Keeley's world

New Blog

2011-01-10T11:04:00.000-08:00

Mom decided when I turned two that she would start a new blog about our whole family, not just me as the focus. We will be printing off this blog as a scrap book of my first two years! Thanks to all of my readers for keeping up with me, it's been fun :)! If you would like to continue reading about my family and me add themountjoyfamily.blogspot.com to your blog list.

My birthday party from my mom's camera...

2011-01-08T17:48:00.000-08:00

Mom decided that she would throw my second birthday party at our house, kind of at the last minute. She wrestled with the idea of doing a half birthday party in the summer, and/or just doing it at Pump It Up, or The Creative Discovery Museum.....something. About three weeks before my birthday she panicked and ordered my invitations off tinyprints. From that point on she was locked into a Pancakes and Pajamas party at our house :)!

She really just wanted to invite over close family and friends and literally just eat pancakes and open presents in our pjs. Anyone who knows my mom, knows that she couldn't make it that easy.

For starters she rented a pig costume from a store in Atlanta (she picked it up while visiting Antia, and returned it while visiting, it worked out perfectly!) because I am a lover of all things pig. My Uncle Jake was kind enough to wear the costume :) Here are a few snap shots before the party started:

Mommy ordered the most perfect pair of pjs with a pig on them for me, and she even found footie pjs for her at the last minute!

Daddy missed out of visiting a lot because he was busy making the pancakes for everyone. The bacon and sausage were already cooked and warm in the oven.

We didn't mind waiting for the yummy pancakes because we colored on the paper tables, and make cereal necklaces. We were also able to run around and play and visit with our friends. A lot of the big kids played upstairs during the party. Mom said that was fine because we didn't have room for them to be running around downstairs! Here are some snap shots from mommy's camera:

The chocolate chip pancakes were to die for yummy :)! Good job daddy!

It was funny to hear all of those people singing happy birthday to me. When we practiced it was just my family. I was a little shocked at the volume level!

The cupcakes were yummy, and I had no problem digging right into them.

Mr. Pig made one last apperance at my party, so I had to give him some loving, and let him know that my birthday was so much fun because of him :)!

Of course the party didn't stop once everyone left. In the bag of favours were pig noses! I made my family wear them around while they were cleaning up! It was funny :).

My party was a blast! I am still singing "Happy Birthday" a dozen times a day, and can't wait until my next birthday!

My birthday

2011-01-02T18:50:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to me,

Happy birthday dear Keeley,

Happy birthday to me!

This has been my song of choice over the past week. Having a birthday the day after Christmas, and a party the next weekend isn't so bad, it just means that I am able to extend the festivities over a whole week! My actual birthday was a special day for Mommy, Daddy, and me! We were still kind of snowed in on my birthday so we took the day easy, and played with my toys.

I started the day off with "baby pancakes" and biscuits, because that's what I wanted :)

I helped daddy put my trampoline from Marmee and Poppey together.

Then I jumped my little heart out :).

I was a little skeptical of my backpack at first, but now I LOVE it, and don't want to take it off. Same goes with the Elmo hands!

Sunday night we drove over to Marmee and Poppy's house for some pizza, cupcakes, and presents. Jakob and Joli joined us for the fun!

I got some cool Elmo toys, and

a really cute outfit with shoes to match. Mommy is hoping that I will like these shoes as much as I love my red sparkly shoes :).

Mommy and I were both surprised with a real shopping cart! It's awesome!

We sang "Happy Bithday" and ate GiGi's to cap off the night! Joli and I were in a contest to see who could sing "Happy Birthday" the most.

Then mommy and I went home snuggled in bed and remembered the first time that we snuggled.

My birthday week was awesome! I went to pump it up to play with Colin and J&J, and had lots of play dates during the week! My Pancakes and PJ birthday party was a blast too- but I'll save it for my next post.

Last leg...

2010-12-28T17:26:00.000-08:00

I know what you're thinking- chocolate pudding, right? Well, all I'm saying is I went #2 while taking my nap, and I kept calling for mommy and daddy to come and get me. They said they didn't come right away because I had not been sleeping very long. When they didn't show up after a few minutes, I decided I had to find a way to entertain myself....

Funny, right? Mom and Dad didn't think so. Did I mention that I managed to keep my art work on the wall and my fingers without getting it everywhere? Now that's talent :)!

Joli decided to join me for a bath (I was already depooped) to clean up.

It was FINALLY time to open presents with my Marmee and Poppy....

Colin was excited to get busy too!

We started off taking turns opening one at a time, but it didn't last long. The boys were pros and ready to open quickly, while Joli and I wanted to open and play with each present as they were unwrapped.

All the kids got a pillow pet from Marmee and Poppy, and I must say they were a hit with us all!

We all got WAY to much, and I was seriously overwhelmed with the volume of things to open.

Two of my favorite gift are my trampoline (everyone loves it!) and my Easel. I love to jump and draw :)!

I wish my nap had not been cut short, because I was one sleepy baby.....

Christmas was magical and amazing this year! Happy birthday baby Jesus!

Christmas lunch

2010-12-27T18:05:00.000-08:00

After breakfast we headed out to Aunt Cybils house for lots of fun with my family. Bryson and Colin drew each other's names in the cousin exchange, they gave each other a sweet hug once they opened gifts!

Colin and Grandma both look so beautiful (sorry Colin, but you are beautiful :) ) in this picture, I had to include it!

Daddy had his hands full, literally, with Libby and me :)!

It was so nice to have everyone in one house for a few hours (minus Stacia- we missed you soooo much Stacia! But we understand that some babies are born on/around Christmas.....*ahem*).

We were all beyond excited when the guest of honor arrived!

Doesn't my "Nina" look cute in her hat and scarf?

Mommy and I felt like Christmas was complete with our Anita Bug home for the day!

I couldn't wait to lay a big kiss on her!

While mommy and Anita were visiting, Addi and I were having fun dancing, and playing with the snowman.

We exchanged gifts with our cousins (thank you Lib for my baby) and watched Braxton, Zach, and Anita open special presents from everyone.

I just love my Braxy.....

I stayed up WAY past my nap time (3pm!) and was starting to show signs on being sleepy. Mommy and I both had a mini meltdown together. It made us both feel better!

This was one sleepy and sweet face! I was asleep almost instantly once in the car.

My final Christmas post is next!

I'm dreaming of a White Christmas

2010-12-26T18:05:00.000-08:00

After opening presents at my house, we headed over to M&P's house in the snow! We always have a super yummy breakfast on Christmas morning as a family. Jojo and I enjoyed eating our breakfast together with our new candy bibs from Marm.

Jakob was super pumped because Santa brought him a DSi. He was sure to explain to everyone that a DSi is WAY different than jsut a normal old DS.

My lovely grandparents spend a lot of time making our breakfast.

Good old Uncle Jake always keeps us entertained with something hilarious on the computer.

Jojo and I waited patiently to open a present before I had to leave and go to another family gathering.

We were super excited to open up princess dishes to keep at Marmee and Poppy's house. We each got a set for our new kitchens too!

I wanted to hold all the pieces and play with them right away.

The dishes were fun, but as soon as I realized that everyone else was heading outside to play in the snow, I was up and trying to put together a warm outfit.

Thank goodness Santa brought me a new furry hat! It was perfect!

Here are two pictures of the kids with the snowman that we all (ok, well mostly daddy) built together.

Before I came in to dry off and head out, Jakob taught me how to make snow angels! It was fun, but WAY too cold!

Christmas with my Daddy's family is coming up next :)!

Christmas morning

2010-12-26T10:46:00.000-08:00

Be good, and Santa will bring you presents....

I was very excited about all of the fun new toys Santa brought for Christmas!

I guess the amount of toys really show how good Colin and I have been this year :).

I loved everything, but Play-Doh was my first activity for the morning! I love playing with Play-Doh at school and my Marmee/Poppy's house, so I was SOOO excited to have it at my house now! The rules? One color at a time, and keep it on the table. I think I can handle that...

I am super pumped about all the great meals that I will be able to provide my family with now that I have a state of the art kitchen. I've already multitasked by talking on my kitchen phone while cooking, yes I'm that good.

Bubba got a lot of neat toys too! My favorite was his Georgia tackle dummy.

Mommy had me include this picture of daddy and me opening my stocking because she said I looked so grown up.

Super, extra cool Christmas bonus- Snow :)! I will report more on the snow in my next post (because I have to break my Christmas into a few parts!). Mommy let me have a ring pop out of my stocking, it didn't leave my mouth often over the next hour....

....except when mommy on bubba made me laugh :)

Bubba and I got lots of cool presents from mommy and daddy too! I liked opening presents, it was the most fun part of the day!

Mommy and I are overwhelmed with all the Christmas Day pictures....so I'm sure we left some really cute ones out from our time at our house. Stay tuned for Christmas breakfast with my g-parents!

Twas the night before Christmas...

2010-12-25T19:53:00.000-08:00

...and we had a fabulous time hanging out with some of our favorite family and friends! The Cole's came over to our house before heading out to their family get together so Mia, Millie, and I could exchange gifts and hang :).

Thank you Mia and Millie for the awesome cookie jar and cookies! You know me very well :)!

Millie is such a sweet pea baby. Mommy says she reminds her a lot of me when I was a little baby.

We headed over to Uncle Bryan and Aunt Sarah's house for dinner. Addi and I had fun running around acting silly and talking like big girls.

The boys did what boys do best- they watched sports on TV :)!

Present time was awesome! I got a really cute talking Elmo, Elmo tickle hands, a rocking chair, and dress up clothes!

I think everyone had fun giving and receiving gifts from each other. My happy birthday Jesus book talks about the reason that we give gifts is to show our love for one another, just like Jesus loves us! I like showing my love with presents!

Addi and I both got dress up clothes, and we were soooo excited to try them on and play!

Addi even had the perfect hair accessory to go with my princess outfit.

