You can certainly tell that the Rock Star has an older sister, because here are her two favorite phrases. "NO! Dat MINE!" and "Mama! Sissy NO-NO! Sissy OW. MINE ball!"

Also, it's probably time to address her kleptomania. She will walk up to random strangers wherever we happen to be, grab their purse, put it over her shoulder, and run off. She also tries to take their shoes off their feet if they seem very attractive to her.

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It would seem that the Rock Star is working on trying to talk as much as her older sister. This morning while I was making coffee, and she walked into the kitchen carrying "a shoe?" "Sissy's shoe?" And I said, "Yes, that's sissy's shoe." Then she did her sign for "flower" and I said "Yes, Sissy's shoe has a flower on it." I think that's how the language gets developed, you have to talk back to them and repeat what you think they're trying to...

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She didn't quite get how to play with her bike. She seems to have figured it out now.


K is almost too big for her bike! I can't believe how big she's getting.

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I also wanted to post this cute series of C playing peek-a-boo with the new lovey Grandma made her. She seems to really like it.

Peek-a-Boo with her new lovey:






And who can resist a picture of K being silly?
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The Rock Star turned one on Sunday, and we had a fun little brunch birthday party with the family. She seemed to enjoy opening the gifts that K allowed her to open, and she LOVED her birthday cake.

She's also starting to take steps more often, but still not officially walking. She's starting to really add words to her vocabulary. I can't believe the progression, and I'm afraid we've got another K on our hands. Just this week, C added "sock," "ball," "cracker,"...

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