Well, Laura has added another word.....she now says "baby" when she is hungry.  This may sound odd, but it isn't quite as odd as one might think.  We talked to Cheryl at daycare and it turns out that we all ask Laura something like, "do you want something to eat, Baby?"  So, "baby" is her word for hungry.  Andy and I had noticed her saying it when we put her in the highchair at home, but we really thought she was babbling.  She wasn't babbling, she was talking!  I think that she was actually saying "baby" before she said "mama."  I can't say that for sure though....it's so hard to tell when they actually say a word.

Laura is also getting tall.  She can now reach things on our nightstands.  She is pretty good when you tell her "no" or ask her not to do something.  This is really nice because like most babies, Laura loves ripping a magazine to shreds.  I pile my magazines on my nightstand until I have time to read them.  Currently, there is only 1 magazine on my nightstand, but usually there are many.  She is cruising all over the place as long as she has something to hold on to.  She isn't quite ready to let go of the furniture and us yet.  All the crawling and walking has really made a difference in her baby fat.  A couple of months ago, 18 month shorts were tight on her.  Now, her 12 month shorts are loose on her.

In teething news, she is getting 2 bottom molars.  Generally, babies don't get molars until around 18 months.   Apparently, someone forgot to tell Laura's baby teeth that fact.  Fortunately, she hasn't been too crabby with them.  She has been waking up pretty consistently around 5 a.m., but I'm not sure that is teething related.

In my news, Blizzard Entertainment restored all three of my World of Warcraft characters.  I lost very little from my main character and my 2 lower-level characters were completely in tact.  I was told by the game master that dealt with my account problem that Blizzard had "taken appropriate action against the other party involved."  I'm not exactly sure what that means, but let's hope this never happens again.  I have taken every security precaution that I can.  Andy and I are back to running our characters together!

I hope everything is good with all of you!  Life in the Kassel Household is going very well.