Willow - 21 months

May ended Mandy's school year. The last few weeks were very stressful, with two important papers, an exam, and the Praxis II Social Studies test. Willow has continued to evolve. She seems to entering the terrible twos phase. She enjoys chasing Molly with plastic bags and has to be reminded to not be too ruff with her. She is becoming less shy with people, although not in big crowds of strangers. Her vocabulary is growing, and she is very proud to name everything for us. She even says Mama car and Dada car. She has mastered seven colors already. Grandma and Grandpa Kuck came to visit on the 25th, and we even got to spend a few hours with Lynae before she left for New Mexico. Andy made French Toast and served the whole family breakfast-in-bed on Mother's Day.

Willow - 20 months

March is supposed to be about Spring, but it never is in Wisconsin, not really. Instead we spend a lot of time anticipating that first hint of color in our yards, or someone else's. We are continuing to settle in and make our house our home, including slowly creating a place for Andrea. This month we acquired a beautiful red dresser. Luckily Mandy's Spring Break was a different week than the New Glarus one; she got to do a three-day Spanish sub job, along with other jobs this month. We were lucky to have Leo, Andrea, and Harlow visit on the 20th; Willow was fascinated by the baby and wanted to hold her the entire time. We were able to check out the Olbrich Spring Show again this year as well; this time, Willow didn't try to eat the plants, but she was a lot more antsy. We took Willow in for Spring pictures; this time she had no problem smiling for the camera. In the first week of April, we were lucky to spend a few hours with Gavin, Aga, Rhadei, and Logan. Willow and Rhadei really enjoyed playing together, giving each other hugs and kisses; Rhadei even tried to tickle Willow. Logan has grown so much since we last saw him. We hope there will be a future time when Willow will be able to see her cousins much more often.