18 Months (plus+)

It just hit me last weekend that Nora blew through her half birthday and it wasn't even a blip on my radar.  Also,I usually have my kids in the doctor for their well visit within days of their monthly schedule or birthdays, but Nora had been in and out of the doctor and hospital so much that I completely forgot about hers!   

So yesterday she went in for her 18 month appointment as she is weeks short of her 20 month date.  Parent fail.

At her appointment Nora was way off the charts for height... seriously, the doctor said she is well beyond the 100th percentile. She is 36 inches!  Future basketball player? And she is 98% in weight...  She is exceeding all developmental, cognitive and language markers too! 

But talk about proud parent!  We have never, and I mean never, left the doctor without something to follow up with in terms of her health.  Not this time! I actually gave her pediatrician a tearful hug before I left... and Nora and Riley both gave her a running hug before leaving. We were all feeling the joy and relief on some level. :)

And a little shout out to her biggest fan, Riley.  The first words out of both of their mouths in the morning are, "Where is Nora?" and "Where Diley?" Couldn't love these sisters any more.  Not possible. 

And lastly, a few songs for my girls...  

For Nora, who is as fiery, fearless and passionate as ever (and never let a little health hiccup get in her way)

Girl on Fire - Alicia Keys

She's just a girl, and she's on fire
Hotter than a fantasy, longer like a highway
She's living in a world, and it's on fire
Feeling the catastrophe, but she knows she can fly away
Oh, she got both feet on the ground
And she's burning it down
Oh, she got her head in the clouds
And she's not backing down

This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire

Looks like a girl, but she's a flame
So bright, she can burn your eyes
Better look the other way
You can try but you'll never forget her name
She's on top of the world
Hottest of the hottest girls say
Oh, we got our feet on the ground
And we're burning it down
Oh, got our head in the clouds
And we're not coming down

This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire

Everybody stands, as she goes by
Cause they can see the flame that's in her eyes
Watch her when she's lighting up the night
Nobody knows that she's a lonely girl
And it's a lonely world
But she gon' let it burn, baby, burn, baby

This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She's walking on fire
This girl is on fire
Oh, oh, oh,
She's just a girl, and she's on fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J91ti_MpdHA 

For Riley, who needs to see just how perfect and special she is, no matter how much she may doubt it... make your own kind of music little one!

Make Your Own Kind of Music - Mama Cass

Nobody can tell you
There's only one song worth singing
They may try and sell ya
Cause it hangs them up
To see someone like you

But you gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind of music
Even if nobody else sings along

You're gonna be nowhere
The loneliest kind of lonely
It may be rough going
Just to do your thing's the hardest thing to do

But you've gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind of music
Even if nobody else sings along

You gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind of music
Even if nobody else sings along

You gotta make your own kind of music
Sing your own special song
Make your own kind music
Even if nobody else sings along

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEQxEJ5_5zA