18 Months

July 20th Michelle turned 18 months! She is growing up so fast! She is very expressive but doesn't talk with words all that much. She does get really frustrated when she can't get us to understand what she wants though, or when we just flat out say no. She is a sweetie and will even give hugs and kisses sometimes just because but she also has full on toddler meltdowns not infrequently. Like the other day at the theatre she was cranky and I had to do a quick costume repair during intermission, someone tried to help me by holding her (she was sitting in my lap which was making it difficult to sew), she immediately had a total arms and legs flinging meltdown and didn't stop until the person had been gone a few minutes and she was safely back in my lap for a while. She has been really clingy lately but at the same time she is totally adventuresome and will climb anything and everything and likes to tease strangers by waving and giving cheesy smiles.
These first two pictures were taken by Nicole Maxfield, she is a super sweet person and a cast member and photography student. She's pretty much awesome.

 for the record she is just eating ice here