Our sweet baby girl is such a little copycat lately!  Of course at this age, it’s to be expected, and it’s one of the best learning tools.  Aly loves to repeat words, even though she may or may not use them again, on her own, later.  She also enjoys mimicking our actions.  She’s really developing her personality & we love watching her pick up on these skills, as well.  She has been eating with a spoon for some time, but just recently, we’ve started giving her things that could potentially be really messy, such as cereal with milk & letting her eat them on her own.  She does really well, it’s just funny the things that she has picked up on, having been fed by us – for example, when a piece of food falls on her tray, she now tries to pick it up & throw it back on the spoon or in the bowl she’s eating from really quickly, so that she doesn’t waste it!  We’re proud of her for trying, though & can’t wait to see what new words & actions she will learn in the near future, as well!