Eleanor is 13 months old!

Here's what she's up to:

• Making us laugh outloud with all of her cute, new words. She knows she's funny too. We'll be totally crackin' up, and she just keeps the straightest, little face the whole time, and keeps making us laugh.


• Still crawling everywhere, but getting faster and faster everyday. In the past couple of days, she has moved to a bear crawl (on her hands and toes).


• Still being very choosy about what and how she'll eat. If she doesn't want what I give her, she shakes her head, says "Uh-uh", and places the food in the cup holder of her high chair tray. (It's SO hard not to laugh about that!) She has also apparently inherited my food texture issues, as she sometimes gags when she just touches slimy food with one finger.


• Learning to obey when we tell her no. If she's about to do something she knows she's not supposed to, she turns around, looks at me, and says, "Uh-uh." (Which doesn't always mean she won't do it.)


• Having 2AM parties in her crib at which she runs laps around the inside of the crib, plays "Toss the Pacie" ('uh-oh'), and talks to her stuffed animals. (Hilarious to watch on the video monitor!) Then, after as long as an hour, she lies back down and goes to sleep.

We are so in love that baby girl! God is SO good!