I'm pretty sure that Samantha now knows bye bye. She said it in the bathroom the other night when we left. She waves at the mirror when I pick her up out of the tub, and she has added something that sounds like b b. I thought it was just a fluke, until she did it in a different situation today. Ella, Sam and I went out for a walk and visited our neighbors who have a great dog, Kodiak. When we left, Phil said bye, bye, and I said bye bye to him and Kodiak. I look down, and Sam is trying to wave through her mittens, and is saying bye bye! She really does know the word! I'm so proud of her.

She also loves to climb the stairs now. I have her climb them any time we change floors, and she is tickled pink. Of course, she has to stop on the way up to play with the phone on the foyer table, but I manage to distract her.