I ran all over the house showing off my new outfit and all of its cuteness...

eventually I tired and played some tunes for my cousins before it was time to go home and get ready for Santa.

Christmas Eve was a lot of fun! Stay tuned for Christmas Day :).

Sparkly Dress

2010-12-23T15:59:00.000-08:00

Wednesday night was our annual Well/Kellerhals/Mountjoy Christmas gathering. It is a known fact that my Auntie Katie and Auntie Beth dress like they are going out no matter what the occasion. My mommy thought it would be funny if we all put on fancy clothes and surprised the Wells!

Here's the outfit that my mommy and I came up with:

Sparkly shoes and a sparkly dress ( my mommy's tank top!) :)! I looked like a future Miss. America according to my daddy.

The back of my dress was rigged with clear tape around the straps to make my "dress" fit, very classy :)

It cracked us up that the boys got into it! Poppy even wore a tux!

K&B were surprised, and definitely got a kick out of our outfits. They gave some "hard" faces in a picture with my daddy...

but showed their love to us and I think appreciated the fact that we were poking fun at them.

Here's a picture of the crew minus Big Dave and Susan! (and the boys..they were already too busy playing to be a part of the E! photo shoot....)

We had a fun time, and I stayed up WAY past my bedtime! I hope we play a new trick next year, it was fun!

Twas the Sunday before Christmas...

2010-12-22T20:14:00.000-08:00

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas from Keeley Claus! I've been channeling my inner Santa while taking my bath the last few weeks....

Mommy's been a little under the weather over the past week, so she missed going over to Marmee's house for our annual Christmas cookie making session. She was sad because there were no pics taken (ahem Marmee!), and I had the best time with my Colin, Jakob, and JoJo!

On Sunday Daddy, Colin, and I went to church without mommy. We did manage to take a few pics before leaving though...

Colin and I tried to take a decent picture in front of the tree together, but it was hard...

especially with Sparkey jumping in the picture.

Hey there Henry.... glad you could join us for a family pic~

We just love each other so much, and wanted to show it with a big kiss....it had nothing to do with our Elf Henry watching.... :)

After church we picked up mommy and drove to Dayton to visit Big Granny for Christmas. JoJo and I were obsessed with the oranges!

Instead of taking a serious and sweet picture with big Granny, we took a silly picture!

JoJo wanted to be silly by herself :)

I just love my big brother...if you couldn't tell.

Big Granny's house was fun. I helped Granny open presents, and I was able to eat some super yummy food :)!

The day was lots of fun, and I was WAY tired on the way home. Mommy snapped a picture of Mr. Piggers sleeping on my head while I napped on the way home!

Libby and Bryson came over that night for a spend the night party! We had lots of fun making reindeer food and ornaments!

Mommy even let me shake my own bag and eat it! I LOVE reindeer food :)!

We have continued to have a fun week with family and friends....I hope to blog some more about these memories tomorrow! Love!

Bubba's play

2010-12-14T18:20:00.000-08:00

So, I know you're tired of me saying that I'm busy, but it's true! I've been here, there, and everywhere lately! I've also been a little under the weather the last few days. We are hoping that I'm on the upswing, because I really don't want to go back to the doctor this week!

Bubba had a Christmas play at school! Daddy, Marmee, Poppy, and I went (mommy was with Aunt Nita) to support him!

I was excited to read the program and see all the boys and girls who would be participating!

I enjoyed being a ham and keeping those around me entertained while we waited for the program to begin.

Daddy had to walk around the crowd and stick his head out of a side door to get a picture of Colin. I wanted to know where Bubba was during the play, but it was a packed house and super hard to find him!

I'm hoping that I will have some more opportunities to blog while my mommy and daddy are home for Christmas break. Mommy only has ONE more day of work until January :)! Yay!

Henry the elf

2010-12-05T11:12:00.000-08:00

Henry the elf has been making some mischief around our house, but occasionally he brings us things for being good. The other day we found him reading some Christmas stories in my dollhouse bookcase with a pair of pjs for Colin and me. I am hoping that Colin and I can stay in line so we get more gifts and nice things, rather than messes to clean up!

We had already planned to take some pictures with our Anita bracelets on that night, so mom said it would be ok for us to take them in our pjs!

I was so excited to wear my bracelet. I kept saying "cheese....bracelet" and holding up my bracelet for the camera.

Dad even set up the tri-pod to take a group shot of us for the arm band slide show. It took FOREVER to set it up and figure out how to do the self timer on the camera. Colin and I would do a lap around the house, sit down and smile, then do another lap while dad figured it all out! We ended up with a decent pic of all of us :)! (Well except Sparky and Piggers). We love you Aunt 'Nita, and pray for you every day!

Lots :)

2010-11-30T18:20:00.000-08:00

I am now a BIG 23 month old. I am talking up a storm and being such a big girl! I pooped in the potty the other day, and every day I wake up saying "poo poo in the potty." I am still learning to let Mommy and Marmee know when I need to use the potty, but I'm trying my best!

I've also learned another new trick-

apparently mommy and daddy don't like this one too much...

Colin's (well, I guess he's mine too) elf Henry came back on Thanksgiving :)! He brought us both an ornament for our trees because he saw us decorating them, how sweet! I can't wait to see the mischief and fun that he brings to our house in December! I will blog about our four Christmas trees soon, maybe next time?

Thanksgiving was different this year. Since Aunt Nita is in the hospital, we only had one Thanksgiving to attend. We went to my Big Granny's house in Dayton. I had fun running about with Miss Bella and playing with everyone at Big Granny's house. Mommy didn't get a ton of pics because the house was packed!

Daddy, Colin, and I got some fresh air before lunch because it was HOT inside Granny's house~

I wasn't feeling 100% ( I went to the doctor on Monday and found out that I had croup, so I was on my third day of steroids and cranky!), and I wasn't eating super well. My first real Thanksgiving meal consisted mostly of rolls and desert :).

Colin and I went back outside to work off our feast. He climbed the big tree and brought me leaves to pay with :).

Thursday night I was soooooo excited to put on some Christmas pj's and to look at the Christmas tree and all the lights! I kept saying "ohhhhh pretty."

Thanksgiving was complete on Sunday with a Woody family Thanksgiving at Shepherd with Anita Bug. We ate some yummy food and played together :)!

Braxton and I had fun playing with his toy puppy dog. I *might* have taken it from him a few times, and it's possible that I ran away with it so no one else could play with it...

Braxton didn't care, because he was busy being the center of attention! Daddy had fun coloring with one of his favorite little guys...

We all had a great day and visit with our favorite patient :)! Aunt Peggy got a group shot, and I would REALLY like to get a copy :)

I have yet another busy week, but I'm enjoying all of my fun activities and adventures!

WHEW...

2010-11-21T18:26:00.000-08:00

Let me wrap up my past week as quickly as I can...

Wednesday we met up with my good friend Miss Brittney for a mini photo session. Mommy said she was calling it my 2 yr. session/Christmas card pics. Whatever mom....

Here's a little sneak peak:

Mommy LOVES the pictures! She was so proud of Bubba and me that she gave us each a BIG Lolly :).

We both kind of had it ALL over us by the time we made it home, but it was worth it :).

Thursday, I had another super fun day with my cousin Braxton! I like to mother hen him (mommy says a little too much). He is fun to play with, and he thinks that I'm hilarious! I hope we keep our play dates up! Mommy took Braxton back to his house and then headed to Atlanta to spend the night with his mommy (Aunt Nita) Thursday night. I had a spend the night party at my Marmee & Poppy's house!

Mommy had to leave Aunt Nita kind of early on Friday morning so she could come get me and we could head to the Wilderness Resort with my family :).

Colin and Jakob spent most of their time riding down the big water slides, in the wave pools, and shooting hoops in the pool. Jojo and I spent most of our time in the two different kiddie pools with lots of fun toys and places to play.

Mommy only took her camera one time and just took a few pics. She said it was hard to get a lot of good pics because she was busy playing with me and she stayed wet!

Jojo and I would chant "Wanna go to water park" over and over again until someone would take us :). We absolutely LOVED playing in the water (hurry up Summer!).

My favorite things to do were playing on the swings in the water, floating on my belly in the pool, and sliding down the kiddie slide all by myself.

I would climb the stairs, sit down, and slide all by myself over and over and over again! I probably went down this slide over 100 times!

I went down some larger slides on the other kiddie playground (it was REALLY big and had a lot of big kids on it, so I didn't like it as well- plus it dumped a BIG bucket of water over the top of the playground every 5 or 10 minutes. It freaked Joli and me out!). I didn't like the bigger slides as well because I had to ride on them with an adult. Being the independent thing that I am, I didn't care for that.

I can't wait to go back to the water park again,

but really, I just enjoyed being with my family. We had fun hanging out in the room, and playing with one another.

Joli and I had lots of fun with some Thanksgiving stickers.

We had fun decorating each other's faces....

We also had fun reading books,

and coloring just like we do at home.

Of course the boys kept me entertained the WHOLE weekend, as always. We ran around and around, and enjoyed being silly with one another.

Thank you Marmee and Poppy for our fun weekend get-a-way!

2010-11-13T18:00:00.000-08:00

So, life has continued to be a little crazy lately. Mommy has still been having spend the night parties with Anita every week. Last week mommy went to Atlanta twice, had a cheerleading competition, a fund raiser meeting, and she watched Braxton all day so Peggy could visit with Anita on her days off. That's not to mention the day to day stuff like grocery shopping, laundry, etc... I am telling you this so you will realize that mommy hasn't had a lot of time to help me jot down my thoughts and blog.

Mom did manage to take a few pics of some random things that we've been doing lately.... like Braxton and me playing dress up (notice my sparkly red shoes? They are a MUST when I'm having a dance party).

I think the brown hat with the blue pjs really brings out Braxton's blue eyes. I am sooooo going to be a stylist one day.

I've managed to be silly a lot lately.....

