Girls and their shoes

Akyah absolutely loves having shoes on her feet. Almost every morning Akyah immediately finds a pair of shoes and brings them directly to me and insists on them being put on, even over her pajamas- it's actually quite cute.

Akyah now has 7 teeth fully out and 1 half way out. She is talking a lot more and into EVERYTHING!!!! ;o) She is very smart, curious, and wants to be in the know... I call her "Nosey Rosey" as one of her many nicknames. She is sleeping well at night and naps good throughout the day.

Things have gotten very busy for us as I am now in the Education programs at WOU and am taking 6 classes for a total of 18 upper-division classes (yikes!). Not to mention we've been having some much needed work done on our house. We've made a couple recent trips down to California to see Kaleigh and Kameron (her sister and brother) and their family- who we love spending time with.

Akyah has always been a talker, she gets this from her mom and dad, but lately she has really been repeating a lot of things. At daycare on Friday, Tammy was playing "peek-a-boo" with Akyah and Akyah leaned around the couch, looked right at Tammy and said: "Peek-boo, see you" - How cool is that? For a 14 month old I was very impressed and sad that I missed it.

I'm going to *start* potty training Akyah by putting her on the toilet occasionally so she learns how to go on the big girl potty. I've also been trying to switch her from a bottle to a sippy cup but can't seem, out of the large amount I have, to find a sippy cup she really likes (sigh).

Running around naked last night after her bath

Look at how much hair she now has

Please note the cute slip on shoes her Great Aunt Molly gave her on over her PJs

One last thing... Akyah is getting so big, so quick (maybe too quick for me) and I am amazed that she is now eager to help take her clothes off for bath time every night. She's always loved baths but to help take her clothes off is new. She's mommy's helper, already. As I sit here, I look over and she is sitting in a seat and trying to buckle it... so smart she is ;o)