Ok, normally we don't celebrate half birthdays in our house, but Lucy is officially 18 months old today and that seems like a mentionable milestone in her little life. Plus, I think Piper is going to have half birthdays so that she has a stand-out day in the middle of each year since her real birthday might always be over-shadowed by Christmas.
Anyway, I thought I'd give a list of the 18 things I love most about our Lucy Lu!
1. I LOVE the way she shrieks EVERY SINGLE TIME Shawn walks in the door after work. She gets so so sooooo excited and runs to him. She adores her Daddy. It really melts my heart. Is there anything more tender than your 2 favorite people in the world showing such pure happiness at just the sight of one another? I don't think so....
2. I love how her hair is always hanging over her eyes and touches her top lip when it's not pinned back and she doesn't even seem to mind that it blocks her view. It's stinkin' cute. It's her bed head look, and for some reason that is one of my all-time favorite looks of hers.
3. I love how every single morning we snuggle in my bed while she has her morning milk and we watch Elmo. She has to have our faces touching and her arms are usually around my neck.... (I have to hold her sippy for her while she drinks because of this, but it's OK because her squeezes are irresistible).
4. I love her obsession with purses and lip-gloss and lotion.
5. I love how she holds her dolls in her arms and says "ohhhh" every time she picks one up. I love how she tries to swaddle them with dishtowels from the kitchen if she can't find a blanket and she "feeds" them their bottles :) She also takes great care in strapping her babies in their mini strollers and pushing them all around.
6. I love how she puts her hands in the air and says "All done!" after her meals in a sweet high pitched voice and rubs her belly to say "Please" whenever she wants something (that is the sign language way of saying please).
8. I love how she fake cries when we say "No" to her. She throws her head back and squints her eyes shut but peeks out of them every few seconds to make sure we are still watching her.
9. I love how she can carry on a long conversation with an imaginary person on all cell phones. And every remote control in the house is also a cell phone to her.
10. I love her silky soft skin and her chunky round buns :)
12. I love how she yells at me and gets so exasperated when she doesn't get her way. Although I'm supposed to punish her when she talks back to me, sometimes her fits make me laugh and I have to turn away from her to hide my smile.
13. I love how feisty she is. Yes, there are days when she is just too much for me (you stay-at-home-Mom's know exactly what I mean). Those are the days that as soon as Shawn walks in the door after work I shout "SHE IS ALL YOURS! I'M DONE!" But for the most part, she is hilarious and entertaining and I know someday I'll look back fondly on her attitude and laugh. After all, everyone says she got it from me.....oops!
14. I love how she can go from crying to laughing in a split second but then crying again because she is mad that she gave in and laughed.
15. I love how when we say "it's time to say prayer" she folds her little hands together. This one really melts me.
16. I love how excited slides and swings make her! The innocence of a child is the sweetest thing in all of the world.
18. I love how the other day I told her there was a baby in my belly and she lifted up my shirt and stared at my stomach in confusion. She kept looking at my belly from all angles searching for this baby I was talking about. It was pretty cute :)
I love Lucy's fascination with books, brushing her teeth, coloring, painting, using rags to help me clean (aka- smearing dirt around) and pointing to eyes, noses, and mouths. I love how she is so eager to learn and imitates us all the time. Everything is new and amusing to her and she loves to learn and is excited to try new things. She loves the Alphabet song and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. I love how she grabs my hands and says "pway," meaning "play" and that means she wants to do Pat-a-Cake with me. Her laugh and happiness is so infectious. She is a spunky girl who offers so much zest to life. She is oh-so-funny and loves to make us laugh. She is good at sharing her toys with friends. In fact, she LOVES her friends and has a lot of them! Luckily, she also loves her Mom and Dad just as much. She always wants us around. She sings all day and babbles in her own language and holds our hands just because she wants to. I truly fall more in love with this blonde haired, blue eyed beauty every single day. There is nothing in the world I love more than being her Mom.
Happy half Birthday, Babs. Daddy and I love you more than ALL the leaves on ALL the trees. Thank you for bringing so much pure joy to our lives.
