It's summer time!

Summertime and we are living it up! :)

First swim of the summer was with my friend, Cassie.  Water was cold but it was still very fun!

My new Ariel Swimming Suit

I still love to swing and slide at Grammy's house.  It's even better when Grammy will come out with me!

And the deck at Grammy's is the perfect climbing gym!

Or the grass is fun too!

Other things I LOVE to do right now:

Jump/bounce on my bed

Baths!

(Especially in GIANT bathtubs!  (First one was at Grammy's, 2nd one was in Ohio)

Playing with Mommy's hair

Eating Sweets!!  (frosting, candy, cookies, cake, anything!) :)  (don't worry...I still like other food too but I've just recently figured out how GOOD sugar is!) :)

I was helping Aunt Tami frost Aunt Kylie's "Welcome home" cake!

I am talking lots more these days!  Finally I'm  figuring out how to say more than "this" to name things.  My favorite word to shout all day long around the house is "Mama! Mama! Mama!" 

My favorite game right now is Ring around the Rosies.  I will play it with just about anyone who will do it with me.  I always have to beg before anyone will do it with me though!  Luckily I'm persistent! :) 

(This video is of me playing it with Cassie.  Go to my actual blog, click here, if you are just reading this in an email and want to watch the video!)

My favorite movie right now is  the Princess Sing Along songs!  Music, princesses, dancing...how could anyone not love it!? :)

My favorite toys right now are my Disney Figurine Character sets.  Especially the people who I can make dance around the room  with me.

I love to sit on the potty every time Mommy or Daddy change my diaper.  I don't really get what Mom and Dad are trying to get me to do, but I know it's a good thing to sit up there.  Mommy showed  me a new movie about going potty today--it is SO cool!  I watched it 5 times in a row! :)

Everyone who sees me these days says I look like "Boo" on Monster's Inc.  I don't know what they are talking about because I've never seen that movie---but I think they are saying I'm cute and Mommy seems happy with it...so I'm  happy with it! :)

 I love to pick and smell flowers!

First scraped knees happened just a couple of weeks ago. I fell while running on the sidewalk 3 times!  The first time, I didn't even notice until Mommy and Daddy were cleaning up the blood.  Then the other 2 times really hurt when I scraped open the first scabs.  ouch!  Whenever I see my knees now, I point to them and say "ouch"!

I am a CLIMBER!  I love it!

AND I turn 2 in just over a month!  Yay! Another birthday! :)

Play Doh!

This stuff is the BEST!!  Mommy and Daddy gave me a container and some dough--it was pink and in a tall circle shape.  I wasn't sure what it was at first---thought maybe I should eat it (we were sitting at the table).  But then Daddy showed me some things to do with it---and it was SO MUCH FUN!!!

I squished it and pressed it and pulled it!  then Mommy got out some plastic utensils and we cut it, poked it and scooped it!  And there were SO many colors!!  I had to put one color away before I got out another one (cuz that's what Daddy said to do)!  I sat and played with him for 20-30 minutes!

  If you haven't tried this stuff---you REALLY SHOULD!!!  It's great!

My Sunday Bag

A couple Sunday's ago Mommy and Daddy gave me my very own bag for church.  I LOVE IT!  Now I have a bag to carry all my books and toys in just like Mommy!  And it is just my size!

Every Sunday morning now, I get to help load it up with books I want and I get to carry it to church!

I'm such a big girl!

My language

I still don't have tons of english words yet...however, I am trying harder and harder each day to say new sounds and attempt to imitate what Mommy and Daddy say to me.




Words I say:

"Mama"=Mama

"Daaaa"=Daddy

"Dee"=Candy

"Ba"=Drink, ball, more, grandma

"Boo"=Balloon

"Bee"=Baby

Cow noise (boo)

Monkey noise (ooooaahhh)

"fis"=Fish

"peas"=Please

"k"=ok or k (note from mom: she whispers it!  Soooo cute and funny!)

"mik"=milk

"yes"=yes

"no"=no

Words I sign:

Please

Thank you

more

drink

milk

all done

wash

apple

eat

dog

bird

I understand everything Mommy and Daddy say...I'm working on trying to communicate with them in their language!  It's coming slowly, but surely! :)

My favorite things!

I turned 21 months on Saturday!  Here are some of my favorite things right now.  (They change so frequently, I have to try to keep up on recording them!) :)

Pickles!

Helping Daddy make smoothies

and eating Strawberries!

I love being outside!

swinging

sliding

Uncle Brandon

Uncle Austin

Zac the dog!

Chewing on my fingers (teeth coming in on both sides)

Baby Kyler

Buckles (carseat, high chair, etc.) 

Fruit Snacks AND Finding Nemo

Helping Daddy build things

Helping get breakfast

Helping with dishwasher soap

Helping with Kyler

Playing with my new "big girl" water table!

Scowling at the camera in my face!

Ranch dressing

My own bucket of cereal at Grammy's

Looking cute!!