18 months old!

Regan turned 18 months old yesterday; what a milestone. It seems between 12 and 18 months, she has probably changed the most, or at least it's been the most notable. Just this week she reluctantly gave up her pacifier and that was not an easy task. We "forgot" it at Nana's last weekend and we haven't seen it since! She has done amazingly well without it, although the first few naps/nights were painful~maybe more for mom than Regan. The first night, as Regan finally drifted off to sleep, mommy was rocking her and could hear her making a sucking noise with her tongue, that was enough to bring tears to mommy's eyes. As painful as it was, we knew it had to be done. Just 5 nights later, she's peacefully able to fall asleep without it. She also transitioned from two daily naps to just one daily nap this week. This has been a big change for mommy and daddy, but Regan's doing well with all the time she gets to play now.

This will be the last 'monthly' picture mommy will take of Regan. In the beginning, we were able to get 5-10 pictures of her with her sign, this time around, we got 2 and the second one was of Regan climbing off the couch barely facing the camera! We are learning that toddlers rarely sit still, they change their minds on a minute by minute basis and are quick to pick up whatever is said! Good thing "sit" sounds pretty much like sit and "truck" sounds pretty much like truck.