Larissa is 18 months old!!!

Well I can't believe it.... we have less than 6 months until my Larissa turns 2 years old. I never would have imagined that I would have such a smart and wonderful child. She has her own little bubbly personality that shines through the moment that you lay eyes on her. She does so much stuff now it is unreal. First, you can not keep her still for more than just a few minutes if your lucky. She loves to run and play and dance!! She has just started telling people that she loves them. She will point to herself and then wrap her arms around each other and kind of give herself a hug for loves and then say the persons name that she loves. She made me cry the other night because I told her that I loved her and then without me asking she pointed to herself and then did the love sign and then said mama. That was so sweet because she has never done it without me asking her who she loves before. She loves to swim this summer. I am excited because I think that next summer she will be ready for swimming lessons, yay!! She loves balls.... if it is round then it is a ball. We are working on that but at least she knows the shape of objects. She is learning animal sounds and parts of the body also. She can tell you what a dog, cat, duck, elephant, monkey, frog, cow, tiger, and rooster say. She can also show you were her or your eyes, head, hair, nose, mouth, teeth, ears, cheeks, chin, elbows, hands, fingers, feet, toes, knees and stomach are. Her vocabulary has also increased alot also. She is beginning to repeat things that you tell her to say, for example peoples names. I have already started looking at Christmas and birthday presents for a 2 year old and that is crazy because it seems like just yesterday I was pregnant with her and now my baby is becoming a sweet little toddler. It is sad that she is growing but it also excites me to see what the next year will bring us and what wonderful ways that my precious angel will fill my heart even bigger with love and joy!!