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Anya likes her some oatmeal, oh yeah. I take a mug of oatmeal in the car on the way to work each day, and often I will give Anya some. I've never, however, given her some oatmeal of her very own. This morning Anya looked at me and said, "Yo, Mom, I want oatmeal. Why don't you put it in that groovy frog bowl Auntie Kimmie gave me?"

I thought this sounded like a great idea, so I made up a wee batch of oatmeal and put it in her groovy frog bowl and gave it to her along with the matching froggie-green spoon. Anya dug in. I helped a little by spooning some into her mouth from time to time and by giving her helpful hints linke, "Don't blow raspberries when you've got oatmeal in your mouth." Soon the bowl was empty, and Anya had worked up such an appetite eating her oatmeal that she needed a bottle.

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Another month has gone by, and another year. Wow, it's Anya's second year! I hope she remembers to start writing 2008 when she signs her checks. She:

+ Has tasted avocado, broccoli, cheerios, pickles, gingerbread, oatmeal, banana, biscuit, and green beans. I can't really say if she actually ate any of these things, but she hast tasted them. Her favorite appears to be pickles.
+ Is sleeping through the night more often.
+ Went to her first party.
+ Talks like a Mogwai. We can no longer feed her after midnight. Among her new words are: hallelujah, poopoo, doodoo, dadadadadada, i love you, gagagagagaga, and diediedie.
+ Sighed at me with exasperation. I believe I was putting toys on her head.
+ Experienced her first Christmas.
+ Gets angry / frustrated when she can't reach what she wants. (And according to DCP, she steals toys from the other baby and scoots away so the other baby can't reach the toy, and then the other baby yells at her, and she just sits there and chews on the toy and cackles.)
+ Has a pincer grip that would make a baby lobster proud.
+ Has been doing lots of crunches to get her abs of steel shiny.
+ Continues to work on crawling.
+ Finally outgrew her 3-6 month clothes (Maybe she outgrew them a while ago and was just scrunching her feet into them. I don't know.)
+ Met her half-brother.

Edited to add:
+ Got her first tooth! (I can't believe I forgot to write that! It's so sharp and pointy!)

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