Hello?

The other day David and I were discussing how we used to think it was so funny that every parent thinks their baby is so smart. I mean, we understood that, of course, a parent would think their child was cute, but smart? What can babies really do to qualify them as smart? We were laughing about this because now we get it. Because Aubrey is totally the smartest baby ever. She's gone from just laying there to sitting up, crawling, pulling up, babbling... she can smile, laugh, give kisses... she's developed definite likes and dislikes and has no problem communicating them. She's learned all this and more in less than a year! Wow. How smart! :o)

Her latest stroke of genius is that she mimics. She can mimic sounds, and she has also started mimicking actions. See?Aubrey picked up my cell phone and held it to her ear all by herself!! She even took her pacifier out of her mouth so she could "talk." How cute is that?? Is she not just the smartest thing you've ever seen? Except for your own little genius, I mean...