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Anna Kate is such a cute one year old! She is getting better on her feet and can now move from one piece of furniture to another. In the car, she loves to sing along to her DVDs. Her singing may not sound like anything much to most people, but it sounds beautiful to me. Anna is down to one nap as of this week, but it is more of a transition for me as I change our daily schedule. We are trying to get out and about more in the mornings, which is new for this stay at home mom. One of her favorite toys is a ball, but she cries and cries when it rolls away under the cabinet. I comfort her and reassure her that it is not gone forever! I am teaching her some baby signs and she can do "more" and "all done". She sometimes mixes these up, so it is hard to decipher exactly what she is saying. But it is so cute to see her smile and do her sign. Anna was going through a non-veggie eating phase, but I figured out that all she needed was some cinnamon in her carrot puree. Now she is back on veggies! She loves outings so most days you will find us at Target or the grocery store with Anna smiling at people from her little seat in the cart. Her favorite snacks are Gerber wagon wheels and Trader joe's cereal bars. Naturally, both of these are the messiest possible so we keep wipes on hand at all times. Anna has not met a fruit she does not like. And usually anything that we are eating, she wants a taste of. My current favorite thing is looking through the Christmas aisles with her at stores. She stares at all the lighted and moving objects and cracks up at the dancing singing stuffed animals. I love watching her respond to fun things that tickle her funny bone! She can say Daddy and Hi, and I think I can recognize an Uh-oh and dog, but Jonathan disputes the validity of these actually being words. Sounds like them to me! Anna loves to wave hi and goodbye to anyone or anything, sometimes she just waves to the house. She loves books mostly the ones where she can touch and feel the different textures. Though our pop up books are already not really popping up much more. We will be traveling with her next week for Thanksgiving so you can pray with us for a happy traveler!