Ayla's 18th Month

The most anticipated month of all finally came. Ayla is officially a big girl at church and can go to nursery for the second and third hours. She is a very independent and social little girl, so leaving mom to play with other kids is right up her ally. She is getting bigger, especially when compared to her newest niece and nephew, but I still look at her and can't help but think she is so small, and I still call her my baby girl. TJ has picked up on this nickname and will often her her, "baby" as well.

Here she is on her first day without mom in nursery. She ran right in and grabbed a seat next to TJ. She played with legos without even noticing me taking pictures and singing songs of joy in the background.

Both TJ and Ayla are obsessed with washing their hands. Once they start pumping the soap it's hard to get them to stop.

TJ and Ayla like to sit on the little brick ledge on the front of our house. We told them to sit there once and now they always run straight to it and plop down as if it's their special seat made just for them.

We took the kids camping in Destin. Ayla loved to strut her ruffles on the beach.

And play in the sand.

And I love to take pictures of it all with my iphone. Evidently Trent likes to take pictures of me taking pictures.

When Ayla gets tired we just push her in the stroller till she falls asleep, then prop her back for a nice, shady nap.

Our campsite had a spigot that the kids loved playing in.

The walk to the beach from the campsite was a bit long and we only had one stroller. TJ came up with a quick fix for that problem.

Ayla loved the tinfoil dinners

The girl loves to eat.

And eat and eat and eat. Here she is eating a crepe.

And here she is eating a pineapple. Blessing it first of course. Folding her arms was her favorite trick of the month.

We took a trip to Jacksonville Beach, where Ayla found a chair just her size. She loves sitting in little chairs.

Trent texted me this picture when I was gone somewhere. I love my little sleeping piggy tailed baby.