Oh! Oh! Some exciting news.... Grandma bought me some SUPER cute Elmo slippers last week. I've slept in them a few nights because I don't want to take them off- EVER. Marmee bought me these cutie pie Elmo pj's to match my shoes- I love them! This is me yelling "E-L-M-O!"

LOVE THESE HOUSE SHOES!

Today was a super fun day. I spent the morning with Aunt Peggy and Braxton at Zach and Nita's house. Mommy got me after I played for a little while and let me come hang out with her at the car wash for Aunt Nita. Daddy took Libby and me to get lunch and play at McDonald's. We had sooo much fun!

I love my Praying for Anita t-shirt and green arm band. They remind me to pray for Braxton, because he misses his mommy lots. And to pray for Aunt Nita every time I look at my arm band! You can follow Anita's journey on prayingforanita.com, or "like" praying for Anita on Facebook. Lots of people pray for them every day...hope you do too!

Happy Halloween

2010-11-02T18:38:00.000-07:00

My Halloween trick-or-treating extravaganza started off a little rocky. The Georgia/Florida game didn't quite turn out the way that we had hoped, so I eased my pain with a yummy pumpkin and cream cheese muffin. Mmmmmm.

I loved wearing my bumblebee costume (I basically wore it all week), but decided to share my antennas with Mr. Piggers for the night.

I had lots of friends and family come over to my house for some food and trick-or-treating.

Look at the adorable Miss Millie as a bunny and Miss Mia as Wonder Woman!

An equally cute Libby "Super Woman" Cline and Gabe come over to run around the neighborhood too.

I was sooooo excited that my little cousin Braxton and his Aunt Michelle (and family) came over. Doesn't he make the cutest duck ever?

Colin brought his friend Hayden over to hang out and tick-or-treat.

How awesome does Bryson look in his costume?

Austin's costume proves that you can make a hilarious costume out of things that are lying around your house. What a nerd! Oh, and don't forget the sassy little kitty Gracie behind him :).

The night was filled with lots of fun. I LOVED walking around the neighborhood at night. I didn't want mommy to hold me, and I didn't want to ride in my wagon. I wanted to walk.the.whole.way. I slowed mommy and me down from the group on occasion, but we made up time when they ran up to houses to trick-or-treat. You see, I didn't want to trick-or-treat, I just wanted to look at the stars and the moon and walk :).

When we got back to my house, I decided to put my antennas back on. Braxton was really into them, I wasn't so sure about him touching them.

Sunday was a fun day too! We went to church, and I was able to wear my Halloween MiMi Mouse dress! Mommy was excited because she didn't get to see me in it at Disney.

I enjoyed playing with the jack-o-lantern. The scary face that daddy carved is on the other side....I didn't like it!

Sunday evening we went over to Marm and Pops house for a little soup, grilled cheese, and goodies :).

I was excited to see my Jakob and Joli since they were out of town Saturday night.

I just love MY Jakob. Doesn't he make a cool looking ninja turtle?

Jojo was a cute basketball playing Monkey too!

I enjoyed cheering my mommy and daddy on to a corn toss victory over the undefeated Beth and Blake....

Love you Aunt Biffy, glad we were able to have some bonding moments Sunday :)!

I'm thinking that mommy and daddy (maybe even Santa?) need to hook me up with some more dress up clothes. I'm a BIG fan. Hope you had a memorable and sweet Halloween :)!

Fall Festival at RUMC

2010-10-29T05:05:00.000-07:00

Sunday afternoon we had fun at our church's fall festival. I was super pumped about wearing my bumble bee costume and buzzing around everywhere.

I was even MORE excited when I saw my Poppy! Did he come to play with me?

Know who else was there? Jakob!!! He is one of my all-time favs! I found him inside walking the cake walk. When I heard "cake" I decided to stick around.

Some might say I'm a genius for sticking around....

Guess who else showed up? Jojo! This is the only decent picture that mom got of us together in our costumes. Joli decided to take her costume off because it was a little warm (If you're worried about my costume, and me freezing on Halloween- don't! I have a long sleeve black shirt to wear under it!).

Mommy got a really big kick out of me in the costume contest. When I crawled up the stage, I waved to everyone. She thinks that I am hilarious because one minute I wont speak to anyone, the next minute I'm Miss Personality. Ummmm.... I believe I may make a moody teenage girl one day....ha!

She also thought it was funny that I kept my antenas on for most of the afternoon. When they came off I would put them back on myself:

I played lots of games at the carnival, and made up my own rules to most of them :).

I was even able to do one of my favorite activities, coloring!

My favorite game was the boats in the baby pool game. I really didn't care about "winning" I just wanted to play with the boats in the water!

When I was ready to leave I let everyone know by doing this:

I had a great time at the carnival, and can't wait for my fun Halloween weekend :)!

Corn Maze

2010-10-26T15:57:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we decided that it was high time for us to do something "fallish." The corn maze was a perfect choice! It had something for everyone.

Coin and I met up with Jakob and Joli (and of course Mommy, Daddy, and Marmee were there too).

I was a happy girl. I was hanging out with my favorite people, AND I was able to run around outside!

Colin and I just loved hanging out and doing something that we both enjoyed together.

First up was the corn maze. The boys were our fearless leaders. We walked in circles a few times before Mommy and Marmee decided to lead the girls out of the maze because we couldn't keep up with the boys.

We just held hands and walked around like little explorers.

I had been talking to mommy a lot about "pumpkins" on Saturday, so I was super pumped to see that they had some pumpkins at the corn maze.

My favorite thing (BY FAR) was the corn box. It was a lot like a sand box, but it was filled with corn. I stayed in there for almost an hour! It was fun putting the corn in and out of the bucket, and running my fingers through it. Mommy found three kernels in my diaper later that evening :).

Marmee and I had a chance to relax together while the boys were STILL lost in the corn maze behind us!

to wrap up the afternoon we played on the inflatables. Daddy and I had fun going down the slide.

Fall is filled with fun new things for me to do! I can't wait to experience more cool weather, and fall festivities!

Disney part 3

2010-10-25T15:42:00.000-07:00

Part of the fun of this vacation was hanging out in pj's and playing with my silly cousins. We had just as much fun running around the resort together as we did at Disney :)!

While I hung out with my cousins, my mommy took a big big plane back to Chattanooga so she could be with Anita and Braxton for the week. Do you like Anita's new do? She cut her own hair that afternoon because she thought it would be easier for people to fix short.

Mommy made it safely to Nashville......meanwhile I hung out with the two coolest ninjas I know.

Even JoJo wanted to be a Ninja :)!

We were ALL pumped up about going to Mickey's "Not So Scary Halloween Party." Joli and I wore our super cute Halloween Mickey dresses instead of our Halloween costumes beacause our costumes wouldn't be comfortable to ride in.

When we entered the Magic Kingdom a show was taking place at the Castle. I was mesmerized :)

I had fun on Aladin's Carpet ride. Jenni, Jakob, Jake, and Joli were on the carpet behind us (they video taped me :) ).

Jakob and Colin loved all the fast rides like the runaway mine train, splash mountain, and

Of course I HAD to ride the horseys over and over again. They were by far my favorite ride ( guess next time mommy and daddy can skip the long drive and just take me to Lake Winnie).

Joli and I had the most fun at the dance party with different characters. We have lots of cute video of us dancing the night away.

Daddy couldn't believe that I was still going strong at 11 pm! Wow!

Disney part 2

2010-10-24T11:28:00.000-07:00

We had a full on marathon day of events on Sunday! My mommy was able to hang with me all day, so we wanted to maximize our time together. We started our day early with a morning at the Animal Kingdom. Here's our crew on the way in:

I was sooo excited to go see all the animals and explore the animal kingdom in my zebra print Mickey Mouse shirt.

The boys and girls separated when we entered the Animal Kingdom so the boys (and mommy :) ) could ride Mount Everest- apparently I will be begging to ride it when I'm big! We met back up and found these cool drums...

I had fun, but really didn't enjoy waiting in all the lines. Daddy helped make waiting more bearable by letting me wear his glasses,

and getting fun rides on daddy's shoulders.

We took a really fun safari ride, where we saw all kinds of African animals up close and personal.

My FAVORITE ride of the morning was the dinosaur ride! I may have had a little (mommy says BIG) melt down because I couldn't hop back on and ride it again.

But it was ok. After a much needed long nap, I woke up a happy girl and put on my Minnie Mouse dress! OK, so I may not look super happy here, but I was!

Here's a pic of my adorable family entering the MK! Do you see the princess castle in the background?

Joli LOVED the princesses we waited 30 minutes to see.

I was NOT a fan. Everyone laughed at my reaction to Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Belle.

I was happy when mommy and daddy let me ride the "horsey" over and over again (not a long line). They also discovered that I enjoyed the outside rides more than the scary inside rides. I would yell "No Daddy, No Mommy" when it got too dark. I did have to wrestle mommy for my Minnie ears on several occasions.

The Magic Kingdom was absolutely magical in every way. Stay tuned for my favorite part of my vacation, Disney part 3!

Disney part 1

2010-10-23T18:48:00.000-07:00

On Saturday the rest of my family arrived. Mommy walked into Kelsey's house and caught Poppy and me eating ice cream at 10:30 am! Poppy defended us, saying "it's vacation." I'm not sure that she bought it. Anyway, I put on my cute Minnie Mouse t-shirt and drove to our resort after my nap.

We decided to just "chill" and play by the pool for the rest of the afternoon. We had a great time at the different pools around the resort. The kiddie areas were a blast and all the big pools had zero entry, making it fun for us to run in and out of the water.

When I was finished swimming mommy and I took a happy bath together. We missed each other soooo much that we didn't want to spend any time away from each other.

We stayed in and ordered pizza for dinner, which was fine with me :)! Pizza is one of my favs!

