18 months old!

Height: 31" (25%)
Weight: 23 lbs (50%)
Teeth: 4 (one other has broken through since she turned 18 months)
Words:  A lot (although, Logan and I may be the only ones who can understand her)

Favorite song: "There was a little house in the middle of the woods..." "Ring around the rosie"
Favorite book: "I See Me" and all books with flaps

Favorite Food: Bananas, cookie dough/cake batter, strawberries
Favorite color: Purple (she doesn't really know her colors, but whenever I ask her what color something is, she says "purple" -- it's pretty cute)

Likes: Dancing, listening to music, Elmo (kind of embarrassing for me), all kinds of animals, butterflies, helping me bake, sidewalk chalk, playing with her cousins.

Oh, and as of the middle of April, I am no longer nursing her.  Lucy is fearless, and immediately climbs to the very highest point of any playground.  She also discovered that walking down and up stairs is much cooler than crawling (thanks a lot, Piper!) .  =)  She's a cutie!!!

Making banana muffins! 

This is the face she makes when she puts on chap stick. 

Pictures!

We got Lucy's pictures taken by my friend Heidi at Monkeyface Photography a few weeks ago.  Here are a bunch of our favorites!

Peek-a-boo!

I love her dark eyes!

She insisted on trying on the tutu!

Fish face!

Every once in a while, Lucy acts serious. =)

Family Portrait!

15 Month Stats

Length: 30 inches (35%)
Weight: 20 lbs 1 oz (10%)

Teeth: Four

Signs:  More, please, all done, eat, drink, banana, orange, thank you, milk, bird

Words: Hi, dada, papa, mama, book, ball, owl, bird, bye-bye, up, down, more, all done, no, thank you

Favorite food: oranges, bananas, black beans, pizza, mac and cheese

Favorite book: All picture books (AKA not board books) she loves turning the pages.  It makes me pretty nervous though... 

Favorite Song:  Slippery Fish.  I only say this one because often when I sing to her, she will go "oh no!" Which I take as her request for the slippery fish song.

Lucy going "oh no!"

She loves books!

She is such a sweet girl!  And devious.  The other day she was throwing food off her high chair, so I took her tray away so she would stop.  She proceeded to spit out the food that was in her mouth, and threw that on the ground while looking at me like, "what now, Mom!"  That little stinker!

I love that she can communicate with us more!  It is so sweet when she says "thank you," and when she signs "more" when I finish singing her a song.  We sure love this little girl!!!!


Here is video evidence of Lucy's words! Thanks Aunt Shelley for the darling outfit!

Lucy knows her body parts!

Animal sounds!

I just think that this is the cutest thing ever!  Oh, how we love this little girl!

Sorry -- it's a little longer than what I normally post, I just loved her elephant sound at the very end.  Also, sorry about the food in her mouth.  If she's slightly distracted she performs much better on camera!

Say Cheese!

You may remember when I said here that I hate it when people tell you to "say cheese!" before taking your picture.  Well, while I still hate it when people tell me that, apparently it works for kiddos. 

Here is Lucy saying "cheese!"

You may notice that she finally has teeth!  She had no teeth until she was 13 months old, and now, one month later, she has three!  Go Lucy! 

Also, she is starting to do a lot of new things -- so here is a mini update on our 14 month old:

Height: 30 inches!  When did she get so tall? (50%)

Teeth: THREE!

Signs: Drink, bird, milk, more, please, all done, eat

Words: Up, bye-bye, hi, dada -- "hi" is definitely her favorite.

Animal sounds (yes, I think it deserves it's own category right now): monkey, elephant, sheep, snake

She is pretty much the cutest baby ever!

Dancing Queen!

Lucy loves to dance!  I bought her this little toy for $1 at the DI -- it's pretty annoying, but it entertains Lucy for hours.  Every single day, she goes downstairs and pushes the buttons to start the music so she can dance.  After the song is over she goes back over to the toy to restart the music.  It's pretty dang cute.  It's also pretty funny when, by the fifth song, she is so dizzy she falls over every other step.  =)

Year in Photos

My sister Hannah did this, and I thought it was a great idea!  So, here is our year in photos:


January: Lucy gets to go on a walk outside for the first time!  She hated it.  It was pretty cold.

 

February: Hannah comes and visits!

March: Lucy is blessed and Charlotte and Reed get married!

April: Lucy and I rock our Easter outfits. 

May: We go to Jackson Hole for our annual anniversary trip.

 June: We go down to the Hopi Indian Reservation to get back to our roots (Logan's grandpa was adopted into the Hopi tribe). We also stop by Mesa Verde.

 July:  We make the drive up to Idaho Falls for Lauren's wedding! We stay at Logan's cousin's house.  Lucy loved their Minnie Mouse collection!

August: Taylor and Shawn and their kiddos come to visit!

September: Hannah and Neal and G visit!  We go river rafting near Jackson.  Logan runs his first marathon!

October:  Cali and Josh and their cute kids visit! We go to Goblin Valley (where Logan ran a 25k!)

November:  Ali gets married!  

December:  Lucy is the cutest Shepherd ever!

It was a fantastic year!  We are excited to see what this year brings!