Anya is quickly approaching her first birthday which is Feb 12th. Her newest favorite things are giving hugs and kissing her hand with a big "mwuah" sound when you say I love you. She also waves hi to everyone and everything. She loves to hug and pat her toys too. I think she is finally starting to understand when we tell her to be nice and gentle with the pets, but our older dog Riley won't even give her a chance to get her fur pulled again. Our other dog Gizmo just sits there and takes her pounding and climbing on him. Cleo the cat will sit near Anya and doesn't mind if Anya pats her. Anya loves to eat lots of food, even vegetables. She will give an enthusiastic "MMMMM" if she likes it and will press her lips together if she doesn't. (smart little bugger) Luckily she is not a picky eater so if she doesn't like it now, she will probably like it later on in the day. Anya loves to do laps holding on to the coffee table. She follows mommy all around the house, crawling or in the walker, but has not started walking yet. The closest we have gotten is when she occasionally lets go of whatever she is holding on to and stands freely for a moment. I think we spoil it when we clap to congratulate her and she claps in return and falls on her butt. She doesn't mind. We also took her on a weekend trip to Key West two weekends ago. She loved walking on Duval Street and waving to everyone and watched the perfomers at Mallory Square. We stayed in a condo with a heated pool and Anya and Daddy played in the pool all afternoon. Key West is certainly different when you bring your child, no bar hopping like before but maybe next time...after all it is Key West (just kidding) More to come....stay tuned :)