riley, how old are you?

i'll tell you a secret: riley and i are practicing for her first birthday party next month.
i ask her, "how old are you?" and she puts up one finger.
don't tell anyone. i want it to be a surprise for her birthday.

by the way, riley also now says in a garbled baby voice, "cat" when a furball walks by;
"oh-oh" when she drops her cup or doll;
"eye" when she p0kes a cat or me in the eye;
and "hi" when i sneak by her crib in the morning, hoping that she's still asleep.

any day now she'll figure out that mama/dada stuff . . .