Joli and I were jealous that Kelsey had this super awesome blow up mattress while we had our pack-n-plays to sleep in. Kelsey was kind to let us play on her bed before it was night-night time.

Up next: Disney part 2

The First leg

2010-10-23T10:37:00.000-07:00

Soooo, I have a lot to update, and a little time to do it. Mommy and I have been SUPER busy over the last few weeks, so it's been hard to find time to blog. My family vacation was awesome though, and I wanted to make sure and blog about each part of it! I rode down to Tampa with my Marmee and Poppy because my mommy has been hanging with Anita. I spent this night in a cool hotel on the drive down, Marmee "blocked me in" my pack in play.

The drive wasn't too bad. I watched A LOT of Elmo and Wiggles, and found some time to nap along the way.

The long drive was totally worth it! Kelsey was waiting on me and ready to play.

The front porch swing was a favorite for me.

As long as I had my Poppy and Piggers I was a happy girl :).

I spent the night at Kelsey's house Thursday and Friday night. We had a BLAST. Here are a couple of random pictures of our fun times :)

Up next: Disney part 1!!!!

busy....

2010-10-18T17:47:00.000-07:00

Sooooooo, I haven't been blogging lately. I have been a VERY busy girl though! My aunt Nita has been in the hospital for the past 2 1/2 weeks, so my mommy has been with her in Nashville quite a bit. Mommy told me that I need to share her with Anita and Braxton right now, so I am. We pray for Anita, Braxton, and Zach every night. I hope Braxton can play with his mommy very soon.

I have been all over the place the past few weeks. Mostly hanging out with my Daddy, but I've also had some fun with my Grandparents. I will post my fun times from my BIG trip to Tampa and Orlando next time. I leave you with a picture of what life is like when Daddy's in charge :)

Big Granny's house

2010-09-30T13:15:00.000-07:00

Mommy, Marmee, Jojo, and I decided to take a spontaneous trip to Big Granny's house today. Well, Marmee was already going, but our part was spontaneous. Joli and I took our favorite "friends" to keep us company on the way up. We also watched The Wiggles and sang along all the way to Granny's.

We were sooo exited to play with all of Granny's "toys" when we got to her house. We especially loved the cat in her living room. We gave it repeated hugs and kisses.

We also liked playing in Aunt Alyce's room. She has lots of fun things like hair brushes, a blow dryer, and a fun closet :).

I showed Granny my Piggers and my Elmo. She told me that she liked them, but I told her they were mine. I did let her hold them, but only for a moment.

The weather was absolutely beautiful today! We enjoyed most of our time outside looking for a horsey, swinging and looking for some leaves.

Alyce asked us to raise our hand if we were pretty...... :)

Joli and I were soooooo sweet to each other,

the adults were really getting a kick our of our cuteness.

What can I say? It's just us being our adorable selves.

Love you Granny! Love you Alyce! We hope to see you both REALLY soon!

21 months....oh how the time flies

2010-09-27T18:04:00.001-07:00

Sunday was my 21 month birthday! Mommy and Daddy are amazed at what a big girl I am.

I've been really into learning my letters lately, I love starfall.com and playing with my magnetic letters on the fridge. At the end of my 20th month I could recognize about 1/2 (or maybe more) of the alphabet. My goal is the have them down pat this month :).
I'm soooo cute saying the blessing, it usually goes something like this "thank you Jesus for our food, our family, and our friends. I love you Jesus. Amen." Oh, and if everyone isn't ready to say it with me I'll call them out.... "COLIN, BLESSING!!!!!"
I love counting, especially toes, fingers, and goldfish!
I have an obsession with Elmo. I would be perfectly happy watching him all day long, but mommy limits my tv time :(. I also have a singing/dancing Elmo that I love! )
I'm getting excited about going to Disney next week. I love "MeeMee Mouse!"
I have started getting onto Sparky("No, No Sparky!! NOOOOOOO!!!") when he is scratching at the door, or jumping on someone. Mom thinks she has rubbed off on me.
I ask to listen to "sick" on mommy's pandora radio on her phone all the time. I usually want it to go "next" within 10 seconds of the song being played.
I am still super lovable and give hugs and kisses to anyone who asks :)
I LOVE playing outside, and insist on going anytime we get out of the car. I usually throw a fit when I am not granted this wish.

Here's how I spent my 21st month birthday....

First, I have to say that I've also been a big help to mommy lately. I wipe up my messes, and load and unload my clean dishes from the dishwasher. For this reason mommy lets me invite friends over for fun.

JoJo (and Jakob) spent the night with me for the first time Friday night. We went to Steak-N-Shake, took a bath together, and watched a little Elmo before bed. We are such big girls having spend the night parties. Daddy was out of town with Uncle Jake and some other boys for a boys trip!

Saturday mommy had to get up early to judge a cheerleading competition, so Marmee stayed with Joli, Jakob, and me. We went to Jakob's football game Saturday morning, where he scored two touchdowns and caught some impressive passes. My Nita Bug picked me up for Addi's birthday party on Saturday. Here are some pictures of me before the party. Mommy thinks it's funny that I really don't have a solid smiling face. It's either this:

or the stare. We don't have any pics from the party since mommy and daddy weren't there. I had a great time with my family though!

When mommy picked me up from the church nursery on Sunday, this is what she found (well, kind of. I had my dress on, not my night-night shirt). I had my big bow in too, but you couldn't see my pebbles hair very well.

I left it up until nap time because it kept the hair out of my eyes. I managed to "borrow" Joli's pig again on Saturday. MADE MY WEEKEND :). Mr. and Mrs. Piggers ate every meal with me, and slept with me.

My daddy made it home Sunday night around dinner time. He played with me and gave me my happy bath. I LOVED that he even let me put on bubba's shoes before time to go to bed.

21 months old....

let the good times roll....

When the cat is away....

2010-09-19T11:18:00.000-07:00

the mice will play. And that's just what we did on Saturday while my mommy was judging a cheerleading competition in Cartersville ALL day (she wants me to add that she was, and still is, very sad that she missed such a fun day with me).

My day started with breakfast at Cracker Barrel with my favorite boys, Daddy, Colin, and Jakob. After breakfast we went to the Little General Park and played for a little bit. Do you like my outfit? Daddy and I decided that we would forgo the outfit that mommy picked out for me to wear, and that we would put our own outfit together.....

Jakob and Colin were so nice to me, they played with me and made sure that I was having a fun time.

After the park, we went to my Mommy's school for the Fall Festival. I had a great time playing, and talking daddy into buying me things like balloons and hair bows :).

We all had a great time going down the inflatables :). Daddy had to slide with me, so he couldn't snap a picture of us going down.

I even played with Jojo at the festival!

After the festival, we went home and took naps so we could be well rested for Braxton's first birthday party!

His mommy and daddy planned a super fun birthday party with lots of animals for me to play with :). I showed Braxton how to pet the animals nicely.

The nice man showed me how to touch the duck, and I was in heaven!!

This is how excited I was about the party :)!

Basically all of the animals were super fun to touch and play with. I stayed in the petting zoo from the minute it opened, until they had to pack it up. I was the ONLY child who stayed in the WHOLE time. Here are some more pictures of me having the BEST time with all the animals. It was hard for mommy and me to pick out pictures to share, there were tons of great pictures showing how much fun I had at the party!

Wanna kiss?

Here's our little super star one year old digging into his cake! I think he will like cake as much as I do :).

Braxton decided to smash cake all over, so his mommy decided to give him a bath in the sink :) Happy Birthday precious Braxton! We love you, and can't believe you're already 1!

Girls night, kind of....

2010-09-12T16:31:00.000-07:00

My mommy and her two bestest friends have always made time for each other on Friday nights. It was a known fact to everyone that Friday night was Girls Night, no questions asked. Now that Mommy, Jamie, and Anita are ALL mommies, it has become hard for them to keep this ritual alive. So, Friday night mommy invited the girls and the kids over for some play time. Not exactly a GNO, BUT it was fun for my friends to come over and play :).

Mia was the super big girl! She is so sweet to me, I just love her!

Millie is the newest addition to our crew. She is a cubbalicious sweet pea who loves to cuddle.

This picture of Braxton was actually taken a few weekends ago at Adam and Stacia's house, but it is just too cute to not share :). Braxton enjoyed playing with all of my toys,

and mommy thought it was too cute that he liked my baby doll. I know what this little boy needs next Saturday for his first birthday :)!

Here's the whole crew! We were watching Elmo, and Braxton was about to fall over but we're all there!

So mommy, I hope you can have a "real" girls night next week. But, remember that us kids like to tag along too!

Lake Winnie

2010-09-08T18:07:00.000-07:00

Monday was a great day with my mommy and daddy! We went to the world famous, well maybe just locally famous Lake Winnepesauka! My Pop Pop grew up enjoying Lake Winnie, and now I get to do the same! I didn't ride the boat chute (this time), but I did enjoy the essence of LW!

The kiddie rides were perfect for me! Mom was a little skeptical of me riding all by my big girl self, but I did just fine! I rode the cars a lot! I think I drove every single car!

The only way my daddy could get me off the cars was a promise to ride the motorcycles! They were the loudest ride for sure, with screeching horns.

The boat ride was nice and relaxing. I was able to drive the boat, and ring the bell :).

The only bump in the road so to speak would be the lady bug ride. I was one of the first kids on, and it took FOREVER to start the ride. I may have grown a little impatient....

but once the ride started, I was fine. This is my happy face, right?

After riding the kiddie rides over and over again mommy and daddy decided to take me on a few big people rides with them. Dad didn't get a great picture of mom and I on the bumble bees, but we went high in the air (think Dumbo).

Daddy took me on the super fun antique cars! I helped him drive us around at a safe speed. Mom was laughing because we were holding up everyone.

My favorite thing was the carousel ride! Mom and I rode it once while daddy waited in line for the cars, but I told mommy and daddy over and over that I wanted to go back to see the horses. So we made another trip in line.

