+ Almost there! +
Sunday was your birthday party. More on that later, since I still have to upload the pictures from the digicam. It was a blast, and I look forward to updating everyone.

Other updates on you... You're drinking more cow's milk all the time. You have a doctor's appointment on Thursday and I have a laundry list of questions for her. I'm sure I'll forget half of them. You've been fighting a cold since last Thursday, but it's not really that bad, thankfully. Just lots of snot. :) Your 8th tooth is giving you fits, and we all hope that comes in very soon. We spent yesterday shopping. We got lots of great outfits, including a gorgeous summery dress (18 mo.), a warm fuzzy red w/scottie dogs winter coat for next year (2T) and more. We also got you sized at Kids Foot Locker and determined you have a "very small" size 4 foot. The Stride Rites you're wearing are 4.5 and she said they're perfect, that SR's are sized smaller. Nike's are too, apparently, so we made a mental note of that. No new shoes for you, but at least we know the ones you're wearing are the right size.

You have a couple of new toys from your birthday party. On one hand, I don't want to make a big deal about them because we told people gifts weren't necessary and I don't want anyone who didn't bring a gift feel guilty. (So please don't). But you LOVE the gifts you did get at the party. Most notably, you got a Fisher Price Little People wagon thing. OMG, you love this thing. I showed you once or twice how to push the little button to make all manner of noises and music and now you can't stop. You zoom it all over the living room, and you know how to take the Little People out and put them back in. You will even find your little "mommy" on one side of the room, mixed with other toys, take it and crawl back across the room to the little wagon and put her in the front seat. Totally out of context, you understand what to do with it. I think that's amazing.

You "talk" all the time now. In fact, in the last few days, you've begun to "sing." It's more like a humming with the occasional open-mouth sound, but it's definitely musical. Very strange and absolutely, heart-breakingly adorable.