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It's amazing to me how much she's changing and how fast she learns new things. I can't believe she'll be one on Wednesday!

Something New Every Day

Drea continues to astonish me with how fast she is growing and changing. Her sense of humor is starting to become more advanced now; she tries to tickle and tease people and laughs when she sees something unexpected (like me in my Halloween costume)

She's also been walking more often. She turned around on her feet last week.

Brian takes her out for walks every day. He usually wears her in our Ergo carrier. I go outside with her sometimes too, and I wear her in one of my wraps. She started picking up the Ergo and wraps on Thursday and handing them up to us when she wants to go out for a walk.

Drea has become especially attached to a stuffed animal that looks like a white cat. She calls it "Kitty" and loves to hug it.

Last night we took her to a Halloween party thrown by two of my old high school friends. She loved all the attention she got from people. We forgot to load the stroller in the car, but luckily one of my wraps was in the car or we would've been forced to leave early. The party was outside in a shed, so it wasn't an environment suitable for her to get down. Brian and I both wore her for most of the party. She also loved it when Jeff gave her a cupcake. By the time we left I had to wipe icing off her face and neck. It was everywhere.

Drea loves to get attention from people now. She loves it when we have company or go somewhere like the party and people talk to her. She is slow to warm up at first, but once she's comfortable she is quite a flirt.

Drea walks

Drea's favorite toy

Walking and Talking

My laptop started causing me some problems that discouraged me from using it too often. That's why I haven't put anything here in a couple of months. Well, there's that and the fact that Drea has been keeping me very busy. But now I've got a new laptop and finally found the blog again.
Drea has changed a lot since I last posted anything. In the last month she's taken her first steps and learned a few words. She's getting into everything. She's also quit eating baby food entirely and can chew and swallow well enough to eat a wide range of solid food. She has five teeth now.
Drea's words so far: She can say Mama, Dada, uh-oh (her favorite word), kitty (her favorite toy is a stuffed animal cat), dog (she also clicks her tongue trying to call him), Nana, and stop (pronounced Dop). She also waves bye, claps when you say "Yay!", and indicates when she wants a bottle by using the sign for "milk". She has a specific sound she makes when she wants something to eat, and makes a certain noise when she wants to try and tickle someone (she loves to watch people have tickle fights).
Lately she smiles and babbles happily in the morning when I come into her room. She has finally really noticed Aries and LOVES him. She stands at the door when he's on the back porch and clicks her tongue at him. She asks to go outside and visit with him several times a day. Sometimes she pets him. She also wants to go outside and walk every day. Every once in a while I take her for a walk, but Brian does it two or three times a day. She gets really excited when he puts her on his back because she knows it means they're going outside. She counts on it as part of her daily routine now.

I can't believe her birthday is going to be here in just a few weeks! It doesn't seem like my baby should be one yet.