We ended our day with a nice train ride around the park. We didn't snap a picture on the train.... I'm thinking it was because the three of us were squished on a small bench, or maybe it was because mommy was holding a blue slushy for us to share. She did manage to snap a picture of me waiting like a big girl at the train station!

Now that I know how much fun going to an amusement park can be, I can't wait another minute for Disney World! But I guess I will be waiting for another 31 days.....

It's football time in Georgia :)

2010-09-06T17:26:00.000-07:00

I attended THREE football games this past week. The first game was in support of my daddy's school. It was a 4:30 game (middle school), so it was prime play time for me. I had the best time at the game cheering with the cheerleaders and dancing with the band. The best part? We beat our rival Heritage!

Friday night the familia went over to the Elkins house because Ms. Nicole has been asking for mommy's chicken enchiladas. Since she had baby Kennedy we thought we could take dinner and hang out for a little bit. We all headed to the high school game to watch some of mommy and daddy's former students play (and Mr. Greg and Ms. Nicole's current students :) ).

Mommy and daddy thought I *might* make it until half time, because my bed time is typically 8:00pm. Well, between the sandbox and fried oreos I had no problem staying up until 10:30! It was a great game, and even better the Tigers won!

Saturday morning we headed to LFO to watch my Jakob play flag football. It was a 10:00 game, which was perfect because the Georgia game started at 12:00 :).

Here's a picture of the little nut!

He was a stud, scoring 3 or 4 touchdowns! The little goof ball is fast!

I was cheering for him during the game, and couldn't wait to give him a hug afterwards. We are so glad that his team wears red and black because it will match my Georgia outfits each week :).

Marmee snapped a quick family photo on our way out of the game. We were ready to go cheer on the DAWGS for their first win!

But, do you know what I love MOST about football season? Hanging out with my favorite people and eating good food :)!

~~Football~~ Fall is in the air, and I love it!

Big girl school

2010-08-28T10:55:00.000-07:00

I started big girl school this week! I am going to Mother's (or Marmee's on Mondays) Morning Out at my church on Mondays and Fridays from 8:30-12:00 each week :). I wasn't sure if I would like it or not, but guess what? I LOVE IT! Marmee took me on Monday for my first day, and I didn't even cry! She wasn't able to snap good pics of me on Monday, so mom tried to on Friday.....

Here I am stretching before heading out for my first Friday of MMO! It's hard work going to school!

I did manage to actually look at the camera for one picture. Mom can't stop looking at this picture, and I've even heard her saying "I can't believe how big my baby is." Uhhhhh mom.....I'm not a BABY anymore.

I really like my teacher, and there are just three cute girls in my class :)! Joli and I being two of those girls, and another sweet girl Lily (who lived behind mommy and daddy in her old house when she was in her mommy's belly!).

When mommy picked me up I had a beautiful picture, and a happy note to give her!

We learned about the animals that God made, and the sounds that they make this past week. Anyone who knows me knows that I love animals and their sounds!!

By the time mommy got Joli and I in the car (which looked a little difficult on her part), and we got home I was sooooo tired! We ate lunch and then took a 2 1/2 hour nap!

I love going to big girl school! Thank you mommy for letting me spread my wings :).

7 years, 20 months :)

2010-08-26T17:04:00.000-07:00

My bubba turned 7 Monday! We had a low key swimming party on Saturday for him, and wouldn't you know that I was running a 103 temp. that day! Daddy took me to the doctor twice Saturday morning. When he called at 5 a.m. to find out when they opened, he was told 9:00. They failed to mention that the doctor would not be in until 10:30. Soooo, we were there at 9:00 sharp, only to THEN be told the doctor would be on rounds until 10:30. Needless, to say none of us were happy, most of all ME! Two trips to the doctor in one morning....arrgh! I am on an antibiotic for a few more days, and hopefully I'll be back to my old self.

Mom is bummed that the chaos of me being sick Saturday caused her to forget to take the camera to Colin's party. It really teed me off too, since I couldn't go and wanted to see the pictures. Ahhhh! She did get some pics of Colin on his scavenger hunt to find his presents though....

A telescope...

Official Duke uniform :)

Silly bands and some cash money :)

A basketball signed by the Duke coaching staff,

and some other fun stuff (like the Legos that mom does not love because they have lots of tiny pieces). I love my Ca-ca so much and am glad I got to celebrate his official birthday with him at Cici's on Monday!

Here are a few random pics of me from the past week or two, because no post is complete without a few pics of me :).

I am still loving my Wiggles. Greg/Sam is my favorite, probably because yellow is my favorite color. Doesn't my hair look lovely here?

Mom says this picture will be priceless one day. We are thinking it will be the MOST embarrassing for Jakob since he is five years old taking a bath with his little cousins :)! Jakob, were you trying to spank me?

I've been crummy feeling for about two weeks. It started out with a runny nose, so I have become close with my nose sucker once again.

I am becoming such a girly girl! I want to pull out shoes and try them all on and dance when I'm hanging in my room. I also like to wear my bows, and when I see beautiful things I say "OOOOOOHHHHH PRETTY."

Here are a few more of my 20 month stats:

weight: about 30 whopping pounds!

clothing size: 2T

Favorite words/phrases:

I love you ______ (momma, dadda, Pop Pop, Marne..etc..)
Elmo's World
Up Please, and Thank you (in the mornings it's usually "Up please Daddy" so he'll come get me out of my crib!
Next please (when listening to music, and I'm bored with the current song)
teeth please (when I want to brush my teeth)
happy bath (when I take my bath)
No, no Sparky
__________where are you???

Songs I sing along to:

Jesus loves me
Elmo's World
ABC's
Baa, Baa Black Sheep
Twinkle Twinkle
well, basically anything that's on, or that my crazy mommy sings.

Cutest Things I do:

randomly go up to someone and kiss them on the leg
Color like a big girl at my table
Play "No more Monkey's jumping on the bed" and sing along.
Give big hugs and pat the persons back that I'm hugging.
My mommy and daddy agree that I basically wake up cute and go to bed cuter!

Dance Party

2010-08-20T17:57:00.000-07:00

Jojo and I are enjoying spending five days a week together in our pjs :). Well, we don't really stay in our pj's the WHOLE time, but usually until around 2:00 or 3:00. We spent at least 45 minutes in my room this morning having a dance party. Mom thought we were sooo cute, she ran downstairs, grabbed her camera and managed to capture a few shots of our fun!

Toot Toot Chugga Chugga....

2010-08-15T07:09:00.000-07:00

Saturday we drove all the way to Atlanta to see one of my favorite music groups, The Wiggles :)! I brought my Wiggles figures with me for the ride. We played for a minute, but I fell asleep before we got on the free way, and stayed that way until we got there. Score for mommy and daddy!

When we arrived I had no clue where we were, but it looked like fun with all the other kids running around. I recognized my Wiggly friends in this poster and got excited!

I also ran into my Kindermusik friends Landon and Natalie. We were all wound up, so there was no way daddy could capture a picture of all of us!

Mommy and I were ready for the show with our snacks in hand. We couldn't wait for the Wiggles to come out and sing and dance.

Once the show started, mommy and I danced and sang along! I wanted to waved to all the characters during the show.

Daddy even danced with me and did a little stamp, stamp, stamp! Clap, clap, clap! Wiggle your hips just like that!

The show was two hours of singing, dancing, wiggly fun! I could have stayed there all night long, and then some!

We want to go back the next time they come into town for sure, and next time we want to sit on the floor so I can get in the aisle by myself and dance.

This morning I played and played with my Wiggles dolls, and even put on my Wiggles t-shirt from the concert with my pj bottoms!

Mommy and daddy were so proud of me, and how well behaved I was. They said they can't wait to take me to more shows in the future.

It truly was a Wiggly party that I will never forget!

Busy Busy

2010-08-08T16:44:00.000-07:00

I guess we are officially back in the swing of things.... mom had her first inservice day on Monday. She worked Monday, Tuesday (which was a late day because of open house), and Wednesday. Thursday mommy watched Joli and me before she ran out to school to meet her class and pick up my cousin Jakob from his first day of Kindergarten. Friday mommy watched Jojo and me again. Saturday mommy had a cheerleading meeting 45 minutes away- she was gone forever :(. Today daddy and I went to church while mommy stayed home with sick Colin. I went to mommy's school to help her work after my nap, and then my cousins Jakob and Joli came over to play. Mom has been too tired to take many pictures, or have the energy to help me blog. Here are a few pictures of our last week:

Mommy has a solar system class room. I think it's cool. My daddy drew the space ship in this picture, he always helps mommy out in her classroom.

Joli and I enjoyed our snack at my new table. Mommy got it from a friend at school for $10. She sanded it today, and will hopefully be painting it tonight. We love it!

We had the BEST time in our happy bath. We played until mommy said the water was too cold. I hope I can blog more in the following weeks, but I guess we will just have to see :).

Last week with mommy and daddy

2010-08-01T15:46:00.000-07:00

We have had a fun and busy last week before mommy and daddy have to go back to work. Every day we had some kind of activity or errands to run (usually both!). We FINALLY made it to the Creative Discovery Museum on Tuesday. Before we left mom put my hair in a pony tail. I took it out 3 times before she finally decided to let me just wear it down.

Colin and I were excited about being one of the first people to the museum. We enjoyed some of the outdoor attractions before going in.

Colin (and my daddy :) ) used this pulley to make a BIG bubble surround them. It was super funny to watch them try not to pop it.

I didn't have the best experience possible because I was not allowed to have my snack inside the museum. If my parents had known they would have given it to me in the car. Guess they will know for next time.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed myself. I just had a few mini melt downs and constantly asked for my "sack."

The cool thing about the Creative Discovery Museum is Colin and I can both have an equal amount of fun! There are tons of things to do for both of our age groups.

The balancing seal was one of my favorite things. It combined two things that I love dearly- an animal and being able to take things out/put things in to containers.

