Laura is 1 year + 9 months!

Height: ?

Weight: 21 lbs., 15 oz.

Likes: Babies (toy ones are nice, but especially the real deal), yogurt-covered raisins and chocolate treats, playing with her new kitchen, being "busy" - moving toys or objects around, "The Fresh Beat Band," Matt & "Teff" (Steph), "games" which means pulling her on the blanket, running in the basement, putting money in her shoe-bank, singing Christmas songs with mom, playing with Baby Jesus from her Nativity set, eating snacks

Dislikes: Listening when we say "Come here, Laura," eating meals, when someone takes "her" toy, daddy crawling into the box from her kitchen set/hiding/chasing her, not being allowed to roam around the house with her plugs (pacifiers)

Any new tricks? Mostly talking - it is a vocabulary explosion around here. Laura really tries hard to copy our words and use words for what she wants. She knows some letters and numbers - I, M, O, D, E, 2, 6, 8-9-10. She has learned to open up our pantry cupboard and take out snacks herself! Laura is also trying pretty hard to walk up and down the stairs rather than climbing them, but it makes her daddy nervous.