Abby's 18 months!

Hi, I'm Abby. I am 18 months old. I used to be small for my age, but now I'm big due to a steady diet of goldfish, graham crackers, french toast, cheese sticks, and grapes. I can speak my own language fluently, but I also know several words that my parents use like "go", "dog", "ball", "Mamma", "Dadda", "duck", "nose", "eye", "no", "bye", and "hi". In addition to words, I can also do a variety of animal sounds like the dog, kitty, snake, elephant, bunny, monkey, lion, bear, fish, sheep, cow, duck, and chicken (complete with The Chicken Dance).

I still don't have much hair, but I am incredibly adorable. I have naturally golden skin, 12 teeth, and uncommonly large dark blue eyes.

I love Sesame Street! In fact, most of the time I won't even eat unless I'm watching it. I LOVE Elmo and Cookie Monster. They make me laugh. A lot makes me laugh. Most of the things that Dad does makes me laugh. I recently discovered the joy of spinning around in circles and then trying to run. It's funny. I like to jump although I can't really get off the ground. I like to take my little baby doll and wrap her up in her blanket and put her in her little car seat.

My parents are always telling people that I'm the best little girl in the world. I mean, they claim that I'm really, really funny and cute, but I don't see how I'm any different than any other baby my age. I go poop, I cry, I make lots of messes, and I usually sleep from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. with a 2-3 hour nap in the middle of the day just like every other baby. I don't get what the big deal is.