Quiet Time

I've started to realize that when chatter stops, I should get concerned! The majority of the time Cutie is doing something that she shouldn't. The other times, I can peek into her room and catch her doing a little reading up in her big chair! We usually have a couple books on her little table, left over from story time the night before. She'll crawl up in her comfy chair, move back and forth to make it rock, and one by one go through all the books that are at her reach! It is so sweet :)

She recently discovered a box of mini books all about animals (which is what she's reading below!). She loves them! She'll open the box, pull out every one, cry until I put them back in and repeat. It's TONS of fun ;)

The other quite times...she's probably doing something like this!

I was finishing up some laundry, took her clothes to her room and came back to find THIS!

Just In Case...

Just in case you weren't aware...

With my purse, ponytail and sassy sandals :)

Breakfast Please

My little climber has graduated from her rocking chair to the kitchen table! I was checking my email yesterday and turned around to find Elly sitting in one of our kitchen chairs just watching me! For those who haven't seen our itty bitty house, my laptop is on the bar top directly across from the kitchen table. It took the girl 2.5 seconds to climb up into that chair! Little monkey :) I caught her in the act again this morning. This time I was prepared with the camera :)

What's for breakfast?

CHEEESE!

Texas Summers and 16 Months

Texas summers are just NO fun! It is so unbearably hot, being outside is not much of an option. Like her Mommy and Daddy, Elly gets quite stir crazy sitting in the house all day. She loves going to Miss Kelly's where she gets to play with her friends all day (seriously, she can't get away from me quick enough when we get to her door!), but when we are at home she gets bored with just plain old Mom to play with. We decided to go for a swim first thing in the morning...before it hits 107! I have to admit, I actually joined Elly in the pool last weekend. I'm sure it was a sight to see but in the Texas summer, a girl does what she has to do!

Filling up the pool...cutie takes this job VERY serious!


Put down the hose and jump on in!


Wait a minute...What happened to the water???


Her new favorite...standing up and falling on her booty to make a B*I*G splash :)


She would fall, laugh and start clapping :)


Her new favorite word...Ewwwwwww! When she sees something that is a little odd, she'll scrunch her face, point at it say "Ewwwww" until you pick it up. Lately we've had a little problem with Cutie going poopie in the tub (definitely EWWWWW!). It TERRIFIES her! She'll start freaking out with "Ewwww" galore until Daddy cleans it up! Yes, Daddy. That's his job :)

What's that I see? Bird poop! Her best "Ewwwww" face :)


We've been working on a "cheeeese" face as well. I actually use the cheese face when we brush teeth! "Elly, say CHEEESE!" She'll smile and imitate "Teeeees"


I can't believe our girl is 16 months! She has quite a personality and shows it! She had a full on conversation with a plumber across the street the other day. Literally, we were on our sidewalk and he was fixing some pipes on the house across the street. She stood in our driveway jabbering away, waving her hands in the air for a good 5 minutes. He was a good sport and humored her by returning the conversation. She knows a few signs that she uses regularly now. She can tell you; more, please, cookie and all done. Her vocab is also growing by the day! She has quite a few words that she uses regularly; mommy, daddy, shoe, go, bubbles, doggie, are the main ones. I've been working on 'more' and 'please' but she doesn't want much to do with them. She imitated tweezers (more like teesahs!) this morning but won't say 'please' or 'more'! Have I mentioned that the girl does WHAT she wants WHEN she wants! Kris says she gets her hard head from me. I beg to differ!