Learning to folllow directions...

These pictures are perfect examples of how our little girl is growing physically and enjoying the freedom of being very mobile. She doesn't just walk anymore but almost runs. We have had some close calls with some of her crawling and scooting friends as their hands and feet are often in the path of our barreling toddler. Anna headed straight for the slide at the park and wanted to go down the slide over and over again. However, our fearless little girl will not venture on a swing, even though almost daily we push her empty one in our front yard and she says "wee" from the ground looking up. Even her baby doll has taken a ride in the swing hoping to lure Anna. Our almost 15 month old is learning to follow directions, which has been fun to watch over the past couple of weeks as well as very helpful. Some of her favorite phrases to follow are...
1) To close the refrigerator door (really any door but we often ask her to close the refrigerator door or our shower door).
2) To sit down. Now we just have to get her to learn to stay seated.
3) To lay down when you say night-night. She will lay down anywhere-outside or one of her favorite places, the cold kitchen floor.
4) To smell or in her case sniffs as loud as she can with puckered lips anytime we see flowers.
5) Her most recent trick is if she has a dirty diaper and you ask her, she will then make her way to her changing table and wait to be picked up. If only she would always stay happy during the changing process.
6) Anna has her bedtime routine down pat. After dinner we will ask her if she is ready for a bath. She will then make her way to the bathroom. After bedtime reading with daddy he will stand her on the floor and tell her to brush her teeth. She will then make her way to the bathroom. After her teeth are brushed she makes her way to her crib and waits for us to put her down.
7) Her Aunt Mary Beth taught her to look under the bed for my parents cat when we were last at the lake. However, Anna instead of turning her head to look will stand on top of her head. It is quite a site to see. We were talking on the phone to Aunt MB one day after being back and all of sudden Anna was standing on her head. I couldn't figure out what she was doing for the longest time but realized she was "looking under the bed." It has made for some fun forward rolls.
8) Of course Anna still gives plenty of kisses when asked as well as without being prompted! She is surely lovable!