Laura is 1 Year + 5 Months! (and went to the State Fair)

Height: ? Haven't measured

Weight: 19 lbs., I think?!

Likes: Life cereal, ice cream, cookies, throwing things down stairs, Sesame Street (in particular, "Melmo"), Bucky Badger, playing with her stacking cups, puppies, games - anything that involves scaring her a little or running her around fast, pushing buttons, moving things into piles - rocks, mulch, pens/markers, playing outside with the neighbor girls, watching daddy do outside jobs like mowing or turning on the sprinkler

Dislikes: Separation from her "summer buddy" mom, kids invading her turf (shouts "No!" when other kids come to the playground), retrieving balls when she throws them ("Mama? Mama?")

Any new tricks?: Mostly the new tricks are naughty ones - standing on chairs, trying to climb the stairs walking using the railing instead of climbing up on all fours. She did a somersault the other day inadvertently! I feel like she is constantly doing things where we have to tell her "No." She knows more body parts now like arms, legs, cheeks, feet, and toes.

MN State Fair: We took Laura last Saturday...in hindsight, maybe this could have waited a year or two? She did well but I don't think there was enough there that appealed to her yet. We did a lot of walking around in the stroller. We did see a "puppy" that could jump and catch frisbees, and Laura ran around throwing mulch as we listened to singers on the kid stage in Baldwin Park. She ate a ham & cheese stromboli with mom, and checked out the animal barns. For the record - horses were scary, loved the cows, wasn't sure what to make of the pigs. Laura's and her dad's favorite thing were probably the same: ice cream from the dairy building. She showed good judgment by preferring mom's chocolate ice cream cone to dad's vanilla malt. (She has excellent taste in dessert...hmmm, I wonder why?)