The sugar on top was the book room. Mom and I sat in there and read until I was ready to go.

We had a fun family morning out, and can't wait to go back again. We will remember to eat a snack BEFORE we go :).

100 Posts about me :)

2010-07-27T10:14:00.000-07:00

To celebrate my 100th post I am going to tell you 100 things about me :)! I am breaking this list down into 10 groups with 10 things in each group. I hope you enjoy learning more about me!

My favorite books:

1. Good Night Gorilla
2. Happy baby colors
3. Book about me that Marmee made
4. That's not my fairy
5. Tails
6. Where's Spot?
7. Daddy calls me Doddle bug
8. Baby Einstien Poetry book
9. Baby Genius counting book
10. Moo, Baa, La La La

My favorite things that appear on the TV:

1. The Wiggles
2. Sesame Street (especailly Elmo's World)
3. Home videos of my cousins and me
4. Baby Einstien's counting movie
5. Baby Genius movie with songs
6. Baby signing time
7. Barney
8. ESPN with daddy
9. Commercials with animals
10. Dancing With The Stars with mommy

My favorite foods:

1. Spaghetti
2. goldfish
3. grapes
4. yogurt
5. bread
6. waffles
7. ice cream
8. apple sauce
9. chick-fil-a chicken nuggets
10. Watermelon

Songs:

1. Wheels on the bus
2. Itsy Bitsy Spider
3. These are the girls I love (Marmee original)
4. Jesus loves me
5. If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gum drops....
6. I love you by Barney
7. Head, Sholders, Knees, and Toes
8. Hot Potato Hot Potato (Wiggles)
9. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
10. Five Little Monkey's jumping on the bed

Games:

1. Peek-a-boo
2. Ring around the rosey
3. Tag
4. See how much food I can throw off my tray before getting into trouble game
5. Identify my family through pictures
6. House with my babies
7. Brushing my teeth game (mommy says it's not a game- but I disagree!)
8. Being pulled on a blanket game
9. Tickle game
10. Airplane

Toys:

1. Water table
2. Barney
3. Doll house
4. Shape sorter
5. Puzzles
6. Baby dolls and strollers
7. Wiggles dolls and music mat
8. My rocking chair or horse (I love to rock!)
9. Peg board with colored shapes
10. Puppets (regular size and finger)

Places I love to go:

1. Marmee and Poppy's house
2. Kindermusik
3. Jake and Jenni's pool
4. Playground
5. Any place to eat with chips
6. Splash park and Coolige park
7. Zoo
8. Aquarium
9. Ball park (when it's not too hot)
10. Anywhere with a wide open space for me to run!

Favorite/Most frequent words:

1. Bubba
2. Momma
3. Daddy
4. Hey
5. Please
6. All done
7. Uh-oh
8. Up, please
9. Pop-Pop
10. Oh Boy

Things to do outside:

1. Swing
2. Run
3. Swim
4. Kick a soccer ball
5. Blow bubbles
6. Play with my water table
7. pick weeds (or sometimes just the grass)
8. Smell flowers
9. Take walks
10. throw mulch

Ten Ways I entertain myself:

1. Color
2. Look at pictures
3. Chase Spark Spark
4. Sneak into brother's room
5. Read to myself
6. Go through mommy and daddy's bathroom drawers
7. Play in dog food
8. Climb the couch
9. Tackle my lion
10. Pull things out of my closet (or anyone's closet) especially the shoes!

These are some of my favoritest things I love: My Piggers, My Pop-Pop, my Bubba, my cousins Jakob and Joli, and of course, my Mommy and Daddy!

Fun with E

2010-07-23T12:07:00.000-07:00

My family had a great cookout and fun evening with Mr. AJ, Steph, and big E! Daddy and Mr. AJ teach together, and my mommy and Easton's mommy take us to Kindermusik. Colin thinks Mr. AJ is super cool because he is a baseball coach, he even gave Colin a really cool glove to use during his All-Star season. Easton and I were ready to play as soon as we arrived at the Daniel compound :).

I brought my water table for us to play with because it is way too hot to be outside without water to play in.

Easton showed me how to properly hit a ball off the tee. I helped him out by putting the ball on the tee after he hit :).

I had the best time riding around the 70+ acres of land on this thing. Easton and I are practicing for our learners license in this pic!

The boys had fun fishing and throwing baseball. I don't think Colin wanted to leave....ever. He was far too focused on fishing to pose for a picture. He caught a few fish, and already wants to go back again!

Thanks for the fun night AJ, Steph, and Big E! We can't wait to hang out again!

Will the real Mr. Piggers please stand up?

2010-07-20T13:21:00.000-07:00

I love my Mr. Piggers. My Marmee and Poppy gave him to me for Christmas along with the book If You Give a Pig a Party. I have been attached to Mr. Piggers ever since. We play together, sleep together, and eat together. Last week we went swimming at Jojo's house. I forgot my pig, but found her pig and decided that he would be my friend while taking a nap. Well, I didn't want to leave him over there alone (they are out of town), so I brought him home with me. Meet Mr. and Mrs. Piggers:

I can easily decipher between the two. One has been loved a little more than the other. Can you tell who is the original Piggers?

I should have had two pigs all along..... one for each arm, one for a head rest one to cuddle.

Joli and I may have to work out a "trade" when she returns from vacation. I love both of my Piggers :).

World Series, holla!

2010-07-18T10:53:00.000-07:00

My brother is such an awesome baseball player. So awesome in fact, that he played in the World Series!

The World Series is the last tournament of Colin's all-star season. The Dirtbags had a great Summer together!

We started the tournament off with a big party and parade at Camp Jordan. It was SUPER hot, but I was a good girl for about an hour. Mom and I had to split right before the DB took the stage, so sadly I do not have a picture of the team together. That's me in the pink bow with my Bubba, my Daddy, and my cousins Libby and Bryson (Bryson is an All-Star player, too). Don't get the idea that I was the center of attention or anything.

I made it to Colin's first 2 games, sort of. Marmee came to the second game and let me go to her house to play with toys after about 30 minutes of ball. It was unbelievably hot outside!

Colin played great ball. He caught a pop fly, made a lot of outs at 2nd base, and hit well.

We played some tough teams! Teams traveled to this tournament from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee! Thursday and Friday were pool play games. We did so well that we made it into the "A" World Series- only the best!

We gave it our best effort, but lost on Sunday to a really good ball team.

Colin cheered for his team winning or losing- he's such a good team player!

I managed to have a little pool time with my cousins from Texas and my Poppy while the rest of my family nearly had heat strokes.

Goodbye All-Star baseball! Mom and I didn't think we would enjoy you as much as we have! See you next Summer!

Spend the night party!

2010-07-14T18:00:00.000-07:00

This wasn't Colin's first Rodeo, but it was mine! Bryson, and Libby came over Monday night to spend the night with Colin and me :). I am used to Colin having boys over to the house to spend the night, but this time I had my very own girl! I was sooooo excited! Bryson and Libby slept in Colin's bunk beds, Colin slept on the futon in the playroom, and I had to sleep in my crib (no fair!).

Everyone was so excited the next morning, so we all got up early! I think mommy and daddy were excited too, because daddy made us pancakes, yummy! The boys mostly played the Wii in the playroom,

while we girls played with my dollhouse, and baby dolls.

We all went swimming, which was a lot of fun. Mom didn't have time to snap pictures while watching all four of us in the pool. We also all worked on some homework. The boys did a little math, while the girls worked on coloring skills.

We can't wait for our next spend the night party with the cool Cline kids!

My week....

2010-07-09T10:34:00.000-07:00

Meet Olivia. She keeps me each week in the nursery at church. She is my favorite!!! Mommy has asked her to be my first official non family member babysitter :)!

We have lots of fun playing together (you can't tell from this picture :) ), and she takes really good care of me. Mommy asked her to come play on Tuesday so she could run some errands and go to lunch. Too bad Olivia is planning on leaving for UGA in a month :(!!!

I have had a rough couple of days lately. I started running a low grade temp on Wednesday morning and felt awful! I just wanted to lay on mommy, and didn't feel like eating or playing.

Mom also noticed that I couldn't keep my hands out of my mouth. When she looked in my mouth she noticed some little red bumps. They really hurt.

The worst part of not feeling good? My daddy wasn't here! I failed to mention in my last post that daddy took some basketball players to Duke camp with Mr. Greg. I missed him a lot while he was gone, and so did mommy. He made it back Wednesday night (mommy said thank goodness for that), so he has been able to comfort me some. He also brought me this 3T t-shirt!

I am feeling better, although not back 100%. Here's hoping that tomorrow I will wake up refreshed and ready to play!

Gooooooooo Blue Devils :)!

Let Freedom Ring!

2010-07-04T18:58:00.000-07:00

My 4th of July started off with a morning at church. I was soooo excited to see my Poppy (pop-pop) when I walked in. You can't tell from this picture, but I was loving on him like I had not seen him in weeks!

The nursery had a little mix up with pagers today. Miss. Olivia paged mommy in the middle of church accidently (another little girl was missing her mommy a lot, and they were trying to page her mommy!). I spotted mommy and got so excited, that she decided to go ahead and pick me up. We took advantage of our time by taking pictures outside of church.

Marmee came back to check on me too! She wanted to get in on our fun and take some pics with us.

Mommy was being really silly. She tossed me in the air so that I would laugh. I think she loves me a whole lot, and you know what? I love her a whole lot too!

I was being such a sweet girl, mommy decided to play a little tag with me. She's really fast,

but I eventually caught her, and my snack back!

After church we went home for lunch and nap time. That evening we went over to my cousin Austin's house for some grilling out and fun with my cousins!

Look how sweet my baby cousin Braxton is (his mommy is sweet too)! He is almost ready to walk and play with the rest of us!

Lib and I showed off our flag flying skills.

Bryson had to put up with all the little people. I think he missed Colin, so did I :(.

