Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Growing Up Fast

This age is amazing. She learns so much so fast and it's incredible, hilarious and at times a bit disconcerting. Gabrielle and Walker have been fighting today! Pushing each other, sitting on each other, screaming. It's all of a sudden and very intense. But it stops just as quick as it starts. I separate them and within 30 seconds they are laughing at each other and playing nice again. CRAZY!

We've been slowly letting Brie try her hand at feeding herself with a spoon. Last night was the most hilarious. I was letting her feed herself sweet potatoes out of a little dish. She started trying with the spoon,





then went to her hands


and finally turned up the dish and tried to drink them.




And apparently she thought maybe smoking them would work better:)
It was so funny!

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Baby Girl is ONE!


We made it a whole year and didn't kill her or the plants I got in the hospital. Miracles are alive and well:) And to top it all off...she started walking more than one step at a time...ON her birthday and really showed it off at her birthday party the next day.
We had a lot of fun partying with our friends and family. Her Elmo guitar from Dave was the hit of the party. She was hilarious with her ladybug. She wanted to get on it and slide off the back. Forget rocking...that's what the guitar is for:)




In the past month Brie has changed so much. She is very aware of so many things and able to interact just all of a sudden. She loves being outside and wants to touch all the leaves and flowers. She has eaten dirt twice. She says a few different things other than uh-oh and boo which are the most common. Her newest thing is to grab your face and turn it to where she wants you to look and point at something and she says look. She eats all sorts of things now...especially pasta and mashed potatoes or sweet potatoes. She loves all chips and makes us work hard to make popcorn safe for her consumption.



She also loves to play with the computer and makes it quite difficult to update the blog, so I must go.