Ali tells us she loves us now.  We will say, " I love you!" to her and she will say "Iooveooh".  Yes, it's all one word and yes, it's not super clear, but she almost always says it in return and it usually comes with a hug or face pat.

She also loves to give 'knuckles'.  Sometimes I will ask her for a kiss, she will shake her head no but put her little fist up for knuckles instead.  She is quite the little waver too.  She waves like a beauty queen with her little wrist.  She spends a great deal of time during sacrament meeting just waving at people.  She waves at random people at stores and restaurants   A lot of people wave back, and then she usually wants to give them knuckles.  If they don't wave back, she just keeps waving! :)

Ali has picked up a few new signs lately too.  Her signs now include: puppy, please, kitty, bird, eat, water, more, horse, fish, and duck.  Horse is the latest sign she has learned and it is hilarious to watch.  The sign for horse is a little bit strange.  You are basically mimicking a horse's ear with two of your fingers.  You can see how it's done HERE.  Ali does it by scratching the side of her head.  It's pretty cute!  Her sign for fish kind of looks like she is beckoning you over, and it's supposed to look like your hand is a fish swimming through water.  Bird is her 'go-to' sign when she sees an animal and doesn't know the sign.

Ali's favorite word is "Nnnnnnnnnnnno!"  She holds out the N sound FOREVER!  So, she will yell no and I will hold out yes for a long time and she thinks it's pretty funny.  She does shake her head yes now, and that's a great help.  When she tries to say Yes, it ends up being "Eeeeeeeeeees".  I think because that's the sound I hold out when I say it to her.

Ali is also quite the talker on the phone.  And she LOVES to call people, so if anyone is feeling lonely, just let me know and I can arrange a special phone call for you.  She uses lots of things as phones, and she tucks them under her ear so cute and tips her head really far to the side.  Then she jabbers and jabbers about who knows what.

Knocking is her other latest skill.  She is pretty good at it, and sometimes it's crazy to hear a random knocking in your house, just loud enough to think that an adult might be doing it.  She loves to knock on her Aunt Whitney's door, and if it takes her too long to answer, the knocking get's closer and closer to the door knob.

She is still an excellent singer and dancer.  She is quite expressive with her little hands when she dances and sometimes she looks at me like she is impressed with herself.

Wow, I that was a long post, I guess I had a lot of catching up to do!  We sure do love this little bug and are so happy to have her!