The Mouse Family Blog

Here is Lauren with her heifer at 18 months. We go for our checkup on the 12th, so you'll have to stay tuned for height and weight stats. She has remained a great eater, so we expect to be in the upper percentiles as usual!

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Stats Update (11/12/08):
Height - 34" (95%)
Weight - 27 1/4lbs (75-90%)
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Lauren is so much fun these days...have we said that before?! She talks up a storm, even in mostly complete sentences from time to time. She loves giving orders such as "Mommy go away" when she wants you to get out of the chair that she would like to sit in. She tells you what she wants to eat "More pancake please" and then bangs on her tray with an open hand and says "here" to indicate exactly where the pancake should be delivered.

She remains a pretty good sleeper, taking about 10-11 hrs at night an one 2 hour afternoon nap. She has progressed from walking to running and now is into climbing up...onto the couch and kitchen chairs. She is interested lately in the tall bar stools at the island, oh dear. She went through a brief phase of minor separation anxiety and some general fear of men (she hated our last checkup with a male doctor) but is over all of that now. She has developed some memory for her playmates from my moms group and our friends kids...she remembers their names and asks for them when they are not around, or asks to go see them. She also has been allowed to watch some tv shows and asks for her favorite, Kipper the dog, as well as Thomas the Train and Mickey Mouse (obviously). Her favorite toy right now is a tickle me Cookie Monster. We adults find his very deep voice slightly creepy.

She spends most of her time trying to get away from mommy who insists that she try on new handmade clothes and then pose for pictures. As you can see in the picture here, she has plenty of hair that is usually a bit messy, but sometimes gets wrangled into ponytails and then adorned with barrettes which she is playing with in the photo. All in all, she is such a joy and gets plenty of hugs and kisses (even some from Indy).

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