Sunday, April 26, 2009

Chatterbox


We might not always know exactly what she's saying, but she lets us know that she's trying to tell us something! In fact, Elizabeth is starting to put words together. For example, the other day she said, "Thank you, Daddy." There was a time a couple months ago where we could count the number of words in her vocabulary. No longer can we do that! In fact, she comes out with words that we did not even know that she could say.

She has a mind of her own, too. I made the mistake last week of telling her to come help mommy pick out her clothes to wear and she ended up in a dress and snowboots in 70 degree weather. At 6:15 in the morning, I did not have the time nor energy to argue fashion with her.

She's been a whole lot of fun these days and keeps us laughing. We went to the zoo a couple of weeks ago and she really enjoyed seeing the monkeys (once pronounced "mom-mee" but since that was a way to close to mommy, the word has evolved into muh-[pause]-me). She also liked the turtles. However, when she saw a turtle in the yard today, she wasn't real impressed. Maybe because she couldn't sit on it like she could sit on the (fake) turtles at the zoo.

We're looking forward to the summer. Instead of one week long vacation, I think we might take several mini-vacations. Jason is off work every other Friday, so this would work out nice. We'll see. Thank goodness winter is over, but we're wondering what happened to spring!

New pictures are here!

Sunday, February 22, 2009

New photos


I know it's been awhile! There are some new photos if you click the photo link to the right. They are under January/February 2009.

Elizabeth says new words every day. This morning (after going to the ER because she has pink eye), I gave her a treat--powdered donut holes--something we don't ever have at home. She wanted more and stood at the counter and said, "NO-NUH" (I understood that she said "donut"). You'll see some pictures of her with powder on her face!

There are also some pictures of her in her new playhouse. Good times!

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Christmas Fun


Christmas was a lot of fun this year. Elizabeth has enjoyed her 2 weeks home with mommy and her week with daddy. We were home for Christmas and at Grandma and Papa Updegrave's. She got a slide/swing playset from them and we believe she's an aspiring gymnist.

We also traveled to Ohio to see Grammy and Papaw Cline, Aunt Daniele, Uncle Curtis, Olivia and Lauren. Elizabeth loved spending time with her cousins (6 and 4). She kept up with them pretty well, considering the age difference!

She's a sweet, smart, fun little girl and she brings so much joy to us!

Click here for Christmas pictures.