haven't kept up my end of the deal!

Okay, y'all! I completely dropped the ball. I haven't been blogging like I said I would and I'm pretty sure I've discovered why. I upload a ton of E's pictures on FB and usually write captions under each one. To me, it just seems that everything I write there I write here and I basically have the same readers in both places! And really, my brain can't think of much else to write besides that!

Little Eden is growing up so quickly. I say that so much I'm starting to get on my own nerves, but it really is so so true! She crawls (when she really wants to get something....she's not all over the place quite yet), sits up, and has two little teeth. She can clap her hands and wave bye bye when you ask her, and if she's in an obedient mood :) The other day I put one of her toys (okay so it was Ellie's orange flip flop...but Eden loves the thing!) underneith her blanket and she knew to lift the blanket to find the toy. It's pretty neat getting to watch her mind figure new things out. Even still when I watch her crawl I can't help but smile. So proud of our little lady.

She says "da da" constantly now, though we're still not convinced she knows what she's saying. Eden loves her daddy and her little face lights up when she sees him come home from work. However, if she's tired or hungy it's momma she wants. She "talks" constantly and is making new sounds almost daily. This morning it totally sounded like she said, "la la la la la" as she was playing with her toys :) She'll also mimic our voice pattern when we say words. She tries to say "all done" most often after I say it.

We've been teaching her signs, just a few so far. All done, bye bye and please are what we're working on now. I've read not to expect much back until 10-11 months but I figure now is as good a time as any to start. I've literally watched parents communicate with their one year old using just signs. It's amazing, and I'm excited for when that happens with E. :)

And here's what y'all really want...pictures :)