This is the only picture my mommy got of the four of us. We missed our other cousins, they were out of town. No worries though, we held the fun fort down!

Braxton even let me borrow his super cool bike. Mommy, can I have one?

Hope you had a wonderful fourth of July!

The only thing to do on a hot Georgia day...

2010-07-02T09:54:00.000-07:00

is find some water! Colin and I love staying cool while playing outside in the summer. In fact, not many days go by that we don't enjoy getting wet somehow. A few of our favorite spots this summer are the fountains at coolidge park, and the splash park.

Colin and I don't always enjoy the same activities, but water we can agree on!

I love the way the water feels between my fingers! I would walk and squat beside each little fountain of water to see if it felt different.

Colin is a little more daring than I. I guess that's because he's almost 7.

The splash park is a new attraction in Chattanooga. It is a park on the Warner Park pool area, right beside my beloved Zoo.

Colin defended my honor with his big water gun after another little boy shot me with his water gun.

My favorite thing at the splash park was the slippery slide. Mommy and daddy had to remove me a few times so others could use it.

I am looking forward to finding new ways to stay cool during this HOT Georgia summer!

18 months

2010-06-26T17:20:00.000-07:00

Today is my half birthday! My mom and dad have seriously considered celebrating this day as my "real" birthday because my birthday is the day after Christmas. For now, it's just another milestone. In the future it could be the day that I have my parties, etc...

Mom and I took a little field trip today to take some pictures of me. The location we were shooting for didn't work out due to a wedding. My dad was not able to come because my brother was not feeling well, so I didn't have anyone to make me smile. Let's just say mommy needs to leave the picture taking up to the pros!

I am talking more and more each day! I can repeat anything (almost) and can even put two words together. Some of my most frequent saying are "up please" "hi _______" "thank you" and "all done." My vocabulary has really taken off- it's crazy that people can actually understand what I want and need most of the time.

I can also recognize some of my colors and say them when asked "what color is this?" My favorite color is yellow, and I always get it right, probably because I have been dreaming in yellow since birth in my room. I can say different parts of my ABC's and can count along with mommy to 10 in my own cute little way.

Physically I am getting taller all the time, and starting to loose some of the chub. For the first time I am wearing my age (18-24 months) in dresses and some shirts/shorts. I like to run, march, and jump! I am starting to climb on everything, adding difficulty to my mommy's job of keeping me safe! I am headed to the doctor for my 18 month check up Tuesday, so I can give all my stats :)!

Kelsey part 2

2010-06-22T10:08:00.000-07:00

Saturday morning everyone decided to take a trip to the Zoo! This was my fourth trip to the zoo this year, but I LOVED it!

Jakob has been such a sweet big brother,

and big cousin lately. Jojo and I are lucky to have him in our lives.

This pretty kitty was licking his lips at me. I wonder if he wanted some of my snack or a little taste of me?

I really didn't care, I loved him even if he did want to eat me. We probably stayed here the longest because the two jaguars were being very playful with us and we had them all to ourselves.

We also really enjoyed the "Goodnight Gorillas" as I referred to them. It was their birthday today. We sang happy birthday to them, and watched them open their presents.

I think I was watching them a little to closely, taking notes on how to eat my banana.

I ran to Colin's ball game after my nap and then met up with everyone at Marmee and Poppy's house. Kelsey, Jojo, and I were having fun playing outside and with the water table.

Kelsey decided that she would rather play by herself so she asked me nicely to play somewhere else ( I was later informed that Jojo hit Kelsey back for me :) ).

My sweet Jakob let me play soccer with him, and he loved on me :)

After baths we all perked up and decided to play a friendly game of ring around the rosy.

Ring around the rosy is probably my very favorite thing to play at the moment. Lots to love about it: singing, holding hands, running in a circle, and falling down :)!

The next day we had ball games and a birthday gathering for Kelsey. We went to my Uncle Jake's house to swim and eat pizza and cake/ice cream. The cake and ice cream were both good, but we really liked the watermelon!

Buba had two ball games, so he jumped in the pool to cool off ate a piece of pizza, and then ran back to the ball fields. His team plays in the championship game tonight- good luck Buba!

We miss you already Miss Kelsey! Hope to see you again REAL soon!

My Dad is a Dirtbag....

2010-06-20T18:01:00.000-07:00

A Boynton All-Star Dirtbag that is :). He is the best baseball coach in the whole wide world, and I'm not just saying that because he waves at me and talks to be through the fence during the games. My daddy spent most of his Fathers Day being a great dad coaching my big brother Colin for two all-star games.

Colin and Daddy did manage to run over to Jake's house for a quick dip in the pool in between games this afternoon to cool off for a hot second. I decided to swim and stay at Jake's house with my Marmee because my cousins were playing and I was having the best time (more on that in my next Post- Kelsey part 2).

Daddy, I think you are the most wonderful Dirtbag in the whole world. If I could choose any daddy to be my daddy, I would choose you! I love you more than anything in the world! Happy Fathers Day!

Kelsey part 1

2010-06-19T12:00:00.000-07:00

My cousin Kelsey is the best (and her mommy Christina is nice too :))! I was sooo excited that she flew in to see me on Thursday! She was a super big girl on the flight (probably because she is a pro), and was in the best mood when she got to Marmee's house.

We instantly bonded over a toy that Poppy showed us, and we stayed tight from that moment on.

Kelsey even came as my visitor to Kindermusik! She had a great time with all of my fun friends!

I even shared my mommy while we were in class!

Thursday afternoon we had plans to swim, but the bottom fell out of the sky and it POURED rain :(! But we still had fun playing and running around with Jakob and Jojo!

We ate dinner at Marmee and Poppey's house, and boy were all the cousins CRAZY! We were all running around having such a fun time together.

Kelsey had a big day on Friday. She woke up early and had her 2 yr. pics taken by Miss Brittany! Mommy helped Kelsey and her mommy during the photo shoot, but I wasn't going to miss out on all the fun so daddy met up with the girls so Kelsey and I could play in the park!

Before any serious playing could be done, Kelsey and I needed our mid morning snack. Can you believe our moms had us in matching outfits?

We had the best time splashing around in the water fountain at the park! I'm not sure if our moms realized just how wet we would get.

My personal favorite thing to do was stand under this lovely elephant and wait for him to drip water on my head.

Kelsey joined in the fun in between running around.

After a fabulous lunch at Chick-fil-a KK and I were tired and ready for a good nap! We woke up to great news- swimming!

luckily the weather was beautiful today, so we had a fun time hanging out together in the pool with our moms (no dads present- except my mommy's dad :) ).

I loved swimming, but I REALLY loved playing with the blocks that are made for the pool. I would gather as many as possible and hold them. I think I held five at a time for a record.

I am having such fun with Kelsey, I can't wait to spend a few more days with her before she leaves on her big airplane.

My new favorite dinner :)

2010-06-18T16:55:00.000-07:00

Mommy and daddy had a great time at the beach, even though I wasn't there and they missed me A LOT! Tuesday night when they returned they found Spaghetti from Marmee ready for dinner (my Marmee is ALWAYS thinking!). Mom put some on my tray thinking I would kind of pick at it, but I loved it! I used to not like the texture of noodles, but they sure don't bother me anymore!

I asked for "more" lots, and had a lot of fun eating too :)!

I ended up eating left overs for lunch dinner the next 2 days! Ha! Mom is glad that I am expanding on the things that I will eat, and will continue to offer me whatever she and dad are eating.

I'm staying behind

2010-06-11T17:54:00.000-07:00

So my family will be heading out to the beach in the morning without one important thing- ME! Mommy, daddy, Colin, Jake, Jenni, and Jakob are heading to Fort Walton for an extended weekend getaway. Mom didn't want to leave me behind, but EVERYONE insisted that I would not have fun, nor would anyone else. I'm not complaining. You want to know why? I get to stay at the happiest place on earth- my Marmee and Poppy's house!

It's fun because my Marmee lets me do a lot of things that my mom doesn't and she sings silly songs for me to dance to. I was dancing so hard here that my hair bow came out!

Poppy is a lot of fun too! He likes to throw me around, and rock with me.

Mom packed with EVERYTHING in mind, including some new fun things to play with. She only let me take one new thing out of the bag tonight and boy was it fun! She made me credit card sized laminated pictures for "my wallet." I love looking at the pictures on my friends and family members (thanks for the great idea Aunt Chris!)

Mommy is hoping that I will be a little sweetie while she is gone. I've had a bit of a "tude" lately. It seems as though I may be entering the terrible two's a little early. I know that I will be missed a lot by my mommy and daddy, but I hope that they can relax in the sun for a few days while I play!

Love you Momma!

Love you Dadda!

See you real soon!

CHRISSY :)

2010-06-09T17:10:00.000-07:00

This is my mommy's friend Chrissy from college! She came to visit me around this exact same time last year. We have both gotten much "bigger" since then :).

And it's not because we've been eating too many Twinkies either! Chrissy is expecting baby Chloe in 3 weeks! Mom and I drove down to Acworth to visit for the afternoon today.

Chrissy has a REALLY BIG dog named Duke. He is about 30 times bigger than Sparky, but a very loving dog. I enjoyed telling him "hi" and petting him. Mom tried to get a picture of the two of us, but we were both too busy.

I climbed Chrissy's stairs about 10 times. Chloe's room is at the top of the stairs, so I would go to her room sit in her chair, and then turn around and come back down over, and over, and over.

Chrissy lives in an adorable neighborhood with an awesome playground and swimming pool. Mom and Chrissy thought it would be a good idea to let me get some energy out before the long car ride home, so we played.

I didn't get into the sand box (and now that I think about it, mom never offered to help me get in), but I picked up some of the sand and played in it.

It was soooo steamy hot and I was sooo tired from only taking a 45 minute nap on the way down that I had a bit of a fit on our walk back to Chrissy's house. I didn't want to leave the fun playground, but mommy insisted. Once I realized how tired I was and how nice the AC felt in mom's car, I relaxed and enjoyed the ride home.

