01/08 - You called Sophie Fleet "Soapie" - you talk about her a lot right now!
01/09 - You love to clean up after our dog. Pixie leaves pieces of dog food scattered near her dish and you sing the clean up song while putting them back in. (You sing "nee-nup, nee-nup!") Today you came to me with a piece of dog food in your mouth. Yuck!
01/11 - It was snowing and blowing around really hard and you looked out the car window and said, "Mess! Mess! Bubbles!" It was our first snow of the season and of course you didn't remember it from last year.
01/14 - You LOVE to feed Pixie. You bring her pieces of her food and you share your own snacks with her. (You get in trouble for it.)
01/22 - You started bowing your head when we pray this month.
01/29 - You went potty for the first time in your potty chair! What a big girl!
Here are some photos from this month...
You look SO big in your crib.
Daddy loves to help you with your mega blocks.
I thought your hair was so silly on this morning - you look like Cindy Lou Who from Dr. Seuss!
You play with these pot holders almost every single day.
Playing in your pajamas with Zuri.
Bath time. This is your latest "cheese" face for photos.
This month you went to the circus for the first time. It was the circus sponsored by American Airlines and Daddy got free tickets. It was kind of a rinky-dink circus and it was really loud! You got bored pretty quickly and my ears were hurting so badly that we left early. Next time the "good" circus comes to town we'll try it - and we'll remember to take ear plugs! Here is a picture of you and Daddy while we waited for it to start.
You met Santa for the second time this month. He came to visit you at Nana and Grandpa's house. I was afraid you would get really nervous about him so for about a week we looked at pictures of him on the internet and I tried to get you excited about him. But as soon as he walked in the door you got anxious. You did NOT want to sit on his lap. I hope that next year you'll be big enough to be excited about him again!
Aunt Carole came to visit for Christmas and boy did she love spoiling you! You took to her really quickly and loved following her around Nana's house. She brought lots of her jewelry and let you play with it which you loved of course. :)
The week before Christmas you got to bake cookies with Nana for the first time. I'm not sure you were much help but you sure loved getting to be a part of the action and Nana had a great time with you in the kitchen!
We were very busy at Christmas time. We spent Christmas Eve day at Grams' and Pops' house along with Uncle Caleb, Aunt Jenn, Jordan, Alex, and Tatum. You had a great time! You sat on Jordan's lap as much as possible and she even read you some books. Tatum got a new table and chairs for her tea parties and you helped her break that in. You got some great books from Grams and Pops and some Mega Blocks from Uncle Caleb and Aunt Jennifer.
We spent the evening of Christmas Eve at Nana's house. Every year she gives you a new pillowcase with new pajamas inside. I love that tradition! Nana also gave you a Christmas book to read.
On Christmas morning we had just a few minutes to open presents at our house - just you, me, and Daddy. You got an Elmo doll, and Abby doll, a new baby with a pacifier and blanket, and a new pair of sparkly shoes. You did pretty well at opening presents by yourself.
After we opened presents at our house we went to Nana and Grandpa's to be with the Palmer family. We had breakfast there and opened presents. You got a really cool bean bag chair which you loved from Nana. You also got jewelry, books, and an Aqua Doodle, which is a fancy mat that you color on with a water marker.
After we opened presents we headed to church. It was fun having Christmas on a Sunday and spending part of the day with our church family celebrating the birth of Christ. We spent the afternoon at Nana's having lunch and getting ready for the birthday party we would have later that evening for Grandpa and Jessica. We went to the candlelight service at church that evening and guess what, Aunt Carole accepted Christ as her Savior that night after church! It was the best Christmas gift! After church we went back to Nana's (again) for the birthday party before heading home for some rest. It was a very busy day!
The day after Christmas we still had some celebrating to do! We went to Siloam Springs, Arkansas to your Great Aunt Kristi's house to be with Grams' family. You got to play with your second cousins - Hannah and Gideon - and see baby Gracie as well. And of course you spent as much time with Jordan as you could.
More December photos...
Here are some memories I wrote in my journal about you this month:
12/04 - The first thing you said when you woke up this morning was "Zuri." Cute! (You pronounce it 'Soeey.')
12/10 - Your daddy gave you a bath tonight. You peed on the floor before he even put you in. And once you were in the tub you laughed and squealed for the longest time in there playing with him.
12/11 - You are getting so good at animal noises! You do a lot of them without even being prompted when you are looking at animal books. It's really cute!
12/12 - You walked around the house saying, "Nice! Nice! NICE!" It was silly.
12/19 - You smiled and flirted with a sweet old man while waiting in line at Target. It made his day! You also love love LOVE books! You would sit with a pile of books and let me read to you all day long. Another funny thing you do is that you head butt your daddy. He loves that!
12/25 - You said "Jesus" for the first time today at Baby Bible Class. What a better day than Christmas Day to start talking about Jesus!
12/28 - When I ask you a yes-or-no question you usually respond with "No. Okay!" Its the silliest thing.
12/29 - You have started singing a lot. You sing a little made-up song and sometimes dance along. It's so cute.
Here are a few more pictures of your busy December:
Cheering on the Sooners with Zuri!
Waiting at the doctor's office. You managed to get your sucker before you saw the doc!
Here are some fun memories I have from November with you: 11/01
You took a drink from your sippy cup with a straw and then held the straw up to my mouth and made pretend drinking noises so I would take a drink. You did this over and over again and I thought you were really cute!
11/16
You started to do the motions to some of the songs we have learned at story time at the library.
You frequently say two-word phrases like "Hi Daddy!" and "Up please!"
You are very sweet and gentle with our beagle Pixie.
You finally went up to Miss Michelle at story time by yourself today to get your stamp.
You love getting your box of shoes out of your armoire to play with them.
You pick out your shoes by yourself every day and you almost ALWAYS choose the sparkly ones. :)
11/19
You say "No way!" and I have no idea where you learned that!
11/25
You LOVE your cousin Jase. You get so excited when you hear his name and super excited when you see him!
You are also fascinated by Jordan. You love to follow her around and touch her hair. She thinks you are hilarious.
11/26
You call a squirell "go-go" and a necklace "ga-ga."
11/27
Sometimes you cry when I drop you off at the nursery. :-(
You are really babbling a lot! You mimic the things we say and put a lot of inflection into what you are saying.
You do the motions to "Open and Shut Them" at home. You ask to sing it all the time!
You got your first molars (on top) on November 25th and 28th.
