18 Months (and some pumpkins)

Delilah had her 18 month check-up last week and, guess what?...she's perfect! :) Stats are:
Height: just under 32 inches (50-60th%)
Weight: 24 pounds, 12 ounces (50th)
Head: I never remember, but it's 80-90th%
And I will go ahead and plunge into the bragging arena: the Doctor said she was 'astonishingly verbal'. :) She can say between 45-50 words, and she learned two more in the doctor's office: 'trash', and 'touch'. My favorite thing about her being able to say so much is that we can actually have mini-conversations and I get to understand what she's thinking.
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-Her absolute favorite thing to do these days is go "Outs, outs, outsiiiiide". She doesn't care if it's cold, hot, raining, sunny, cloudy- if she sees a door, she wants to go through it.
-She has a pretty fierce independent streak, which can be trying at times, but deep down I love that she already knows her own mind.
-She still makes herself giggle all the time.
-She likes going to sleep and will point to her bed when she's tired.
-She's obsessed with shoes and wants everyone to be wearing them all the time. I think she associates shoes with going outsiiiiide.
-Her 2nd favorite thing to do is draw and color. We went to a playgroup and there was an easel with crayons in the corner. She ignored all the other kids (and me) for over an hour while she drew.

-She's super polite. Says 'please' fairly often and says 'thank you' after you do just about anything for her. We didn't really work on this with her or anything, so I'm not sure why she's so compulsive about it--it's pretty darn cute.
-If you point to Chris and say "who's that?", she says 'dada'. If you point to me and say, 'who's that?', she says 'mama'. If you point to one of her friends and do it, she'll say their name (if she's able). But if you point to Delilah and say "who are you?", she says 'mama'. It melts my heart b/c I secretly think it means that she has the two of us fused as one in her mind.
-On average she needs to go to a new place about 3 times before she's really comfortable there.
-She's more excited to see Runyon in the mornings than me or Chris.
-She gives the best bear hugs in the entire world.

And because I think all posts are better with pictures, here's our trip to the local church pumpkin patch this weekend:

Sharing Daddy's Sonic Cherry Limeade (she soon stopped sharing and stole it from him. Unfortunately, one of her 50 words is 'mine')

Delilah briefly followed one of the older girls around. Here's Delilah checking to see if the older girl approves her pumpkin choice. :)

I think I found one, Mom!
Can I keep it?
Looking around
This pic makes me laugh b/c I have no idea why her hair is sticking straight up. It wasn't windy, and she wasn't falling...it's like the pumpkins shocked her.
There was also a bouncy house that Red loved.
It's hard to see, but Delilah decided to walk over and give Daddy a kiss through the screen. Too cute!
And here are the finished products. No stenciled work of art for Team Huntley...we go classic triangle-eyes and bucktooth-smile every time. Delilah's pumpkin is on the left. She covered it with a full sheet of stickers and then removed every single sticker. What can I say?...she's going through a minimalist phase.

Happy Halloween, everybody!