Dear Lucy,
I can't believe you are 18 months old today. The past year and a half has gone faster than I ever thought possible! Especially the last 6 months. I hear that time will only keep going faster from here on out so I guess I better hold on tight, because you'll be driving a real car before we know it.
You have changed so much in the last month. Just in the last two weeks your vocabulary has quadrupled! I think when you were 17 months old you were only saying Apple, Dada (or Daddy), Bubble, Up, and Hi. Now in addition to that you also say Nana (for Banana), Bye, Elmo, Help Please (your first two word phrase! although it comes out more like 'hep peas'), Car, Cool, Go, Dog, Cookie, Cracker (Ca-ca), Tomato (Toe), and my personal favorite, Momma! Tonight you also repeated the word "happy" clear as a bell. It's a little hard to keep up with what words you know versus what you just repeat, because now you are actually repeating a lot of what we say! Another fun thing you do is animal sounds. You are really good at Duck (you make a great "Ack!" sound), Cow ("oom"--it's ok that you say moo backwards), Elephant (you kind of buzz your lips), Kitty Cat (you make the most adorable high squeaky noise you can muster), Lion (rrrrrr) and Sheep (Ba!)
You are THRIVING in your Mother's Day Out program at First Friends. The first two months were a little rough and it has taken you awhile to get adjusted. Now I can *almost* drop you off without tears, but I think you still don't like being away from Momma even though I know you have lots of fun at school. At school you've learned to jump, spin and put your arms in the air. So much fun! I think school has also helped you to have more fun with your friends and be more independent. However this independence is also making things a little more difficult for Momma! Like when you want to walk into the street without holding my hand or run amok at a restaurant. You have also decided you really like Elmo. I'm not really sure how that happened since we've only turned on Sesame Street maybe 10 times in your life. I love this picture of you totally engrossed in whatever Elmo is doing:
Your favorite foods come and go in phases. Of course anything really delicious like goldfish or cookies (Guh-gie!) is always welcomed in your palette. You especially love eating grapefruit for breakfast and you are usually unhappy when you've finished an entire half and there's nothing left. For awhile you were really into grapes and strawberries, but those seem to have given way to your current love for tomatoes (Toe!). You ask for a banana on a regular basis but rarely seem to actually want to eat it. You also enjoy eating apples whole. Slices won't do for this big girl. However, your absolute FAVORITE food is peas. Anytime I offer peas you get excited. Sometimes I make more than I intend but you never cease to amaze me with your ability to eat every pea on your plate (minus the few that don't make it when you're shoveling whole handfuls in your mouth). Peas seem to be a pretty healthy food to love so I don't mind indulging you in this habit. You also enjoy spaghetti with meatballs and mac and cheese. In fact you ate three whole servings of spaghetti for dinner last night! You're generally pretty easy going about food and if you're hungry you'll eat what we serve you. If you aren't too hungry then it better be something you really enjoy like goldfish and ritz crackers. And yes it must be Ritz, saltines or townhouse just will not do.
You really like to charm people by telling them "Hi!" and waving. Clearly you know what you're doing here because everyone pays attention to you when you say it :) You are also good at giving hugs and kisses and blowing kisses when we say goodbye to someone. I'm afraid now that you're saying 'Bye' you won't blow kisses as much and that makes me a little sad.
I think that about sums you up! You still really dislike being put down for naps or bedtime but that's not any fun to talk about. Hopefully you'll grow out of hating it soon.
We love you, sweet Lucy!
I can't believe you are 18 months old today. The past year and a half has gone faster than I ever thought possible! Especially the last 6 months. I hear that time will only keep going faster from here on out so I guess I better hold on tight, because you'll be driving a real car before we know it.
You have changed so much in the last month. Just in the last two weeks your vocabulary has quadrupled! I think when you were 17 months old you were only saying Apple, Dada (or Daddy), Bubble, Up, and Hi. Now in addition to that you also say Nana (for Banana), Bye, Elmo, Help Please (your first two word phrase! although it comes out more like 'hep peas'), Car, Cool, Go, Dog, Cookie, Cracker (Ca-ca), Tomato (Toe), and my personal favorite, Momma! Tonight you also repeated the word "happy" clear as a bell. It's a little hard to keep up with what words you know versus what you just repeat, because now you are actually repeating a lot of what we say! Another fun thing you do is animal sounds. You are really good at Duck (you make a great "Ack!" sound), Cow ("oom"--it's ok that you say moo backwards), Elephant (you kind of buzz your lips), Kitty Cat (you make the most adorable high squeaky noise you can muster), Lion (rrrrrr) and Sheep (Ba!)
You are THRIVING in your Mother's Day Out program at First Friends. The first two months were a little rough and it has taken you awhile to get adjusted. Now I can *almost* drop you off without tears, but I think you still don't like being away from Momma even though I know you have lots of fun at school. At school you've learned to jump, spin and put your arms in the air. So much fun! I think school has also helped you to have more fun with your friends and be more independent. However this independence is also making things a little more difficult for Momma! Like when you want to walk into the street without holding my hand or run amok at a restaurant. You have also decided you really like Elmo. I'm not really sure how that happened since we've only turned on Sesame Street maybe 10 times in your life. I love this picture of you totally engrossed in whatever Elmo is doing:
Your favorite foods come and go in phases. Of course anything really delicious like goldfish or cookies (Guh-gie!) is always welcomed in your palette. You especially love eating grapefruit for breakfast and you are usually unhappy when you've finished an entire half and there's nothing left. For awhile you were really into grapes and strawberries, but those seem to have given way to your current love for tomatoes (Toe!). You ask for a banana on a regular basis but rarely seem to actually want to eat it. You also enjoy eating apples whole. Slices won't do for this big girl. However, your absolute FAVORITE food is peas. Anytime I offer peas you get excited. Sometimes I make more than I intend but you never cease to amaze me with your ability to eat every pea on your plate (minus the few that don't make it when you're shoveling whole handfuls in your mouth). Peas seem to be a pretty healthy food to love so I don't mind indulging you in this habit. You also enjoy spaghetti with meatballs and mac and cheese. In fact you ate three whole servings of spaghetti for dinner last night! You're generally pretty easy going about food and if you're hungry you'll eat what we serve you. If you aren't too hungry then it better be something you really enjoy like goldfish and ritz crackers. And yes it must be Ritz, saltines or townhouse just will not do.
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| You are becoming proficient with a fork! |
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| Being silly in a box |
I think that about sums you up! You still really dislike being put down for naps or bedtime but that's not any fun to talk about. Hopefully you'll grow out of hating it soon.
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| Lucy thought the Children's Sermon needed an interpretive dance |
Happy 1 1/2 years, Lucy! Love you!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this wonderfully descriptive update.
ReplyDeleteI feel like I know her now:) Love this!
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