Rebecca at 18 Months

December 1998/ January 1999

I sprawl to draw with crayons	One fun day after another
I'm always ready for a walk	Punchy in the evening

I finally got my first molars, but they haven't had an impressive effect on my behavior. I've begun shrieking "daddy!" gleefully, running down the hall to knock on the study door, and then greeting him with kisses and "ohhh". I fill in missing words to lots of songs and books now. I especially like the ABC song. A few times I even counted all the way up to 5! I love to color with crayons. I also like to point out about 10 letters of the alphabet whenever I see them. "Dinosaur" was my first 3 syllable word. "Hello Daddy" was my first phrase.