Pigtail Duo & THE Sweetest Picture EVER!

True love between friends. Is there anything better? Aubrey and I took a bath Monday morning and then wanted to have our hair done. Hence, matching piggytails. So innocent and sweet, wait until I get home, Mom & Dad! Let me explain: I'm a little angel at Summer's house. I don't have tantrums, whine or anything. Now when I get home...watch out! I am a little drama mama. I want what I want, and watch out if I don't get it. I like to throw myself on the ground sometimes too, just for the added effect it gives. On the other hand, I've become quite the little lovey. I give lots of kisses and hugs. Life at our house is exciting for sure!

Thanks, Granny Lori! & My ABC's

My Granny Lori made me this cool blanket. It has angel kitties & ABC's on it. When Papa brought it over the other day, Mom layed it out on the floor, and I immediately starting rolling all over it. What can I say? It's really soft! As you can see, Milo likes it too :) Speaking of ABC's, I'm starting to learn mine! I started singing the ABC song and have a particular fondness for "E". Dad practices saying the ABC's out loud with me too. I tend to lose focus around "M". My favorite show, Sesame Street is also helping me learn some letters and numbers. I can now count to 3!!

Dressing Up

One of my favorite things right now is to play dress-up. This boa is my favorite accessory of all. In the picture below I'm also wearing one of my Mom's socks (?)

Superbowl 2009

Finally, mom is uploading some new (well, newish) pictures! Here is me and my pal, Violet, on superbowl Sunday. We had the Campbell family over for tacos and football (well, some of us watched football :) Some of us just chowed on food and tortured the cat. See my Steelers shirt? That's right, I was on the side of the winning team that day. This shirt was courtesy of Papa Joe from a trip he took to Pittsburg last year.

My Buddy

One day it was awfully quiet, and Mom discovered me...and Milo (??) in my playhouse. I look just a little guilty. No one knows who went in the playhouse first, and that's a mystery to this day. I love my dog and I like to say "Milo" (err "yell" Milo) all the time. As you can see, all kinds of treasures have piled up in my playhouse over time. Maybe someday Mom will vacuum
under there...or not.

"We Like to Nurse!"

The title of this post comes from one of my favorite books, and it just happens to be a statement I strongly agree with (though I have to admit it sounds a bit like a chant at some rally.) So here I am practicing the art of nursing my favorite babies...Abby and Elmo.

Valentine photo shoot

Just to compare, here I am around Valentine's Day last year! What a baby!

These pics are from a fun photo shoot we took with my friend, Aubrey. It was a challenge for our Moms, but we all survived in the end!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

A Letter to Lily

Hi Lily, it's Mom. You just started calling me "Mommy" this week instead of "Mama" and you sound so grown up. You are 20 months old already. I just noticed that your birthday is on Mother's Day this year, which made me think about the day we brought you home from the hospital. That was Mother's day too, ironically. I couldn't believe we were taking you home. Your Dad was so relieved to get out of that hospital, but I was a little scared. Did they really think we could take care of you on our own?? I dressed you in a little red and white outfit and your Dad said you looked like a clown! One of the OB doctors came by to check us out and had brought a rose for each of the moms. Wow, I was finally a Mom! Quite a responsibility. You were so beautiful. You were worth the wait.

Love, Mommy

Friendship and I'm Growing Up Fast

So, yes, my Mommy stole these pictures from my friend Aubrey's blog, but they were too cute not to share. Here is Aubrey and I, eating Elmo pizzas, watching Elmo's World (got enough Elmo yet?)











Here we are making the Elmo pizzas (which were such a great idea of Summer's that Mom and I have been making them quite a lot lately!)

When you ask me for a picture, I always give a BIG "CHEEEESE!"

Remember the famous mac & cheese feed at Fenton's? Well I ate 2 whole Elmo pizzas!!!

See, Auntie and Gigi, I love BOTH my Elmos.

An "after" picture from our Christmas cookie activity. Needless to say, flour was everywhere.

We're so lucky to have such GREAT friends :)

"I Jew" (AKA "I love you")

Here is Aunty Candie, Dad and I. It was nice to spend time with Aunty because we don't see her a lot. BUT, we are going to road trip it down to her neck of the woods in the Spring. And she says I can come visit her alone as soon as I can make my own PB&J. (She has no idea that mom is training me to do just that as we speak. Mom & Dad need a good night's (err week's) sleep!)

