45 minutes, which Delainey was not a fan of, but it is so worth the wait. Mickey mouse talked and interacted with her unlike the other characters around the park.  She was hesitant and a little scared at first, but soon she was grabbing Mickey's ears and having a good time with him.

Waiting in line...haha

Next we headed to look at the castle and take some pics in front of it

Then we headed to our first ride, It's a small world. Delainey loved the boat, looking at all the characters moving around, and the music. Today she was looking at pictures saying "boat." The lines were great once 7 pm hit and all the normal patrons left. We never waited more than 20 minutes for any ride. 

Notice the monkey on her back...that's a leash and it was a godsend since it was dark and we have a wild woman on our hands. 

We continued with the rides and did The little mermaid, Peter pan, Winnie the pooh, (I did space mountain), Buzz Lightyear, Dumbo, and Storytime with Belle. We also stopped along the way to look at some of the characters, and eat some free cookies and hot chocolate.

After we hit up all the rides, we headed over to Frontier land to eat a turkey leg and stake out a spot for the parade. Delainey was a star of the parade! Almost every character came by and said hi to D. Cinderella even blew Delainey a kiss and she blew one back. I think the parade was her favorite part of the entire night.

It was 11 pm once the parade was over, and Delainey and I were ready to hit up a few more rides, but David insisted we head home since he had to work today. We changed D into her PJs and then headed home. It was 11:45 when Delainey finally fell asleep...what a champ!!

 We had a blast and I can't wait to go back soon with Miss D! It was definitely worth the wait!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving yesterday! We sure did! The weather was absolutely gorgeous and we had the whole family together! And by whole family I mean: mom, dad, David, Delainey, myself, Kelli, Jeff, Jeff's mom and Dad, David's mom and dad and sister, and Uncle Gary, Steph, Melissa & Kent. Everyone chipped in and cooked a dish or 2. We ended up eating around 5 and everything was delicious. After dinner we played a game called Heads up on the iphone and it was a family feud. The Parsons won, but it was so much fun laughing at each other!

We also had Melissa bring her good camera and take some family pictures of us for Christmas cards. I think she got some really cute ones. Here are some pics I snapped throughout the day.

Today, Kelli and I did a little black Friday shopping. I did majority of it online this year and I am proud to say I have 1 present left and then I am done!! Tomorrow we are having people over to watch the FSU vs. UF game. Hopefully it isn't even a game and we kill them. Then Sunday we are off to DISNEY for Delainey's 1st time!! I am so excited! I hope everyone has a good rest of the weekend!