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You try to copy most of the words we say, and you're getting closer and closer.

I never realized how many "hard" sounds English has until I heard you learning to speak it. Many of the sounds are gutteral and in the back of the throat.

You will go to sleep on your own when we have other people watch you, but not when we're here. Last night Lauren baby-sat, and you fell asleep with her on the couch before dinner (before 6:30) watching Baby Einstein. You NEVER do that with us, even if it's late. You fell asleep at Pat and Bill's for naps, once on Bill's lap, and you fell asleep on the floor at noon when Greg was watching you. Are you like me when I have a cold and you just want to sleep through things you don't want or understand. By now you should find Dad and I pretty boring and just being around us should put you to sleep. But, no, we need to give you a bottle and rock you and read you a story and then hold your hand. You never just GO to sleep.

We took you to a "Day of the Dead" celebration at Urban Grind coffee house. It was very well done and we made macaroni skeletons and ate skull cookies and listened to a great entertainer sing songs and tell stories. Maybe next year we'll make cookies for Day of the Dead and hand them out at church or around the neighborhood.

You love the Baby Einstein DVD and want to have them on all the time. They hold your interest for a long time, although sometimes you like to get up and do things while they're on. Since they're basically classical music with pictures I don't mind having them on. I don't want you to watch them all day, though, because I don't want a couch potato.