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Lizzy B is a marching machine. She now has the same love of the push cart as her brother did at this age. It took her just one day to figure out how to pick it up and slide it around an obstacle, and tonight, we had her out at our block party walking up and down the sidewalk! She and Daniel (who jumped in the moonbounce for probably 2 hours total) better sleep well!

Elizabeth is pointing and saying, "ma ma" a lot. I have to admit, this makes me very happy. Some of you may remember (and you can read the blog archives) that Daniel called me, "Daddy" for a few months. Elizabeth definitely "da das and dadel's" but she very clearly calls for me sometimes. Yea!

She is really getting into books and will crawl into her room, pull them all of the shelf and flip through them happily. We have a sparkly shapes book that she really enjoys. She also LOVES to turn on the water in the tub. For the last two weeks, she will crawl into the bathroom and turn it on. Both of my kids are fascinated with running water - maybe they will be some kind of hydro-energy engineers?

Elizabeth is really embracing table food. It makes me so nervous, but I have vowed to introduce her to foods more willingly than I did Daniel. It must have been the first time mom thing, but I was really bad about it, and now I blame myself for the fact that Daniel isn't a varied eater.

I feel bad for her because other than her Fisher Price Learning House, her favorite toys are cars and trucks. Not that they aren't fun, and it is perfectly okay for girls to play with them! I just feel bad that she doesn't have more "girl" toys. I guess that is what birthday are for! She can "rev" up a truck or jeep of Daniel's and send it rolling down the hallway. I think that's pretty great! She loves dogs - she giggled with glee tonight as our neighbor's old golden sniffed her face.

And, peek-a-boo, intiated by her now, is the favorite game.

I always joke that she is the neglected second child because I am able to give her so much less of my undivided attention. I feel bad that her details aren't blogged as consistently, and that I haven't touched her baby book. But, I feel worst about this:

Daniel NEVER held his own bottle. This is partly because he never needed to and partly because he was stubborn and wouldn't. I propped her up on a couch cushion while I straightened up my messy dining room table! I give her a bottle in the car or the stroller, and she sucks it right down, no problem!

I told Scott that I think Elizabeth has a sense of humor already. I sure hope so if she is stuck with me and her brother day in and out! Anyway, when she plays the "drop it and you pick it up" game with us. She chuckles when she does it. Last week, as I changed her diaper, she pulled the tab off as I worked on the other side. I put the tab back on, and she peeled it back again and laughed at me!