18 Months with You

Dearest Zaylee,

It has been a year and a half since we first met you, and our lives changed for the better in that moment.  Each day with you is a blessing, and seems to only get sweeter as the time passes on.  As we anticipate the birth of your brother, Dad and I have been looking through your old photos and videos and can hardly believe that you are not our little baby anymore.  The joy we feel with you in our lives is something far greater than we could have ever imagined.  You are hilarious, spunky, dramatic, easily frustrated but even more easily distracted from said frustration, sweet, tenderhearted, wild, active, loving, spoiled, friendly, inquisitive, goofy, particular, compassionate, mischievous, and ours.  We are so thankful that God chose US to be your parents.  To love you.  Teach you.  Encourage you.  Comfort you.  Support you.  Lift you up.  Laugh with you.  Cry with you.  Direct you.  We love you with our whole hearts, and couldn't imagine our lives without you sweet girl.  Our prayer is that as you begin to watch us more carefully, mimicking every move we make, that we may guide you and teach you how to be a young lady with a heart that seeks after what is good and true.  That you may see in us the love of our Heavenly Father, and yearn to shine bright for Him.  You my Zaylee girl, are our greatest joy and sweetest blessing.  I pray you always squeeze us as tightly as you do now and never grow tired of running into our arms that are open wide ready to embrace you.  We love you and hope you always know that full well.

You love brushing your teeth and still find a good seat any where you are :)

Stats:

Weight - 9.3 kg / 20.4 lbs
Height - 81 cm / 31.8 in.
Word Count - around 50 words!!  5 of which are French.  You are a sponge these days and learning new things daily!
Potty Time - you are letting us know more frequently when you poop and even sit on your potty    sometimes!  You like to be clean :)
Eating - with ease all on your lonesome.  You refuse to take help, but have perfected the spoon and are pretty close to perfecting the fork!  You don't like a mess, and I love that little fact.  You love fruits, veggies, meat of all kinds even fish (I don't like that little fact!).
Sleep - 12+ hours at night.  2 hour nap in the afternoon.  We still have our routine, and we both still love it!