She Said Momma

Yes! After months of saying daddy and dada my sweet girl said MOMMA! Oh, how I love the sound of that word!!!

I thought it was time to post a little since last time I only posted pics of the birthday party. Elizabeth had a wonderful party with all of our neighbors and her little friends. I attempted a birthday cake as you see from the pics. It was not pretty at all but lets just call it whimsical in its own way :) Ha! Anyway, it tasted very good. Lots of people came back for seconds and one neighbor even said it tasted like the cake his mom use to make for his birthday. I took that as a compliment! Although he did make fun of the way it looked.

The weather is finally pretty and we are enjoying every minute of it. Elizabeth is out in the yard almost everyday. She loves to push her little lawnmower and mow with dad. We bought her a small adirondack chair for the patio and she loves to sit out with us in the afternoons.

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!