year & a half

Today Rosy is 18 months old.  She'll be 2 in six months...how is that possible?!  Time is flying by so fast and she's learning new things constantly.  It seems like every week Josh and I discuss how much she amazes us with what she's learned recently and the things we didn't realize she even knew!

In just the past couple of weeks, she's finally started sleeping through the night (on most nights).  We're very thankful for that!  She still loves to organize her books and read or be read to.  If she does something she's not supposed to, the little Stinker runs over to give us an apology kiss.  She's beginning to try climbing on tall things now and we'll probably be installing the toddler rail on her crib soon.

Some of Rosy's most used words and phrases:
cracker, uh oh, wow, bug, hot, cold, cat, puppy, butterfly, sock, go, duck, monkey, zebra, elephant, diaper, bellybutton, eyes, got it, got you, bear, I love you, hi, mango, pasta, wee wee wee (This Little Piggy rhyme), pants, no, bunny, night night, bathtime, Papa, Mama, baby, banana, cheese, eggs, thank you, shoes, toes, two, cool, yuck, and pajamas.  When she wants or sees something, she makes a grunting noise that sounds like a goose.  She says "yes" with a phrase consisting of any variation of these sounds:  digga, guh digga, digga digga.  We have no idea where she came up with that!

Some of Rosy's favorite things:
her new winter hat, her Valentine bear, books, Papa's old CG hat, her Cloudb turtle, sock monkey, terrycloth elephant, stuffed snowmen, and her new glitter Toms shoes.

Rosy favorite activities:
giving kisses and hugs, eating, watching Cat in the Hat, reading or being read to, raiding the clothes hampers and running through the house with clothes on her head, being tickled on her feet, storytime at the library, waving at people in the grocery store, wearing Papa's sunglasses through the whole grocery store, getting dressed in the mornings, dancing to music, pointing to her eyes, nose, ears, hair and bellybutton, making animal noises (elephant, lion, puppy, cat, monkey, snake, bunny), watching for birds and squirrels on the deck, playing at the playground, stealing tv remotes and our cell phones, rearranging the living room furniture, and hiding in closets.

Rosy's favorite foods:
saltine crackers, strawberries, raspberries, breakfast smoothies, wild rice, Greek yogurt, cheese, broccoli sprinkled with lemon juice, pasta, flour tortillas, bunny cookies, crackers and hummus, canellini and pinto beans, Mama's milk, scrambled eggs, blueberry pancakes, waffles, and blueberries.