Silliness

Here is a video clip of Nellie reading to herself. The second part I turned the screen around so she could see herself as it was recording. She was acting so goofy!

A Day of Firsts

Sunday Nellie surpised me by doing many things for the first time. I gave her a hug in the morining and told her I love her.  For the first time she said "love you" back. It melted my heart. Then later in the day she stated to sing for the first time. It was so cute! The sweetest little voice. At church when I went in to get her after service she was rolling around and playing with two other kids. She looked so grown up giggling with other kids. I asked her if she had fun at church and she looked at me and said "yeah!" She just looks like a little girl now and is really losing all her babyish qualities. Today she opened a door for the first time. So now nothing is safe!

BIG news!

Nellie took her first step today! We were at the doctor for a check up and she stood up all on her own and took a step. She immediately fell down after. When we got home she kept trying  over and over. Maybe it won't be long after all ;)

Catch Up

Eating Corn on the cob.

Silly face

Singing into the mic

Well I know it has been a really long time since I updated. Here is all that has happened since I last wrote: Nellie and I took a trip to cali to visit family and go to my nephew, David's graduation. Then took another trip to to North Carolina to visit some of Gabe's family. I found out I am pregnant and I am due in late January. I have really bad morning sickness and I have ended up in the ER twice because I couldn't stop throwing up and was getting really dehydrated. I am on medication but it doesn't seem to help. Gabe and I have decided to try to sell our house and find another one a little bigger. In the meantime we are staying with my parents. For 4th of July we went up north to Pine and stayed in a cabin. Nellie, Gabe, and I came down with a stomach bug and were all throwing up. So all in all it has been a pretty crazy couple of months. But we are all doing well (minus me who is still nauseous all day every day). I will try to be more consistent now!

Childhood would not be complete without...

eating play-doh

Toddle-er

yay Nellie! It's a start!

Catch-up

Well it has been a while since I updated last. Nellie has been doing really well. She has started to "cruise" around furniture a little. She is talking more and more and will say many words when said repeatedly to her. 

We just finished our last music class and were sad to be done, but we learned many great new songs. Over the course of the class she got better and better at sitting still and paying attention.

We've been taking trips to the zoo which Nellie loves. She tries to make the sounds for the animals she sees, but will sometimes give the giraffes a "meow" or the tigers a "woof". We've also enjoyed the pool a couple times already. This is going to be a great summer!

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New Car Seat!

well we finally got Nellie a "big girl" car seat. After much deliberation we settled on the Britax Boulevard. I haven't installed it yet. But I have been letting Nellie play on it a little (she has already fallen off twice). I really hope she likes it once it is in the car. 

This is just a silly face photo, but as you can see she has a rash around her mouth from the hummus I gave her for lunch. 

Nellie is reading the manual, making sure we install it right.

In the box

yay new car seat!

In the Pool

Yesterday was pretty hot, so I got out Nellie's new pool for the first time. She had a lot of fun in it. I put bubbles in it because my mom used to do that for me! I can't believe yesterday was almost 90 and today has a high of 65! The weather is acting crazy! 

Look what I  can do!

Nellie's "outie"!

Drinking the water

Making handprints

Cutest little buns!

Animal Noises

Nellie has started to say "what's that?" or "What's this?" (it is hard to tell which she is saying), and I don't know if anyone else would really be able to distinguish what she means. But she'll say it and point to anything and everything that captures her curiosity.  She is really getting to be such a chatterbox! She is still a long way off from walking. My prediction for her first steps: June 18th. It is just an arbitrary date. Well here is a little video of her making animal sounds. I think this is the cutest thing!