Marley Jean - 13 months!!

How can one girl change so much in one month!! No, she did not miraculously change her sassy personality (not that we'd want that to go away!). She is learning so much everyday and is doing so much more every day. A few things about her...she loves gum! Blake and I have every flavor of gum in our cars and when she sees it she says, "gum!" We give in and give it to her about 75% of the time, when we don't give in she cries, "gum...gum". She is signing a few more things, although she seems to think it is a waste of her time. She will sign dog, please, bird, hot and tree. She only does these when SHE wants to, she is not a performer! She can say a few more things too. Her new word that she just started saying today is banana. She can also say mom, dad, Strat, dog, hi (oh my she says this word sooo cute! She says it in high pitch and drawls it out), gum, book, and um (is um a word?). She has learned to open all my cupboards, dang it... and she loves to play with Strat. They will play for hours everyday and they both adore each other. She is sooo sassy, I don't know another good word to describe her. If she doesn't get her way, watch out! She will bite or scratch you. Stratton gets bit a couple times a day and unfortunately he laughs, so it happens again and again. She is such a bright spot in our family and a joy to all of us!!!!