Recently

Life has been normal (or as normal as it can be with a one year old).

Grace has had a cold for the past two days so she has been a little off, but that is not stopping her at all.  She has many new tricks up her sleeve recently.

Here is a quick list of some of the new things that she is doing.
She has discovered how to do and undo zippers.  This means that she will not keep any of her coats zipped up, she can unzip all of the bags that I have her toys in...so the hallway is covered with toys that she now has access to, and she can now open up Matt's office bag!

She waves hello and bye bye almost all the time.  Also, it is not just a normal wave, she puts her hand in the shape of a sign language "E" and moves it back and forth much like you would to turn a door knob.  It is very cute.

Last night she was eating banana and I decided to try something new.  So I placed a plastic fork on her tray.  Without much ado she picked up the fork and began stabbing the pieces of banana.  And yes, then the banana made it's way to her mouth.  She ate with a fork!  Now granted she also used her hands, and every once in a while she would pick the banana off the fork with her hands and eat it like that, but for the first time eating with a fork by herself it was not too bad.

If I can remember them all I will try to make a list of her words here.
uh-oh, da da, ma ma, gin (again), hi, bye.  I am sure that there are more, but this is a good start.

She loves to dance and will dance whether she is standing or sitting.

Oh, and everything that she can get her hands on is a "phone."  She will put it up to her ear and babble. However, when someone tries to talk to her on the phone she will say nothing.  Strange, but true.

She is a sweet little girl who is always on the go, and always wants to know what you are doing.  And she is starting to copy just about everything we are doing....