Happy half birthday

Today, as of 5:22 this morning, Delaney is officially a 1 1/2 year old. One and a half sounds so much older than one. Anyway, I just needed to take a break from California posts to point that out. She has really been growing up lately. She can now lead us around to show us what she wants, she helps around the house with little things, she says "No" when she doesn't want something and "all done" when she wants to get down, dances to music and claps when the song is over, can fall down at the end of "Ring around the rosies", loves reading books, is now interested in Sesame Street, and continues to amaze us everyday with what she learns. She had a fork last night and I told her to go put it away. She walked into the kitchen, opened up the silverware drawer and put it in there. Nevermind that the fork was dirty, she knew where it belonged because she loves to help me unload the dishwasher. She is our little miss independent and fights hard to do things herself. It is amazing how much she has changed in leaps and bounds over the last 6 months and I can't wait to see what she accomplishes over the next 6 months.