The beautiful blanket my Great Grandma Betty made me for my big girl bed. It came in a really fun box.

The only picture of Mom and I that I could find. I am sheepishly opening presents. This is my look of excitement as Gigi just pulled my new little friend Abby out of the bag. Abby now joins me in my bed too (along with little Elmo, naked baby, baby 2 (cabbage patch), my water, and blankie.) Wooo! And to think that just a few months ago Mom was worried I wasn't attaching to a doll or blanket!

Dance, baby, dance! My cousin Kaitlyn and Aunty emily go t me this fancy dress for Christmas. So, I put it on right then and there and put on quite the show for the whole family. I looked like Ginger Rogers and moved like her too!

:) :) I LOVE YOU :) :)

Just in time for Christmas, I have 3 real "sentences" I've decided to reveal to my parents. I say reveal, because there is a lot more in my brain that I just choose not to say. My 1st sentence as Dad was cleaning out the gutters a month or so ago was "As my Da" (AKA "That's my Dad"). My 2nd sentence was for my Dad "Shut door." That ones pretty self-explanatory. I've saved the best for last. "I Jew" means "I love you" (or so we think?) The week of Christmas Mom was teaching my the sign for I love you, which I picked up pretty quick (who wouldn't? It caused such a great response when I did it!) The next say I started saying it as I signed it. I add a sheepish grin when I say it just to add a little extra cuteness.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

No pics from that. I was just trying to sleep through the neighbor's annoying illegal fireworks :)

THAT'S NOT ALL!!!

...I'm just tired, and there are dozens more pics. I'll add more later I promise. Goodnight for now :)

Christmas at Gigi & Papa Joe's

Again, here are some pics in a crazy reverse order that my Mom made up. This is my new Elmo from Aunty Candie, he giggles and dances and here I am rocking him in my chair. By the way, my favorite word is E-L-M-O and my favorite video is Elmo's Christmas and my favorite book is Elmo at the zoo.

Here is when I realized that this Elmo was for me!

At first, I just carried Elmo in his suitcase before opening it up to meet him. That kept me busy for awhile because I am a busy girl and I like to work!

Here I am sitting on my present. That was fun too. I had to test each one out for safety before opening it. My Uncle Dave & Aunt Heidi gave me my first cabbage patch baby, adoption papers and all. That's a lot of responsibility for my little 19 month old self! Do I have to wake up at night with her like Mom does with me? Uh oh! I did share some of my cookies with her though.

Christmas Morning at Home

This is me and Mom and Nana and Granny opening gifts. Everyone came over for brunch (waffle bar :) and playtime.

Nana gave me this cool farm with animals.

Here I am enjoying my waffle with blueberries.

This was my Christmas morning surprise! (Not the cat :) I have my very own playhouse and slide!!! So far the slide makes me a little nervous, but I love the playhouse, as does my cat, and my Dad (see below). Don't ask how my Dad got in there (??) or how he got back out.

When I got up CHristmas morning we were in Mom and Dad's bed hanging out and then Mom reminded me that Santa had come the night before and probably brought me a surprise. Dad ran to get the video camera and I started getting very excited (patting the top of my head??) This slide/play house is what I found when I came out. I was speechless!

Christmas Eve

So, my parents were kind of bad about taking pics on Christmas Eve. These were before the party pics. We had a good time at my Mom's Aunt Cherie & Uncle Dennis' house eating lasagne, playing with poppers and catching up with family. I was a little disturbed by some family members that arrived wearing reindeer antlers, but as soon as I got over that, I was running around the house (mostly following Papa). Their dog was as tall as I was! She was cool. I also got to have some conversations with my Great Grandma Mary. We got home late (by my standards) and so I had to get right to bed because Mom said Santa would not come if I wasn't asleep!

Christmas celebration #1: Papa Tom & Granny's

I'm a lucky girl. Yesterday was my 1st of 4 Christmas celebrations. Papa Tom and Granny Lori served us up a YUMMY taco bar with all the trimmings and homemade blue corn tortillas that I loved :)

I got some really cool books that I've already read through and a soft gingerbread blanket. We went on a walk through candy cane lane in the rain where I was not shy about getting up close and personal with the Christmas light displays, especially the reindeer. I also sat by Santa and saw Elmo (!) I was so excited I just hit the top of my head over and over (??) I was pretty tired from opening all the presents and running up and down the hall at Papa & Granny's and slept the whole way home.

Good thing I have a few days of rest before the next Christmas...more excitement to follow!