18 Months

Liliana turned 18 months old last week. We cannot believe how much of "big" girl she has become in the last few weeks. We had her 18 month doctor's appointment last week and our little peanut is getting pretty tall, but is still slowly gaining weight. She is almost 32 inches tall and is about 21 pounds.

Here are some things Liliana is up to at 18 months:

* She is a fabulous sleeper and enjoys her sleep. She is in bed between 8-9 and wakes up at about 8. She is not a very happy girl if we need to wake her up to leave the house early in the morning. She also takes a 2 hour nap most afternoons. If she is not tired, she will sit in her bed and read books until nap time is over.

* She will eat pretty much anything that is given to her. Her recent favorite foods are corn on the cob, cheese, honey nut cheerios with milk, canteloupe, bananas, and onions (we were quite surprised at this one; she will eat them cooked or raw).

* She is always on the move. She loves to run and never seems to run out of energy. She is also a dancer. She loves to move to any music, especially anything by The Fresh Beat Band on Nick Jr.

* Some of her favorite things to do are color, ride bikes, read books, and wrestle with Finnegan.

* She loves babies and seems to be excited about the new babies coming soon. She kisses Mommy's belly a lot and carries her baby doll around the house. She likes to give her baby rides in her shopping cart and rides on the sit n spin.

Here are some recent pictures of Liliana at 18 months...

Playing Mini Golf at Fort Fun last week

Having fun at Varun's squadron's family picnic

Playing around at home with her toys. Look how long her hair is getting!

Larimer County Fair

Over the weekend we went to the Larimer County Fair. Last year we did not have a chance to go since we had just moved here, so we wanted to check it out this year. It was free admission and there were a lot of things to do and see, even for Lily. We watched part of the Splash Dogs show where dogs ran and jumped off a diving board to catch a ball, went to the petting zoo, met up with some neighbors, rode a few kiddie rides, and went to the kiddie corner where Lily jumped around in the bouncy castle.

Here are some pictures of our evening at the fair.

Lily was a little nervous around the animals at first.

Getting a little braver...

After 5 minutes, she decided it was okay to pet them and call them dogs.

Waiting in line for the rides with Daddy.

Getting ready to ride the spinning bears

The giant slide; her favorite ride of the day.

I wonder what they are both looking at?

Yum! Enjoying an ice cold lemonade at the end of the evening with Mommy.

Cheyenne Frontier Days Air Show

Last week we took a trip to Cheyenne to see the Frontier Days Air Show. Varun was flying in the first act of the air show dropping the Air Force Academy jumpers to kick of the show. Lily and I took the new Sienna up to Cheyenne with our friend and her twin girls so we could see Varun fly and watch the rest of the show.

Lily and the twins had a blast! They loved looking at the airplanes and enjoyed the kiddie corner even more. After Varun's performance, he was able to hang out with us for the rest of the air show. We went in a few static display planes on the ground and saw quite a few planes perform.

Waiting for Varun's plane to fly by.

Here come the Air Force Academy jumpers dropped by Varun's plane.

Meeting up with Daddy after his plane landed.

She was so interested in every plane she saw.

Enjoying the bounce house towards the end of the show.