My dearest girl,

It has been 18 months since the day you entered this world.  :)  I had planned on writing this post for some time, but I almost forgot!  We've been a little distracted this morning, since your little brother is being a brat.  (Already...I know!)  Thankfully, my friend Renay posted about Owen's 21 month birthday today, and it reminded me that it's your 18 month day!!  :)

Also, as for Ruby and I's fun game on Sunday:

Ruby has recently become obsessed with a few things: tummies, babies, goats, and Halley (our pastor's daughter.) She can say all four of those words (along with a billion others) with very clear diction. And...she spends the vast majority of her day asking to see one of those four things. :) For now, it is incredibly endearing. :)

She can walk really far now.  She can go at least twice as far as she does in this video.

She knows lots of words now.  Here are a few.

She loves to site in her basket in the corner.  Who knows why?!

This is a video of Ruby playing in the bath tub.  This should serve as proof to our parents that she really does enjoy baths...at home.  Apparently she is terrified of baths without Mom and Dad in foreign houses.

This is another video...this time of Ruby playing with Daddy before bath time.  Her hair is especially crazy here.

This will be the first of a series of videos that I post to the blog.  I'm taking these all from the latest DVD from our video camera.  I believe that this video was taken in March.  It's Ruby and Lindsay playing in the living room at home.

HUGE WARNING: THERE ARE GOING TO BE A TON OF PICTURES.
*I apologize. I will stop posting a billion tons of pictures of my daughter once the big things stop happening. I promise. Thankfully, I stuffed a bunch of the big things into one day, therefore, they'll all go into one post for you, as well. :)*

Hey everyone! I realized it's been a while since I've updated about Ruby, and, since I'm using this as her "baby book" of sorts, I thought I'd better do it while I'm thinking about it. :)