It's official: she's 18 months old

...and already acting like a 2 year old! Woa, is she chatty...walrus and seahorse are the new words d'jour. And she's also opinionated. Very opinionated. Sometimes it is cute. Often it is not. We are dabbling with tantrums....oh man, tell me this means we're starting early and we'll end early as far as tantrums are concerned! Otherwise I find this stage very fun. Truly. Gboo gives hugs and kisses spontaneously, she's curious about the world around her and she's making some hysterical expressive faces (which look strangely like her father's, of course). We'll try to capture some on film for your enjoyment.

We went to the doctor for G's 18 month old check up and her stats are:

height: 31 1/2 inches tall (42 percentile...maybe mom's genes are present here!)

weight: 25 lbs 8 oz (66%)

head circ: 47 cm (62%....the 90 something % from our last check up was a mistake)

G's Dr is pleased with her progress and this of course pleases the preacher and his wife immensely!

We've had a few fun adventures over the past 2 weeks. We spent a weekend at our friends' cabin with a whole crew from church. There were kidlets everywhere, including Greta's pal J. from daycare. Greta also cozied up to our hosts' dog Vegas...she's much snugglier and more patient than Jerz! Here are a few pics from our weekend "up north" (a strange turn of phrase for our southern readership- if you still exist- who no doubt think everything above the Mason Dixon line is "up north"! This is the phrase people use to refer to their lake cabins around here...). This last weekend we went on a nice long family bike ride and we heard the preacher do his thing at the Lake Harriet bandshell. Pretty cool. We're still unpacking, but I think some before and after house shots will be posted soon for those who are curious about our new digs. More soon!