Genevieve is 18 Months Old Today!

Genevieve is 18 months old today. I can't believe it! So just to commemorate the occasion, here's some Genny stats.

We started a list of her words, and have added to it as she learned new ones! Right now, the count is at 67. Her favorite words (besides Mama and Dada) are: baby, dog, cookie, jacket (means she wants to go outside), go, juice, and Daisy. My personal favorite is when she calls herelf by name, "Nenny."

After threatening to never walk, she took to the feet at 15 months. She loves to jump and is starting to learn to run. Right now we are at the "fast, sort of fluid walk" stage.

Genevieve's favorite things to do:

• Play with her BABY! Gen is a baby-fiend! I hear the word "baby" a thousand times per day.
• Read books. Right now, she has figured out which books have the most pictures of babies and dogs, and those are her favorites. There is one called "Baby Dear" about a little girl and her baby doll and all the things they do, and it is always a hit.
• Genny really loves her friends, and she is always thrilled to see her playmates. She likes to tickle them (sometimes rather violently) and to be a big girl with the other big girls.
• Gen loves to dance. She can do Itsy Bitsy Spider and will briefly do the Chicken Dance before losing interest. She likes "If you're happy and you know it" a lot.
• Gen loves her doggie. She and Daisy have this funny game I call Daisy-tag, where Gen stands in the middle of the living room and laughs as Daisy runs laps around her and nose-tags Gen as she goes by. It's hilarious.
• Gen loves the outside and revels in her newfound freedom of opening doors. She can now take herself into the backyard (yikes!).

Genevieve's least favorite things to do:

• Get her diaper changed.
• Eat meat.
• Go to bed.
• Get dressed.