Twelve And A Half Months

Yep, Mommy decided that after the ONE year mark, we are now going to try to do this blogging thing twice a month (unless there is something so exciting that it can't wait that long and then we'll do it more often).
   These last two weeks have been filled with more fun things. One day we met our Wednesday play group (ladies and kids from church) at a water park - I had a blast as you'll see in the photos above.  Mommy was shocked at how daring I was and how much I enjoyed the water.  Another day we went out to Naperville for me to meet some of Mommy's Crusade friends who were at STINT Briefing - she loved showing me off although I was super shy.  We also went to Sears one day to get some portraits made of me.  I didn't cry or fuss too much but I was super shy and it was hard to get my picture without Mommy in it too.
  I continue to grow and learn so many new things.  I can now wave bye-bye, blow Daddy a kiss as he's leaving for work, blow raspberries, clap my hands, drink from a sippy cup - sometimes all by myself, do a nice assisted tuck-and-roll (one of my favorite new things- Thanks NaiNai for teaching and helping me!), feed myself all sorts of things - I especially like grapes and kiwi these days.  
  With all this new independence comes a bit of stubbornness too - Mommy and Daddy wonder if I just flipped a switch when I turned one - because I can throw quite the fit when I am not happy/want something/don't want something/or just about anything that sets me off. 
  Mommy is also in the process of weaning me from breast milk (I think this saddens her more than it does me but she knows it is time because I am not as interested any more). At the moment, I am not too fond of cow's milk.  So, please join Mommy in praying that I'll develop a liking of that stuff.  For now, she just puts in my cereal or rice/broccoli or whatever she can find to add it to.  I also get a small cup of yogurt each day after my afternoon nap and sometimes I get some cheese during the day too.   

Fun photos and videos from these past two weeks:

Our birthday -August 6th - glad to have the same birthday as my Auntie Althea: 

A Super Dawg to celebrate our birthday: 

I love "helping" Mommy do the laundry:

       

Look at those curls in the back:

  

Mommy just laughs at the way I look at her sometimes:

Loving me some Winnie The Pooh:

LOVED, LOVED, LOVED play-group at the Water Park:

  

   

Heading outside to enjoy the beautiful weather:

   

   

   

   

   

Some photos of me in the dress I wore for the Sears photo shoot: