July - August 2013

July 2 - “Mommy, may I please have some carrots for my baby bunnies?”

“Sure, in just a minute.”

“Okay! That will be cool! And funny! And really amazing!”
(When in doubt, just use all the adjectives you can think of.)

July 3 - We had a fireworks show at church. (Daddy helps shoot the fireworks off!) You and Jordan watched the show together and you LOVED it!

July 4 - We had dinner at Nana & Grandpa’s and you had your first sparkler. How exciting! 

July 5 - You call QuikTrip “Quip Trip.” Also, Tatum recently handed down a pair of pink cowgirl boots that you try to wear everywhere, even though they are still too big for you. But they’re so cute!

July 6 - The men’s singing group from our church (which includes Uncle Caleb and Uncle Jacob) sang the national anthem at tonight’s Drillers baseball game. Here is a photo of you and Jase at the game.

July 8 - Today you spread your blanket out on the living room floor to practice your “carpet wheel.” (You meant cartwheel.)

July 11 - My Aunt Kristi and my cousin Kristin and all four of her kids (Hannah, Gideon, Gracie, and baby Haven) came to see us! We played at home, went to eat at the mall, got drinks from Sonic, and played at the splash pad. You loved baby Haven, which is great since your baby sister is on the way!
 



July 12 - Almost every Friday we go and pass out church tracts together. You love when Daddy lets you "drive" in the neighborhood when we're finished. Check out the video!

July 20 - Today you went to Natalie Hefner’s 4th birthday party and had a blast with some of your girlfriends.


July 19 - Here is a video of you trying to sing like Ariel does in The Little Mermaid. And another one from the next day.

July 24 - We went to the water park in Muskogee today with Grams, Aunt Jenn, Jordan, and Tatum. You played mostly in the little kid area and loved the lazy river once you got over your fear of it. It was a really fun day!

 

July 26 - Breakfast with Daddy and Mommy at Waffle House - our favorite breakfast spot.

July 29 - You love to ask me how to say things in Spanish. But you also love to make up your own “Spanish” words. You will mumble something strange like “blah de blah” and then tell me that it means “Come over here!”

And here is a video of you talking with Daddy about your day. You like for him to tell you all about his day and then you tell him about yours. It's so sweet.

July 30 - Today you “colored” on our brand new car with a rock. Seriously, our car is 3 days old and is the first brand new car we’ve ever owned. You found a rock and decided to scribble on your car door with it. Oh my…

July 31 - This morning you snuggled with Pixie when you got out of bed. And then at storytime you played the “bongles.” (The bongos.)

 

August 5 - Today you had your birthday party! We had a girls only party at the splash pad. Your guests were Jordan & Tatum, Natalie & Savannah Hefner, Hattie Boley, and Zuri Dar. Here are a couple of photos.

August 7 - Today was my birthday. Grams came to spend the day with us! We went shopping and out to eat at Cheddars. (Grams’ birthday is August 1st, yours is the 4th, and mine is the 7th. We were all celebrating our birthdays together!) But before all of that, we went and got pedicures together. You loved your first pedicure! Your toes looked so cute when we were done - pink with white polka dots and sparkles.

 

August 9 - I have no idea what this means, but you said it and I thought it was funny -- “Is that the end of the house and then we just fall in love?”

Today we also tried a little burger joint we had never visited before - we like to eat lunch out on Fridays since Daddy is home with us. It was called Bill’s Jumbo Burgers and it was delicious! Here is a photo of you and Daddy at Bill’s.

August 13 - “I love you for a million miles with all my heart.”

August 15 - Today we went to the zoo with Natalie and Zuri - fun!

August 18 - “God made spit in your mouth so that your teeth and your mouth won’t fall out.” Who knows what that means! 

Today we finished your “big girl room.” It’s the same bedroom you’ve been in, but we painted and put new furniture in it. You were extremely excited about your loft bed. You call it your “tall tall bed.” You also chose the paint color for the accent wall. I was afraid that it would be too bright, but it’s actually super pretty! Great choice!

 




August 22 - Called pancakes “pant-cakes”

August 24 - Asked “Why is the cat rumbling?” She was purring.

August 30 - Today you told me, “I am the biggest big sister ever.” I love that you are so excited to be a big sister! Just three more months until Ariana is here!

Here is a photo of you kissing my belly and talking to baby Ariana just a couple of days ago.

And here is a silly one of you in the car. 

May - June 2013

The weather is warm and we are enjoying our time outside! You would wear a summer dress every single day if I would let you. In fact, you get in trouble for crying when I tell you that you can’t wear a dress on any given day. It’s crazy and it’s definitely a girl thing. You also love our swimming and splash pad days. You have SIX bathing suits this summer. SIX! But you have had lots of chances to wear them all. We go to the swimming pool at least once a week, to the splash pad once or twice a week, and we have a little pool in our backyard for you to play in when we’re home. Summer has been really fun so far!

May 5 - The illustrator of the Fancy Nancy books (Robin Priess Glasser) was at Barnes and Noble today. You were able to hear her speak, meet her, get her autograph on one of your books, and look inside her tour RV. Tatum came with us and we met Natalie and her family there. It was really fun and you loved wearing your fanciest dress!

May 11 - Today we told you that we are going to have a baby! You have been praying with us every evening for a very long time asking God to give us a baby. You were very happy about the news! Then Grams and Pops and Uncle Caleb and his family came over and we shared our news with them. They were all so excited and happy for us! Especially Grams!

Then you put your tiny baby doll under your dress and told us that you had a baby in your tummy too! It was cute!

May 12 - Today was Mothers Day. We told Grandpa and Nana that we were expecting a baby. The really neat thing is that Aunt Jessica is expecting a baby at the very same time! We are both due to have babies on or near December 11th. We made a special book of photos for Nana to open as a special way to share our news with her. She was very surprised and excited! It was a very special day.

Here are some of the photos that were in Nana's special book.

And here are some photos that I used to share the news with our friends online.

We are so excited to finally be able to give you a baby brother or sister! You can't wait until the baby arrives!

May 15 - Today was Parents Day at your gymnastics class. I had a great time watching you do all the things you have learned! It's fun to see you and Zuri enjoying yourselves together in class.

May 16 - Today you when we talked about eating at McDonald’s you called it “Old MacDonald’s.” I thought that was so funny!

May 17 - Today you called dandelions “Daniel-lions.”

May 22 - You said, “It’s an enormous tiny little book!” I love how you try to use words you have heard us say even when you’re not quite sure how to use them.

May 27 - More cute Penny sayings! You call your goggles “gobbles” and a hula hoop a “hula scoop.”  How funny! Today was Memorial Day and we spent the day with Grams & Pops in Claremore. We ate burgers at their house and you played in the sprinkler. Then we went to Claremore Lake and had a great time together! You were a busy girl and kept us all on our toes!

Found a turtle at Pops' house!

All wet after some sprinkler fun.

Grams lets you have lots of cookies!

Fun with Daddy at the lake

You and Pops found lots of turtles while looking over the bridge!

June 4 - Here is the video of you singing a made up song to your baby Lucy. Looks like you're practicing being a great big sister already!

June 7 - You already love to kiss the baby!

And you are practicing taking care of a baby. You tell me you can change diapers and hold the baby and help give the baby a bath. Here is a photo of you practicing giving a baby a bath. So cute!

June 8 - You told your daddy, “I hope you’re the best daddy in the world!” Hmmm... is that a compliment?

June 10 - Today you were playing with a measuring tape and you measured me. I asked you, “How tall am I Penny?” and you replied, “Fifty-six pounds!” Later when you measured me again you told me I was “eleven-sixty pounds.” I love your math skills!

June 12 - We love to teach you new words and what they mean. And there is even a game you like to play on my iPad that is designed to build your vocabulary. That’s why it was so cute today when you said, “Nosey; that means for when your nose is running!”

June 17 - Another vocabulary lesson from you today: “Excluded means you’re really really cluded like clue.”

June 27 - You thought wearing my bra was pretty cool. I thought it was hilarious! After this, you striped down to your underwear, put my bra on again, and said, "I'm ready to go swimming now!" Haha!

June 28 - Today we had a "Gender Reveal Party" at Nana's house. Aunt Jessica and I had the party together to tell our families whether we were having a baby boy or a baby girl. Her family was there, my family (the Starrs) were there, and of course the Palmer family was there. (Samuel and Andrew both had to miss it though.) We had special cakes made to reveal our news. Grams cut my cake open and saw that the icing was... PINK! We are having a girl! You are going to have a little sister!

And guess what?!? Aunt Jessica is having a baby girl too! This December will be very exciting!

Here we are with our pieces of cake. They each have pink icing in the center to reveal that we're having girls!

Then I got to tell you our baby's name. Her name will be Ariana. You were so excited to find out that our baby is a girl!

Here are some photos we took to share the news with our friends. You are going to be a great big sister, I just know it!

Before you found out that our baby was a girl, you changed your mind all the time about what you wanted. It seemed like every time someone asked you what you were hoping for, or what you thought the baby was, you switched from boy to girl and then back again. Fortunately, on the day of the party, you were hoping for a girl. So you were very happy!

 June 29 - You had the best time "helping" Daddy and me wash the car. He was out of town most of the month of June for work so it was really nice to wrap up the month by enjoying a few days of quality family time.