The Franks Family: 18 Months Old

Hannah turned 18 months old on Monday. We had her well check Tuesday and she was 33 1/4 inches tall (90th percentile) and 23 lbs and 9 ounces (30th percentile). Other than the flu shot, she is now done with vaccines until she turns 4. She remains happy and a ton of fun. Her language is exploding. She loves to sing; her favorite songs are Elmo's World, Happy Birthday, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and the Alphabet Song. She only gets some of the words, but the songs are completely recognizable. This morning we went for a walk after she woke up and she sang for a solid thirty minutes. I find the constant singing adorable, I need to get it on video.

Tuesday was a big day for Miss Hannah. She had her first school interview, for pre-school starting in September. Tanner and I both took the day off to accompany her (and because in reality, we were the ones being interviewed). It went well. Hannah really enjoyed playing in the classroom and cried when she had to leave. Since Tanner and I were both off, we decided to spend the day doing things Hannah would enjoy, in part to celebrate her half birthday. I am not ordinarily big on celebrating half birthdays, but Hannah's holds special meaning to me as it is also the anniversary of her baptism. Tanner and I decided it might be a fun tradition to start taking this day off and spending it doing something we know Hannah will enjoy going forward.

We went to lunch at Rainforest Cafe where she loved all the animals, leaves, skies, flowers and trees. Then we let her play at the Galleria play area for over an hour. She had a blast. We went straight from the Galleria to her 18 month appointment and by the time we got home she was so exhausted that she napped until after 6 pm.

Here are some recent photos: