Lily, 18 Months

Our Lilybug officially turned 18 months yesterday. Time is flying by so fast; it seems like just yesterday we were holding our tiny, bundle of joy at the Sindelfingen Krankenhaus. Fast forward….our little baby is long gone. We now have a full blown toddler on our hands. Lily is so active, she truly runs the house. She loves climbing, jumping and running everywhere. Her new favorite activity includes pulling all the couch cushions off the couch and love seat, making a big pillow pile and dive bombing into them. It’s quite a sight; you can’t help but join in the fun. Lily is also quite the chatty Cathy these days. Some of her new and favorite words are “sky, blue, sit, cheese, ball and baby”. She can say between 15 and 20 words now and can count to five with a little prompting (although she always seems to skip number four). She can recognize most animals and is pretty good at making their noises. Her favorite songs include, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, If You’re Happy and You Know It, The Wheels on the Bus and Old MacDonald. She loves her dog, but has discovered a new fondness for the cat now that he tolerates her. She enjoys her Kindermusik class every Thursday morning and loves going for walks, playing at Kinderland and swinging at the playground. She still sleeps like a champ, 12 to 13 hours a night, but usually only naps for about 1.5 (we’ll take what we can get). So, that is our Lily in a nutshell. I could ramble on for hours about our little pumpkin….but I’m sure you all have other things to do. Enjoy the pictures, as always; there will be more to come. We love you so much Lily!!!