13 months

Rebecca's learning so much these days.... 

*Her favorite word is, "HI!" (though it sounds more like "eye" when she says it.) 

*She now signs "more" whenever she wants something, and points to the thing she wants.  It doesn't exactly mean "more," it means, "I want that!"

*She's completely given up the bottle and is down to three sippy cups of milk a day.  No more rocking her before bed with a bottle, which I'll miss...though it hasn't exactly been relaxing for many months, since she'd always sit up every 10 seconds anyway to see what was going on around her.  Now bedtime consists of reading a book, but she sits still for a few pages to listen and then starts trying to turn the pages by herself so I can't read the rest. 

*She climbs on EVERYTHING.  Her favorite is the rocking chair.  The other day she climbed up on Rachel's stool, which was right next to the coffee table, and then climbed up onto the coffee table, the little stinker.

*She's FINALLY taking real naps!  For the last week or two she's been taking two naps a day of about 1 1/2 hours each.  The queen of the catnap finally knows how to nap!  YAY!

*Her favorite thing (besides her cups of milk) is food.  She's happiest when there's food in front of her.  I don't know where all the food goes.  I swear her legs must be hollow.

*Another favorite thing of hers is riding in the Kelty backpack on Daddy's back and going outside.  Daddy said yesterday, "I know Rebecca loves this thing, but it's killing my back!"  We've been using it a lot lately for going on walks/hikes.

*And yet another favorite is going outside.  I don't know how many times a day she signs "more" and then points to the back door, wanting to go outside.  She likes to swing, eat sand, leaves, or anything else she can get her hands on, and play with her outside toys (a slide, water table, and little tikes garden).