Annual Report

Catching up, since Fiona turned two earlier this month:

From January 7, 2005-January 7, 2006:

Years aged: 1, increasing her age by 100%. If she does that again next year, she'll turn 4 in 2007 and 8 in 2008.

Weight: 29 lbs., up from about 21 at the beginning of the year. If she adds 38% to her weight every year between now and her 18th birthday she'll weigh 2 1/2 tons at that point.

Vocabulary: Well, she snuck in her first word the day before she turned one, and we lost count of how many words she can say after about June (when she had about 5 dozen). I'm guessing she can say 200-300 words and understand a lot more than that. Only concrete concepts at the moment, of course; her favorite phrase is "what's that?" and we have yet to grapple with "why?"

Steps taken: The first ones came in February, and she's been off and running since May. Lately we're working on jumping and dancing (which are roughly the same thing to a two year old). Recently she walked all the way home from day care without riding in the stroller.

Tantrums thrown: I'll laugh at what I thought was bad in 2005 if I write another one of these after her third birthday.

Revenue contributed to the Pooh Industrial Complex: Oh, boy. I don't think it reached five figures. When she turned one she had a crawling Pooh and some very small stuffed characters from the mobile that used to go above her changing table. When she turned two... let's just say she has considerably more Winnie-the-Pooh memorabilia.