13 Months

Damien running around the house with Audrina. She thought it was great!

Audrina has been taking a few steps here and there for awhile, but only downstairs at the play area (it has soft floors) and with Stella, our nanny. Last week she just decided she was going to start walking in our apartment. She started walking from one thing to the next and it's been very exciting! I'd say she's officially walking.

She's also still into books. She loves to sit and "read" them to us by saying, "Eeeeee, eeee..." and she still likes to chew on them too.

Her latest obsessions are shoes, bracelets, and necklaces. She can say the word shoes and likes to put her hands in them and crawl around. She especially likes to put her feet in Damien's shoes and tries walking around with them. She never gets too far.

She loves to eat blueberries and beans. And we've recently started letting her try desserts. She's definitely our child. She loves dessert and chocolate! She even likes to share a piece of dark chocolate with me ever once in a while!

She's getting a lot more hair so we've started putting little pigtails and ponytails in it. Stella, our helper, loves to style Audrina's hair when she comes.

Audrina loves to be outside. When she wants to go out she'll walk to the door, wave, and say "Ba ba". We've been going on to the park to play and run and to the pool here at our complex. She loves to go on the swings at the park and she's content to have me push her for 10-15 minutes. She's also turned into our little fish. We've had her in the water since she was born, but she seems to love it more and more every day. She is always trying to jump in the deep part of the pool and loves to kick her legs when I let her "swim". She loves being in the water with us and has lots of friends she plays with at the pool.

She's getting so big and learning so many new things. We love her even though she's always keeping us on our toes!