Height: 2.675 (14%)
Weight: 21 lbs, 3 oz (27%)
Head Circumference: 17.64 (13%)
She is officially in the "toddlers" class at Boulevard. She is (by far) the tiniest one in the class, but she keeps up with them without a problem, both physically and mentally. She insists on WALKING into her class, by herself,with her "wawa" cup in hand. She kicks until I put her down on the ground so she can walk in instead of being carried in. Her teachers describe her as being, "so funny" and, "the best fake crier we have ever seen."
You would never know she is such a "little bit" by watching her eat. She is SUCH a good eater. She likes almost everything she tries (she literally chewed on iceberg lettuce at a hibachi restaurant), and she cleans her plate at almost every meal. Her absolute favorite food is bananas. Do not even try to get away with eating one (or buying one at a grocery store in front of her) without feeding it to her... she will scream, "NANA!!" until she gets some. She is a little more picky about her drinks. She only drinks water, but she LOVES her "Wawa." Again, don't let her spot her water cup without letting her have it, or you will hear about it. I am loving having a good eater because it makes meal time so easy!
Actually, everything is so easy with Georgia. I don't know if it's because she is the second child and always has big brother to entertain her, if it's because she is a girl, or if it's a personality thing. But regardless, she is just so easy. She is SO happy and funny. I don't know if it's possible for me and Patrick to have an easy going child since we are both pretty high strung, but Georgia is going to be as close as we could ever get to having an easy going. I pray that she keeps her fun-loving personality.
She does try to get into more (especially when she tries to keep up with what Mr.Banks is doing), and she doesn't listen to "no" quite as good as her big brother did at her age. With that "happy go lucky" personality, she doesn't quite have the fear in her that Banks always has, as far as wanting to please us and do exactly as we say. I have a feeling that's going to be a struggle at some point, but we'll figure it out! We're still just enjoying watching her become her own little precious person right now.
As far as talking goes, she is saying too many words to name. She imitates everything, and learns new words daily. She catches on to people's names really quickly, which is cool. She is starting to combine two words. She loves to sing... "Row, row, row your boat, Wheels on the Bus..." I sing, "Rock a Bye Baby" to her every night, and she will randomly go get in the rocking chair herself and start singing it. She also loves to do "Ring around the rosey," and her favorite part is saying, "we all fall DOWN," and throwing herself down on the floor at the end. She has the best gut laugh! The word she says most often is, "Banks" (with the cutest little frontal lisp, "Bankth"). She wakes up and it's the first thing she says. When I pick her up from her daycare class, she knows we are going to his class next, and she says, "Banks!,Bubba! Banks!Bubba!" over and over again until we get him. Last week when she had her check-up, we left without picking Banks up so I could take her to the doctor, and she about had a fit in the parking lot yelling his name because we were leaving school without him. It was SO amazingly precious. Her world is just not right without big brother there.
She still has her circle of people. although she is getting much better about adjusting and letting new people in. She did better at her 18 month check-up, and only screamed at Dr.Maddox and nurse Whitney when they touched her. They finally got to see her smile for the first time, since she has always screamed in their face the whole time they were in the room until now.
Her favorite toy is BANKS. She does love books and coloring, but nothing beats playing with Banks in her eyes. She is constantly stealing whatever toys Banks is playing with and it tears him up, but I constantly tell him that she doesn't want his toy, she just wants him to chase her because she loves getting his attention. Nothing makes her laugh harder than running around with, wrestling with, or playing with Banks in any way. Even when she steals his toys, he is still so gentle and sweet with her. No wonder she loves him so much!
I have let her watch Elmo a could of times on my phone, so now everytime she sees my phone, she points to it and screams, "ELMO!" We also have a dancing Elmo that she loves. She is addicted to her paci's, and I swear she has a hidden stash. We are trying to cut her back to only nightime and naptime, but she always ends up finding one. She comes walking into the room with it so proudly hanging sideways out of her mouth, grinning, saying, "Papis!" It really is cute. Not sure how we're going to get rid of those "papis" but we'll cross that bridge at some point. Just not yet :-)
Georgia loves to climb things. I've heard she gets that from her Daddy, who was apparently a climber too. She has heard us say, "Georgia, SIT DOWN!" so many times that anytime she sees me, Banks, or Patrick climbing something (climbing a ladder to hang a picture on the wall, for example) she yells, "Banks/Dada/Mama, SIT DOWN!"
As I have said since she was born, Georgia was born Georgia and I pray she stays that way. We are so blessed to have this precious angel in our lives. She truly brightens every day and keeps us all smiling and laughing with that special twinkle she has in her eye.
