Words and Favorites

I realized that I haven't posted anything about Lucia's words. She has been saying mama and dada for quite some time now. She most definitely prefers to say dada though. My favorite is when she hears the garage door open at the end of the day, she looks at me with an excited smile, hollers "dada" and starts knee walking toward the door. She sits about 5 inches away from the door and waves her little baby hand until Pat walks in. Back to the words...she is starting to be able to say "doggie" and "ball" though not on command and they don't always sound quite right. She also says baba (bottle) and wawa (water).

As for favorites, she definitely goes through these really cute stages where she is stuck on one thing or another. Here are her favorites for this stage (14-15 months):

Lucia's favorite food...cheerios! Though that is rapidly changing post infection. The doctor said that her infection may have been present for quite some time effecting her appetite. In 2.5 months she did not gain a single ounce, in fact she lost 1 ounce. All of that to say that today her favorite foods included yogurt covered pretzels, fish crackers, chocolate pudding, peanut butter bread, and anything else high in fat that I could get into her little body! But...cheerios are still the long standing favorite.
Favorite toy...the wooden school bus from Craig and Renee. She pulls that thing along with her all over the house and heaves it up onto the coffee table and dining room chairs bashing it and the furniture along the way. I don't care though, it is too funny to watch her cart that thing around.

Favorite hide out...under the dining room table. This is her fortress. She loves to spend quite a bit of time under the table and she loves it even more when you join her. It is a different game each day. Some days we fight pirates and the table is our boat. Sometimes we are on a deserted island and outside of the table is the vast ocean. Okay, she might not get it yet but she'll appreciate my craziness someday. :)