Some updates

Well, not a whole lot is new with Matthew or me (other than going on a real date last night!!), but plenty is new with Leah! Every day there is something new. I love re-discovering things with her... it's almost like everything is brand new as I watch her learn about the big world around her. So, some cute (or maybe just notable) things:

• There is a light waaaaay down at the end of the tunnel. Leah's diaper days are numbered! For the last three days or so, she has said "poo" every time she messed her diaper. On the list of things to get for our new apartment in Seattle: potty training seat.
• Leah is learning her first color! She will point at my jeans and say "boo". Then point at the blue house and say "boo". The the blue car and say "boo". Don't try to trick her yet though... she may just get confused and call everything blue.
• She can tell my parents' two black labs apart, and call each by name.
• Her newest word is "owie". She sliced her little thumb yesterday with a tape measure (didn't know those were so dangerous) and got a bandaid. Since then, even today, she will hold up her thumb and say "Owie, owie, owie, owie, owie..." I think she is better though.
• Yesterday, Leah picked me a Leah-sized bouquet of dandelions. Then she proceeded to pick a couple dozen more, tear them to pieces, and throw them to the ground while saying "Doh!!"
• She says "weeeee" when something is fun! Example: hills.
• Long ago, Leah learned how to draw. She is still learning what to draw on. Paper, yes; bananas, no.
• Once she was drawing on a piece of paper with Grandma and me. Whenever one of us would draw something for her, Leah would take the pen and scribble right over it! Every time. Either she is grasping the concept of coloring, or she is trying to enhance our little drawings. Or she just thinks we do a bad job.
• Whenever she hears music, or the word "dance", she dances!
• Leah loves big chairs. She doesn't so much love her high chair.
• Her favorite food might be rice. It might be green beans or bananas or grapes or crackers. It might rotate.
• The most impressive animal she knows is a squirrel.
• She has a verrrry good memory. You can tell her what something is once or twice, and she'll remember it a few days later.
• Today Leah hid her face, said "Where is she?", unhid her face, and said "Peekaboo!"
• She is starting to combine words, such as "Bye, doggy."
• She will sometimes stick her finger in her mouth and say "Sshhhh..." if you try to get her to whisper.
• Her pronunciation couldn't be cuter!
• When Leah wants something, she will point and say "day-go"/thank you. When it is not clear what she wants, I'll say "What?" and try to hand her something. If I'm wrong, she'll say "no", I'll say "What?", and we'll get a little game going. Sometimes she'll try to play by herself, saying "Day-go. Wat? Day-go. Wat? Day-go." :)
• Leah knows what letters are. We have letter magnets and try to tell her what letters they are. For the last few weeks, she has pointed at letters (even just on a page or a sign) and made letter-like sounds. One time, we were out for dinner, and there were numbers on the side of the table in front of her high chair. She started trying to name those off, too!