18 month check up

So now is the time again to do a little bragging about our daughter...
Bella's 18 month check up (3 weeks late) was last Wednesday. She is now 34", which puts her in the 95th percentile. She is 26 lbs and in the 75th percentile. That percentile continues to decline as she grows taller :) Dr. said she is doing great, and was amazed how she counted for her to ten and all the talking she was doing! We talked about potty training because Dr. Rampley thinks she is getting ready to start going on the potty as she tells me every time she has poop and follows me to the bathroom and even pretend wipes herself with toilet paper. So, we have a potty chair for her, and we are going to set it up for her near her toys so that she can get accustomed to it. Of course we are not pushing her in any way, when she is ready, she will let us know. However, she shows such an interest in starting to potty train, the Dr. said to start soon. She also said Bella is way advanced and can probably pick it up pretty fast. Which makes me happy because maybe by the time the 2nd one is born, we will only have one in diapers :) Dr. Rampley also asked about her speech and language again, and personality traits (tantrums, etc), and Bella is doing great in both areas. She puts 2 and sometimes three words together and repeats every single word that comes out of adults mouths (including naughty words). SHe picks up words and phrases so fast it amazing to me. She can also count to 15, and say 1 through 5 in Spanish thanks to her Tata. SHe can recognize about 90 % of the letters and says them. If anyone has letters on their shirt, she will touch them and say the letters. She knows and recognizes all her numbers and says them. Funny story... Uncle Chris was here yesterday and she points at him and says "FIVE", I say "no honey that's uncle Chris", then he looks at his shirt, and he has a 5 on it. We are all laughing. She then says "NINE", because his shirt has the number 59 on it. So cute. She also followed him out to the front yard and was telling him the letters and numbers on his license plate, he was amazed, and so are we by our little smart cookie :)
Dr. Rampley asked about how many words she has, and I said I really have no idea on a count. I have tried to count by keeping a word list, but I dont even add words in there any more because she says new words every day.
Funny story about the Dr's office, she loves to play with the train tracks while waiting to go back to see Dr. , she was playing with boys in the waiting room when her name was called. As soon as the nurse opens the door and we start to walk back, Bella starts to scream. I don't mean whining crying, I mean full on scream. She knows EXACTLY what goes on at the Dr's office, and she doesnt like it! She cried for the 20 minutes we were back there. She really only goes to the Dr. for her well check ups which include her shots, so she has learned exactly why we go to the Dr. and what it entails. Lil stinker!
Another funny story, as I type this in the office, she just came over to me with her cup in her mouth , pulls it out of her mouth and says "mom, poop!". Sure enough as I check her diaper, she has poop, so Im off to change her, hopefully it won't be too long before she goes on the toilet. :)