Our 18 month old

Lucia turns 18 months in 2 days!! Hurray!!! That means she gets to go to nursery and mommy and daddy finally get to pay attention in church again! YAY! That also means she's getting older and each day she is less a baby :'(. This week we will be leaving out of town to warmer Las Vegas! So in honor of her turning 18 months I have gathered up some things she's done to share with family and friends.

*She still hasn't gotten over a couple of things like her "binky" and her "bottle". It's totally our fault. Who knows? maybe she'll be 5 and still wearing diapers! Nah! that's just a really bad joke :). She does, however, enjoy reading from cereal boxes.
*She is also now really enjoying sleeping, for which she says "seepy". Totally cute! We'll pass by her crib and she'll say it so I can put her in. She then grabs her blanket and pretends to sleep. I take advantage of this and get some things done while she "pretend sleeps" for 15-20 minutes at a time!
*We went to walk around the Layton Hills Mall the other day. After buying something for Lucia, we walked out of the store and she started at the bag while saying "this, this, this" (her favorite word). So, I gave her the bag, she placed it on her arm, like a purse, and continued walking while holding on to my hand with her free hand. She was so happy that she got to hold the bag! (She also does this at the grocery store).

*Her grandma Tucker gave Lucia a pink seahorse, whose tummy lights up when pressed and plays really sweet music. She spotted it one day in her room, held it like a baby while giving it hugs, walked towards the rocking chair, put the horse down, picked up a burping cloth from the floor (NOTE: we no longer burp her), placed it over her horse, gave it a kiss, turned to me and whispered: "seepy, seepy". She actually put her horse to sleep! Awwww....

*After her bath, she insists on brushing mommy's hair. So after I brush hers she says "bosh, bosh" as she takes the brush from me, and then I MUST turn and let her brush mine :).

*For a while, every noise she heard (i.e. door opening) she looks at me and claims it's "Gampa" (grampa). She also says "sssdat?" for 'what's that?' after hearing a noise.

*We were leaving to take Chauncey some dinner one day, so I told Lucia to get shoes. When I went to her to put them on, I found her wearing daddy's shoes and trying to walk around with them!

*Out of all the things we say in out home, she seems really into 'oh my gosh'. One day she woke up and started running all over the kitchen and living room, with her hands on her head and repeating with a very concerned tone "oh gosh!" The point of her saying this.... we will never know.

*We were walking in Walmart and I noticed that Lucia stopped. So I stopped and looked at her. She then tells me "Ohhh Cooool!" as she hold on to a hanging piece of lingirie :P.

*Last week we had tons of fun making and decorating cookies for Valentine's and she did awesome!

She has done so many cute things lately that I can't remember them all at the moment. These were just a few fun ones! We Love her soooo much! Seriously, we can't imagine what life would be like without her now that we've had her!! She's got a really fun personality and is totally a "people person."

Love you Lucia!!!