Changes

-Noelle continues to change almost daily. She up to 5 'words' now including: mama, dada, hi, bye-bye, and baby. Granted it takes an expert ear to distinguish between her versions of baby, bye-bye, and ba-ba-ba-ba-ba but there is a difference. We are also pretty sure that she tries to immitate Coach's barking. She's actually been doing this for a while but we didn't realize what it was. Thanks to Coach for teaching her first word.
-She likes to point at things and makes a little noise until you tell her what they are called like squirrels and birds and trees especially.
-She has also started standing for extended periods on her own without support. Today we went into the backyard and I learned how well she can walk while holding only one hand or finger of mine. It won't be long now for sure.