I got lucky and captured three good videos over the past 24 hours! You’re going to hear Anna yell her name a lot in these. She seems to do this a lot while I’m recording her, so I think she might know she’s on the screen? Or it’s just good self promotion, maybe.

These are a pretty good snapshot of what Anna is like at 1 year, 5 months old.

High Heels
Anna and I were home alone for a bit last night while Maria attended a work function. Anna went in and got these high heels from the closet and apparently knew just what to do with them. This came right after we spent fifteen minutes putting a balloon in the bathroom, closing the door, opening the door, taking the balloon out, closing the door again, and repeating.

Couch Monster
Anna got up on the couch by herself once a couple of weeks ago, but hasn’t been able to again since. This morning she climbed right up there several times. The last growth spurt must have given her just enough leverage with that knee. We have entered a new era – one that will bring some bumps on the head.

Letters
We’ve been working on letters and colors with Anna for a few weeks, and dug out these letter magnets to play with this morning. She’s able to identify some letters now, and she can usually pick out colors if you ask her to (which one is red?). We’re still working on saying colors though; she still says almost everything is blue.