1 year, 10 months

It was raining too hard for Keillor and I to have our monthly pictures outside this evening. These are the best we could get from the living room!

Tons of fun this past month. My weekdays were spent with Grandma Linda and we kept busy. Often times Dad and Mom would come home from work and find that my nap was delayed by 15 or 30 minutes because "we were just having so much fun and lost track of time." Grandma and I are experts when it comes to all the area library branches and can tell you which ones to go to on specific days for the various story times, crafts and shows.

My physical therapy continues to improve. I love my walker and use it most evenings over on campus while Mom or Dad toss the ball for Keillor. Classes for the college students started this week so it seems as if there's a never-ending supply of people to say hi to as I stroll along. Grandma bought me a new pair of shoes last week and they've put a little extra pep in my step, as well. I'll stand without support for a few seconds and I'm getting good at walking while only holding onto something with one hand. The next step (that's punny) will be taking some steps with no support!

The amount of words I'm using is growing exponentially. I'm getting good with colors (purple is my current favorite) and the Sesame Street characters. The funny thing is that I've never seen an episode of Sesame Street, but the characters are on my diapers! My favorite numbers at the moment are two (that's been a longtime favorite) and five (because I can hold my whole hand open as I say it).

Dad's been having fun teaching me facial expressions throughout the month. His favorite is my surprised look. And when I try to do my angry face it ends up being a smile along with a cute growl. So there's still some work to be done there.

And just in the past two weeks I've started to enjoy my stuffed animals. Before that I would ignore them or shove them out of the way. Now I've become quite attached to several of them. In fact, this morning Dad couldn't get me into the stroller without allowing one of my stuffed dogs to ride along. Hopefully Keillor's not getting jealous!

Big changes in store starting next week. Grandma goes home to Minnesota tomorrow and I go to my new Montessori school starting Tuesday!