Lucy 22 Months

I had not intended on writing an update for this month, but I don't want to forget how much Lucy has changed in the last month! It's unbelievable how fast she's growing up.

Having fun outside! Notice Mommy took the picture from inside in the air conditioning.

Her favorite song (by FAR) is the ABC song. We had to sing it three times before nap today. She has several toys that sing the ABC's in a rotation with other songs, and she has no patience for the songs that aren't ABC. She also sings along, usually repeating "A-B-C-D" throughout the song. Did you know that there are lullaby and rock versions of ABC? I really appreciate that some of her toys play different versions of the song.

She loves to dance when Puppy plays the ABC song

At bedtime she also requests Jesus Loves Me and just in the last week she has started requesting Wildcat Victory (the K-State Fight Song). Now Travis has been singing it to her almost daily since before she was born, and his hard work is finally paying off--right in time for football season!

She still loves dogs and now says "Dog" correctly now instead of "Ga". I knew this day would come but it makes my heart a little sad that she's already growing out of some of our favorite Lucy-isms.

Mommy and Daddy are becoming quite skilled at drawing Elmo, Abby Dabby, cats, turtles, feet, and hands. These are all requested (demanded?) daily. I wish art classes were complimentary for toddler parents--drawing is not a skill of mine!

She still says "Hi" and "Bye" to our Houston friends daily and now she announces when her Saudi friends are napping or eating throughout the day. Our friend Baby Luke apparently naps A LOT.

And continuing the trend from the past couple months, her language skills are still growing exponentially. This week I've heard more three word phrases then I can count! She will now repeat almost anything we say, including "1 package of ground beef please", which earned her a pat on the head from the butcher this morning.

Climbing on the furniture is another new skill

This month she has also taken a liking to the phrase "Happy Birthday", probably because Houston friends Clara, Evan and also Grandma have birthdays this month and we've been talking them up! Even though she couldn't be there for your birthdays she has been celebrating all month long with you :) Earlier this week she had the opportunity to tell our neighbor Happy Birthday, and she was even more excited about it when she realized cake was involved! I think her 2nd birthday party is going to be fun this year!

She still loves peas and broccoli and over the course of a week I think will eat a pretty balanced diet. But yes we have some meals where she only eats french fries or breadsticks. She also routinely requests apples, oranges, and raisins.

Lucy was pretty excited to see her Elmo potty in our air shipment and even made me carry it upstairs to her bathroom. I've started to pick up on the fact she's asking to sit on it before nap and bedtime--I think she's trying to distract me from putting her to bed, not that she's actually interested in using the potty! Of course nothing has happened in the potty yet but neither of us are in a hurry for that.

Drinking Elmo juice on the Elmo potty. Could life get any better?

This time next month things will be a lot different--baby sister should be here! Lucy loves giving hugs and kisses to "Baby Sissy" and gets very excited to see her 'picture' on the ultrasound at my appointments. I hope she still loves giving hugs and kisses once baby sister is actually here :)