you are 48 weeks old!

well, as of yesterday. today, you are 48 weeks and one day old.

time has been flying by, and you are growing like crazy.

tomorrow is your first Halloween, and you are going to dress up like your daddy. the beard will be drawn on with eye liner or something. it has been suggested that we shave the top of your head, but i don't think that's a very good idea.

you now refuse to eat baby food, which is amusing, understandable, and somewhat troubling. baby food is so easy! it's easy to carry, easy to dispose of, easy easy easy. but you've been eating so much table food lately that i guess it must taste pretty bland to you. some of your favorite things to eat are crackers, mandarin oranges, and green beans. but you eat pretty much everything we put in front of you, unless it's a puff or baby food.

you like to read books and point to the characters. i guess that means you want to know their names. i ask you where their noses are, and you always point to the nose, even if it's a weird nose that doesn't really look like a nose at all. like the nostrils of the monkey in your swim duck swim book.

you occasionally make a silly face. it has taken you a while to get silly, but i think your brother's crazy antics are rubbing off on you a little bit.

you are getting to be such a big girl and a pretty girl!

love, mom