18 Months Old and About to Be a Big Sister!

Joanna is so much fun. She turned 18 months about two weeks ago. She is more emotional than Phoebe, which includes jovial times of smiles and silliness as well as somewhat dramatic times of being upset. The latter usually passes pretty quickly, thankfully!

Her vocabulary is starting to take off. Her current favorite things to say include cereal, banana, belly, up, Daddy, Mommy and Phoebe, and many of the stuffed animals the girls have. Her "sentences" usually begin with "no want..." when she doesn't want something. She loves to sit and "read" books, including our childrens' Bible, has started singing songs, including the alphabet song and "Jesus Loves Me", and loves to brush her teeth. She is doing very well eating with a spoon. She also gives great hugs and kisses. She is our little cuddle bug. Here are a few recent pictures of our soon to be middle child, currently our baby girl.

At the 4th of July parade...

With cousin Yasemin at the Easton fountains...

On Phoebe's birthday (wearing a dress that my Mom made for Phoebe last year)...

At Mimi and Deeda's...

Being silly at lunch time on 7/26/2011...

Just a cute picture, also from 7/26...