Hi everyone! It has been a while since we posted. These days it is not so easy just to run to the computer. Elizabeth is walking and running everywhere now. She got her first skined knee on Wednesday. You would think that would have slowed her down a little but oh no! She cried a little but hopped right back up. I did not know that wanting to be independent would come so soon. She absolutely does not want your help on anything. The other night I was about to take her sandals off for her and she got off of my lap and went into the dinning room to take them off herself. After a few minutes of trying she got aggrivated and let me take them off. I am guessing she might be stubborn. Not sure what side that would come from though. I am going to say dads:)
We are getting ready for her first birthday next friday. Where has the year gone? She is no longer a baby. I do miss the baby stage but I have loved all the other stages as well. She is so much fun now. You can't help but smile with complete joy when you see her learn something new or smile at you. I know that all parents know what I am talking about.

Kansas has had some beautiful weather the past few weeks so we have been taking advantage of it. We have visited the park a few times and are out in the yard a lot more. Elizabeth got to swing and play on the slide for the first time a couple of weeks ago and she loved it. We thought the slide may scare her a little but no our little one just turned around and started climbing up the slide. With dad at the bottom and mom up top she would climb up to me, slide down to dad and start all over again. She had a blast! There is nothing like watching your child laugh and play...

Elizabeth is walking!! Yes, I know I can't believe it! She started taking steps on her own last Wednesday afternoon. So far she is only up to about four or five by herself but can run a marathon behind her little stroller. She is so proud of herself when she does something new. You can see how she just lights up but of course mom is always right there cheering and clapping. Dad says I should limit it to big events but I am just so proud I can't help myself. If anyone ever looked in our window they might think I was some kind of nut dancing around.

Just had to Share

Yesterday Elizabeth was playing in her room while I was in the office. After a little while I saw her crawl into her bathroom. Ok, no biggie. Then I thought she is really really quiet. Uh Oh! This usually means something as all parents know. So I thought I should go see what had her attention. As you can tell by the pictures she had been busy.... I am just glad that it wasn't a whole role. Peanut does this when she is mad at us or wants attention. It just never accured to me that Elizabeth might tear up the paper. I was so sure I had everything put up! Guess I was wrong :)

Just a quick update. Elizabeth is doing great and is into everything. She can now make it to the top of the stairs all by herself. Her new thing is calling everything dada and will also say daddy. We don't think that she understands what she is saying yet but it is so sweet to hear. Here are a few pictures of our growing baby girl.

Well I finally got some new pics and the background up lets see if I can make a quick post. We have had a busy month and lots of new firsts for Elizabeth. Before Christmas we went home to Mississippi for the holidays. While we were there we had Elizabeth's dedication at the church that Adam was babtized in when he was little. This was a special day for us and the whole family. The church is small and I think once we had everyone there we made the majority of the congregation that morning. That was great though bc we loved having everyone there! Christmas was great as well Elizabeth got lots of goodies from three different houses and Santa recieved the forwarding address for Uncle Chip and Glenda's house. Wow, Santa is sooooo smart!
In other news while we were home Elizabeth learned to pull up by herself, cut her first tooth, and had pink eye for the first time. Although the pink eye she had the day we left for MS. Still lots of first. Since getting back to Kansas she has started climbing the stairs and taking small steps behind her stroller and will wave to you sometimes. Dad has also taught her to do high five. This was taught while grocery shopping in Sam's. Oh, and we have another tooth coming in now as well. Mom is having a hard time keeping up these days but we are having a blast!
Hope everyone had a wonderful christmas and new year!

Lots of New Milestones

Over the past month we have had lots of first. To start Elizabeth is now crawling and chasing the cats. I think that the faster they move the faster she learns to crawl... She has also started pulling up on the hearth and will stand a little at the coffe table if you stand her up. I am not sure that I am ready for all of this and I know that the cats aren't. Peanut spends a lot of time in the closet on the top shelf now and Kiki is starting to get annoyed with Elizabeth pulling her tail. Poor kitties I hope they make it through these next few years with hair and tails in tact.

Last week we had two new firsts. Elizabeth graduated to the big bath tub for the first time and she loves it. I was really worried at first about it being too slippery and her being scared of the water but that is so not the case. As soon as I put her in the tub she dove face first for one of her toys and started splashing. She found this to be so funny and just giggled each time she splashed the water. Last night she wanted to chew on the stopper and stuck her face in the water to get to the stopper. This was a shock to her once her face hit the water. I guess she thought since she could see the stopper she could get it without getting her face in the water. She took it like a trooper though and did not get upset. The second of our first came on Wednesday of last week when I took her for her first day of daycare. This is not something I was wanting to do but with gentle urges from dad (ha ha) I finally made it to the church with her. Can you believe she did not even know that I left! So I called back about two hours later and they said she was doing great and playing with the other babies. I know that I should be happy that she did well but it really hurt my feeling when she didn't care that I left... Adam says that I should be careful what I wish for and I know that. I just thought she loved me a little more than that :)