What did you say?

We've had a word explosion at our house recently. At her 15 month check up, Mere was saying roughly 10 words. Now, at almost 18 months, she's saying around 70 words with relative consistency. She comes up with something new every day. She was telling me all day about being my "helper" and decided this morning to jump on our bed and yell/sing "More milk! More milk! More milk!" after she finished her morning beverage. We're really staring to see her sense of humor come out. This weekend while eating lunch, she put a piece of apple on her fork, stuck it on her head and said "Hat!" and giggled like crazy. She's such a funny girl! Her opinions are definitely more pronounced and we're into full-fledged tantrum territory. She has also sprouted six new teeth in the last week (to add to the six she already had). Perhaps that contributed to her occasional unhappiness?!?

Chris and my dad have been working like crazy to finished Meredith and Jack's playroom. They're getting close! They took a blank room and have done beautiful built-ins. I included a few pictures of the masterpiece in process. I love going in that room and so does Meredith. We also bought Jack his very own chair to match the one his sister has. The first picture is Meredith (and Baby, of course!) sitting on the box that the chair came in.

Baby Jack has been growing well and moving like crazy. We've had a few ultrasounds since my last post and everything looks great! His room has been painted and is almost ready. I ordered his glider this weekend and most of our baby laundry is done. It's much easier to get ready the second time around!

The other big news at our house is that Philly had surgery on Friday to fix one of his toes. He had a pretty large corn that was causing him to limp and be in a lot of pain. As I write this, he's hanging out on the floor of our bedroom enjoying the buzz from his pain pills. He should be good as new once his stitches come out in a few weeks. We're definitely relieved things went well and we're looking forward to taking the pups out for walks again.