+ February +
I can't believe this is your birth month. This weekend is the anniversary of my baby shower. The shower was meant to be more than a month before your birth, but ended up being just 11 days before it. I remember my excitement this time last year, and I just can't believe it's been that long. *sigh* Time really does fly.

Yesterday you gave Daddy a great present. He went to pick you up at daycare as usual, and when you walked in and said "Hi," she heard your voice. With 2 other parents of infants present, the teacher and the asst. manager of the daycare, you turned, pointed right at Daddy and said clear as day "Dah-dee!" Daddy said he nearly fainted and everyone just looked at her with shock and said, "Did you hear that?!" There was much rejoicing. How cool is that?! You say "Mommy" and (more often) "mama" with some frequency, and "dada" and "Daddy" all the time. You're even starting to say "baby" now, it seems. And my goodness if you can't demand anything with enough pointing, leaning, whining and related body language. What a communicative girl you're becoming!

And walking. Oh my goodness. You took probably 8 or 9 steps during the Super Bowl at Aunt Chelsie's house. You're getting to be fearless and will regularly let go of the table (etc.) to walk away. Sometimes you make it, sometimes you drop to your butt and crawl the rest of the way. It's always cute. And you are starting to like cow's milk. Thank goodness for that!

Your ear infection seems better, and you've been in a pretty good mood lately. All-in-all, you're really a delight to be around right now. This morning in fact, you woke up in the silliest, most energetic mood I've seen in quite a while. It was fun. I'm sure you're being a royal handful at daycare today. :)

I'm going to try to pick up some invitations for your birthday party on my way home today. I was going to make them, but I think I've changd my mind. It's going to be a very quiet (hopefully) and simple party without a lot of guests. I don't want to make a huge fuss since you're pretty oblivious to the occasion anyway.