All About Aubrey: Everything says, "Raaaah!"

It's time for another update on my favorite girl! Here are all the things I don't want to forget:

She always says "dee-dah" when she wants something. We're not exactly sure what words she thinks she's saying, but it's cute.
She has started trying to scare people by hiding behind something and jumping out while saying, "Raaah!" If we fake scream when she does it, she laughs.

Sometimes, after we or she laughs, she'll do a fake "ha ha ha" laugh.
She tries to put her own pants and shoes on sometimes. She can't do it alone, but I like that she tries.
If we let her sleep in her zippy without pajamas, she takes her diaper off. Not my favorite.
She likes to point at (poke, really) our eyes and say, "Ah" and our mouths and say, "Muh."
In the bath, she spends almost the entire time filling up her plastic cup and pouring the water on her chest. She does it over and over and over.
Because it has been so hot, I've gotten into the habit of turning the car on to get the AC going before getting Aubrey in her car seat. This turns the radio on so that it's already going when Aubrey gets in the car. As soon as she sits down and hears the music, she starts dancing.
She is obsessed with the oven mitts and likes to "help" me bake by wearing them.

She has started to become more affectionate, which I LOVE. She will give me long hugs now (when SHE feels like it, mind you), and she hugs her stuffed animals up between her head and shoulder and goes, "Mmmm."
If I say a stuffed animal is soft, she'll pet it gently. Speaking of gentleness, she will randomly stroke her own face and say, "Juh-ahh" (her word for "gentle").
She will not keep her shoes on for any amount of time unless she is actually walking. Then she tries to eat the shoes (gross).
She loves ducks and dogs and will actually pet dogs now! She still gets a little afraid of them if they move too quickly, but she will approach them now.
She likes to grab our old phones/her toy phones/anything shaped like a phone and pretend to talk on it. Too cute.

When she gets her hands on a paper towel or Kleenex, she will wipe her face, the floor, my face, the table, or anything else she thinks needs a good cleaning. Parenting win.
We wash her hands as she stands on a little stool, and when we're done she grabs the hand towel with a couple of fingers to "dry" them off, and then she runs away.
She likes to sit on the Bound Hound (large stuffed Boston terrier) and act as if she's riding him. Then she lets herself fall forward onto her face.
When we take her for walks, she likes it when we each take an arm and swing her. We count to three and then say "Weee!" as we swing her. If we take too long to count and swing her, she'll lift one of her legs up and say, "Weee!" as if we did it.
During meals, when she's done eating something, she'll say, "All done" and hand the food to us. Hey, it beats throwing it on the ground! And when she does throw it on the ground, we make her pick it up.
Sometimes she cackles like a witch. It's awesome.
When she's done eating, we stand her up in her highchair and brush any remaining food off her clothes. Now she has started to do it to herself as soon as we stand her up.
At the end of the day, when we clean up her toys, the only way we can get her to start helping is by getting out a bag--any type of bag, really--and asking Aubrey to put things in there. She can't resist. Yet if you tell her to put things in the toy boxes, she'll run away. The bag is our secret weapon.

All About Aubrey