Has it already been 18 months?

The 18-month milestone is big in our house since it means that Brooklyn is finally old enough to go into the nursery at church.  I think it is even more highly anticipated than the 1st birthday at our house.  I can't believe how much Brooklyn has changed in the last 6 months so it is a great time for me to catch up on what she is doing.

Brooklyn is starting to realize that she can make us all laugh with her choice of words.  She is getting a little bit bigger vocabulary but it is totally random.  Her favorite words are "taco" and "attitude" right now.  Ethan was getting a lecture on having a bad attitude and Miss Helpful decided to chime in by saying "attitude" over and over again like she was taunting him.  If you ask her if she has an attitude she will smile and nod her head yes.  And she is usually right.  She is full of sass and attitude, just like her siblings.  If you ever ask her what she wants to eat she will always say "tacos".  She can even identify a few places in town that sell tacos and point them out to me as we drive.  She still doesn't say Ethan or Taylor but she can say: mom, bye bye, socks, shoes, up, cracker, chip, ball, dog, no, dad, more, cheese, book, waffle...and a few more.  I need to get a video of the way she says "no". It is pretty darn cute.  She holds the "o" for a really long time and pushes her lips out.  She will probably out

 grow it so I need a reminder.

She loves to scrunch up her face for pictures when she smiles and although it makes for some terrible pictures I love it because it is usually when she is the happiest. 

She loves to dance and loves any type of music.  She constantly begs for "Elsa" while shaking her shoulders, which means she wants to dance to the Frozen soundtrack.  She has learned that it is more fun to dance with someone and hold their hands.  But she is just as willing to shake it in her carseat if she hears a song she likes.  She is still obsessed with books and would let you read to her for hours.   Luckily I have a lot of good readers in the house so no one person goes crazy, except when they are all gone during the day and I have to read the same books over and over again because that's what she wants to hear. She always asks for books to look at in the car so I have to have a good supply ready to hand back while I drive.

She is a daredevil when she tries to keep up with the big kids and loves to stand in the 3-wheeled scooter and rock herself down the drive with its slight slope and she screams if anyone tries to touch her.  She figured out how to climb out of her bed using stuffed animals for boost, which I say as I found her laying on the railing of her bed. But she is terrified of anyone in a mast (which Ethan loves to torture her with), large stuffed animals, Cabbage Patch dolls, and many other toys at the store that are even a little creepy.  She doesn't cry but just says "no" in the saddest little voice to let us know she is freaked out.  She loves to play with older kids but she is a terrible sharer when kids her age try to get near what she has.

She loves being with her big sister and reading together.

I love her sweet hugs and kisses and the little firecracker that she is!