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Anabel is getting so big, it just blows me away how much she does and how little she still is.


She sits up on her own and gets in a sitting position on her, you know when she is crawling or rolling around. I believe she is learning the meaning of the words 'mama' and 'dada' that she says all the time. Like yesterday morning (and the recent mornings) she wakes up looks at daddy and whispers with a big smile on her face 'dada, dada'. And Bobby opens his eyes and yes 'yes Anabel, did you call daddy?' and she gets so happy. I think she knows what she was saying and saying it on purpose.

Ok this whole 'standing' thing is going to give me a heart attack! Seriously!
Just a minute ago she crawled to her walker, grabbed a hold of the back part and used it to help get a hold of the coffee table so she could stand there and get into all my stuff i had on it. She even fell once, straight back (thank goodness a stuffed animal cushioned her) I'm so afraid she is going to get hurt.

Oh and lately she has all been about 'getting mad' and screaming when she can't do something she wants too. Like right not she is screaming because she has a hold of the leg of the pack'n'play and can't pull it. If she drops her toys, she screams... she screams so much now. Before it was all for fun, now she is serious. It's crazy. She just started do this this last couple of days too.

What toddlerhood going to be like? LOL

She is getting another tooth on the top this time. It's not through the gums yet but i think it's close. She has been wanting to sleep and cuddle alot. Which would be fine sept she throws tantrums because even though she is sleepy she usually doesn't want to actually go to sleep. She still is nursing like crazy, and i've just been letting her... It's getting better (on my part) which is a relief.

Things Anabel can do:

• Say 'mama' and 'dada'
• Half crawl/lunge (she gets around pretty well)
• Pull herself up into a standing position
• Pick things up with her thumb and index finger
• Switches toys from one hand to the other
• Babbles
• Blows bubbles
• Stick her pacifier back in her mouth by herself (she's been able to do that a long time)

Things Anabel likes:

• HAIR!

She loves hair in her face. Loves me shaking my hair across her face. Love touching, pulling, chewing on hair. Laughs if daddy shakes his head on her stomach :) And she likes grabbing her own hair and messing with it with her fingers.

• Her ears played with
• CD's (one of her favorite toys, hehe)
• Baths
• Being read to
• Watching TV (loves it)
• Watching Mommy dance, hehe
• Balls
• Biscuit the dog
• Paper, cords and shoes (things i try to keep her from, lol)
• Peek-a-boo
• Mommy laughing
• Going to the store because mommy lets her touch everything (in less I'm in a hurry of course)
• Pressing buttons on the keyboard

Favorite way to fall asleep:

• Starring up at me (we have to look eye to eye) while i kiss all over her hands / or / her playing with my lips.

Other:

• Anabel has learned to swing in her Johnny Jumper. She has a rhythm. She hops forward, lets herself swing backward, the hops forward, and repeats. She is very fast at it. Boy is it funny!
• She recently got back into sticking her tongue out all the time.
• Also she crinkles her nose, squints her eye and bats her eyelashes, to make a very cute face. Sometimes she has the tongue sticking out with it too. I love it!