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We're just coming out of a little dip-dive. Lillian's sleeping pattern crashed and it took a while to get back on track. Somehow I just feel like nothing is okay when she is not sleeping well. But all better now.

She'll be a year old on Saturday.
She's crawling and standing up, cruising, and in the last few weeks starting to stand unsupported for a few seconds at a time.
These are the words she is saying:
"cat" and "ouw" (which means meow) These are her favorites.
"Ab" whispered emphatically(means 'Abdu'l-Baha) Another favorite, she says it when she sees or wants to see his picture.
"ball" She's starting to say this more and look for her balls.
"Hi" She uses this a lot when we are out and about.
"more" in sign language. She uses it to request food.
"Fuf" (means food) but she uses it to request milk
"Baba" (for her father)
"Mamama" (for me) doesn't use it much, only when upset.
"Bee" she only uses it when we look at one particular book with a picture of a bee
"Kiss" or "Tiss" and she can make a nice smooch. She also presses her face against our cheek for a kiss, but doesnt make the smooch then. Looking forward to when she does both.
"Baby"

These are words she has used in the past but is not really using now:
"boep" (for book)
"Bye bye"
The second or third word she attempted was Allah'u'Abha, (God is MOst Glorious, in Arabic, used as a greeting) and she said it quite well once or twice, but now she doesn't say it.
"boer" (for bird)

I think that's it. She repeats things we say sometimes, but I'm not really sure she knows the word until she uses it consistently in context or spontaneously.

I've put up new pics on our flickr. Here's one with her aunt Jothi, who was here visiting us. It was so lovely having her here and we sure do miss her.