See you soon Chrissy! We can't wait to play with baby Chloe!

I love you...

2010-06-05T17:12:00.000-07:00

you love me. We're a happy family :). I love my Barney. My Marmee got him for me at our church consignment sale for $1!! He sings when you squeeze his hand, and his belly lights up and he asks for hugs when you hug him.

Barney is quickly becoming one of my best friends (not close to Piggers, my number 1 guy). I adore giving him hugs and kisses.

Sometimes I try to take care of him as if he were my baby. I think he probably gets thirsty and hungry just like me!

And of course he needs someone to read to him. I need to ensure that his vocabulary grows, and he can comprehend what is being read to him.

Thanks for being such a good friend to me Barney!

Learning to share

2010-06-02T15:34:00.000-07:00

Hello. My name is Keeley Mountjoy, and I am learning to share.

Mommy and I have been praying about me learning to share and being sweet to others. I was tested last Saturday with a play date with my little (by 8 wks) cousin Joli.

At first I did not want to share my toys, or my mommy with Jojo, but mommy reminded me to be a good hostess.

So, I shared my ball popping machine with Jojo and she really liked it! I had fun playing with her and letting her hold the balls too!

I showed Joli where my books are, and had fun reading beside her.

No toys were off limits for Joli to play with!

The biggest test came near the end of our date. I'm usually the most stingy with food because it is my favorite thing in the universe. But you know what? Joli wanted to share food and....

I helped feed it to her! It feels good to share with others. I am still working on doing this all the time, but I think I'm getting a good grasp!

Playing house in my Pjs

2010-05-27T06:26:00.000-07:00

I love running around and playing in my pjs. It's almost like putting them on adds a surge of energy to sleepy self. One of my favorite new things to play with is my new doll house. It is the perfect size, with just the right amount of accessories (so I don't have a million pieces everywhere).

The daddy and the little girl are my two favorite people to play with. I will put them in the bath tub, in the rocking chair, sitting at the kitchen table, or in bed! I leave the baby in her crib, because she needs her rest. The mommy is missing, or I know she would also be a favorite.

Mom thinks it's hilarious that I kick back and play! She's never seen me do this before! Notice the barn beside the doll house? We decided that this nice little family lives on a farm :).

I am also LOVING playing with my doll house door that fits on the outside of the playroom door.

I love to open and shut the doors, and ring the door bell. It's really funny when someone knocks on the door, or when I look through the peep hole.

I love playing house so much! It's fun when there is no cooking, cleaning, or laundry involved!

Lookouts clinic

2010-05-24T14:45:00.000-07:00

Colin went to a baseball clinic at the Lookouts Stadium on Saturday. It was really cool. They provided the clinic, a t-shirt, and lunch for free! What a deal! The best part about it was he invited me to come watch him.

He was sooooo excited to play with real pros!

Our cousin Bryson came along too! He and Colin play together on the Royals, and they will be playing on the same All-Star team this summer!

They are such silly boys!

I spent most of my time enjoying snacks and walking around the ball park. There were LOTS of steps for mommy and I to climb, and LOTS of seats for me to sit in.

Colin got some batting tips from a real lookouts player. Daddy said he listened to him better than he ever listens to daddy.

Between centers the boys practiced throwing and fielding the ball.

It was lots of fun for everyone, maybe some day we will watch Colin play in the Lookouts Stadium!

G is for Gymnastics

2010-05-21T12:33:00.000-07:00

We had fun at the Gymnastics Center today with my cousins Addi, Libby, and Bryson! Have I mentioned that I LOVE my mommy only working 2-3 days a week?

One of my FAVORITE things to do is jump and run on the trampoline track. Addi thought it was fun too!

I also love to crawl up the cheese and do flips down it.

I am a master at maneuvering a ball. I rolled this ball in between the balance beams perfectly.

I was a little timid of the pit. I would scoot to the edge and dangle my feet, but I was afraid to take the plunge.

Addi wasn't afraid. She even passed the foam cubes to me so I could play with her.

Mommy knew that I would love the pit once in it, so she tossed me- and she was right! I loved it!

Bryson loved it too! He was really good at digging holes in the foam.

Libby showed Addi and me some of her gymnastics moves. We were totally impressed. We both wanted to look official like Lib too. Addi's mommy bought her an outfit so she could be like Libby. My mommy told me we would have to wait and ask daddy.

Addi tried this one on, but it was too tight! My mommy didn't get a picture of her in the better fitting outfit.

Mom thought it was funny that this was the ONLY picture that she got of the four of us (because we were all running all over the place 90 to nothing).

Needless to say it was only a matter of minutes after we got into the car that I was out! It looks like I fell asleep while eating my snack because my hand is still in the snack cup. You know I'm tired when I choose sleep over eating. Thanks for the fun morning!

Busy weekend!

2010-05-17T17:16:00.000-07:00

I had a really fun, really busy weekend! I played with my friend Karoline, had a spend the night party with my Marmee and Poppey, went to Jakob's soccer game, went to Colin's baseball game, went to church, Jakob and Joli's dedication, cook out at Jakob and Joli's, and participated in the Strawberry festival at my Marms! Whew! I even missed a few fun activities such as a yard sale, and Wyatt's birthday party due to my nap schedule! Mommy was sooooo super busy too, that she only got a few pictures from Jakob and Jojo's dedication from our whole busy weekend.

Don't I look too excited for words here? At least Colin looks happy and sweet as always.

Colin and I were excited to go to Jakob and Joli's dedication. We were even more excited when we saw all the cupcakes and snacks that we could eat :)! This is a typical picture of Jakob and Colin. Jakob loves his Colin!

Daddy tried to get a picture of Joli and I, but I was resistant. I was more interested in food and running around than saying "cheese" for a camera.

I did have an incident where I fell and maybe teared up just a tad....

but I got over it quickly and had fun running around the being silly with my mommy.

Having a good snack on hand is always a good move on mommy and daddy's end. They know how to keep a girl happy.

The dedication was sweet. We were glad to be there to support Jakob and Jojo and to give them our love! Colin and I love them both to pieces!

YUM-O

2010-05-13T17:22:00.000-07:00

I've been eating finger foods for a while now. Green beans, grilled cheese, sliced peaches, you name it. Foods that require a spoon or fork have been fed to me by my mommy or daddy (or really ANY adult willing to give me a bite of what they are eating) until now.

Mommy has been loading my spoon and helping me feed myself for a few months now. But today she decided to let me try it all by myself.

Besides turning the spoon upside down on the way to my mouth a few times, I did a great job!

Mommy says we may have to take a bath after every meal now, but we will do whatever it takes to help me become a more independent eater.

I love my mommy the best

2010-05-10T17:00:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day was a lot of fun. Daddy and I started the day off by bringing mommy a Starbucks while she was in bed. She seemed to LOVE that. Then daddy started making breakfast because Grandma (daddy's mommy), Aunt Sarah, Uncle Bryan, and Addi were coming over for breakfast. Addi had a boo-boo on her foot, but she let Grandma work her magic to get the little stick out.

I was very concerned for Addi. I didn't like that she was hurting.

We sat around visiting for so long that we missed church! That was the only part of the day that wasn't perfect, but it was nice spending time with some of our favorite people.

While I was napping mommy went shopping. She got back as I was waking up, and we decided to go downtown to the market. We had sooooo much fun. Mommy bought me the cutest little pillowcase Georgia dress, and I ate a yummy cupcake.

I was even allowed to get out of my stroller for a little bit. The only rule was that I had to hold onto someone's hand at all times. That is a difficult rule for me to follow.

Our next destination was my Marmee's house. We grilled hamburgers and hotdogs and played outside. Mom and dad put the camera up before my cousins arrived, I wish they could have taken more pictures of me playing :(. Before my cousins got there mommy played soccer with me,

and let me play with Jack-Jack,

and tossed me around (my favorite!).

Mommy is not a fan of this picture, but what's Mother's Day without a picture of mommy and her baby girl? I love you mommy, you're the best!

Kindermusik and a trip to PM Pediatrics

2010-05-06T17:04:00.000-07:00

Tonight was our last Kindermusik session for the Spring. Mommy and I were really excited to celebrate with our friends. My daddy even came to take some pictures of me with my friends. We LOVE going to class each week and singing songs and playing.

Class started off like always, we sang "hello" to everyone. I decided that everyone could sing "hello" to me while bouncing in their mommies lap.

Then we sang a super cool car song with lots of motions.

It's really funny to see all the grown-ups singing and dancing around for us kids. I think they really love us a lot. Do you see my mommy's face in the picture below? I think this is where she was discovering the rash that was COVERING my body.

This picture does not do it justice. It was all over my face, neck, head, arms, legs, tummy, and back. The strangest thing about it was it just popped up out of nowhere. All the mommies looked at it and tried to make suggestions of what it might be.

Mommy decided that we needed to leave and head to :

I did not want anyone touching and picking at me, I was already upset that I had to leave my class early. It was decided that I was having a reaction to the amoxicillin that I was taking (and on my last day of). This doesn't mean I'm allergic to it, or something like that. Mommy is calling MY doctor first thing in the morning.

Our plans of a fun evening of Kindermusik (with lots of pics) and Colin's baseball game didn't happen, but I guess the show must go on.

My first golf lesson

2010-05-05T16:55:00.000-07:00

It is no secret that my daddy loves golf. He doesn't play as much as he would like because he likes playing with me more. Today, he and mommy decided to take me to the driving range so I could see what golf is all about.

Colin let me play with his puppy dog (Go DAWGS) club cover, it's soft.

Daddy took me up to the putting green, where I tried my best to putt the ball.

I even made my first hole in one!

BUT, the MOST fun I had was putting ALL the golf balls into the bucket....

and dumping them out!

I can't wait to ride in a golf cart and play on a real golf course soon!