30 January 2011

Photo of the Day- 30/365

Today was one of my favorite days of 2011 so far. We started the day with coffee and breakfast and then went out. We stopped by Best Buy and then went to the island to look at houses that are for rent. When our lease is up this summer we are considering moving into a place on the beach. When we got home it was so warm and nice out that we had to spend some time in the back yard. Today was the very first time Magnolia has sat in grass. She is in love with the outdoors. After we came back inside I was in our bedroom folding laundry and she crawled all the way down the hall to see me! Another milestone! It feels pretty great to know that she wants to be with me all the time. I know one day I will be less enthused about her ability to go anywhere in the house, but for now I am just going to be happy for her new trick. The second picture is her first car. I cut out a steering wheel and windows and Dad insisted that she have a spoiler on the back. I even monogramed her back window. We pushed her around the house for quite a while, giggling the whole time. She ate carrots for dinner and made an absolute mess. I was busy getting her bath ready and Andy was undressing her when he called for me to come quick- I came to see her standing on her own! She did it a few times and finally I had to get the camera. She is a mess in the picture and the flash made her close her eyes half way, but there she is standing on her own two feet! The longest she stood for was about 10 seconds before plopping down on her bottom. I am so amazed at how quickly she is learning. She has only been pulling up two weeks or so. She just started crawling less than a month ago! I wish I could describe her personality. There are no words for how quickly it is growing. It is larger than life, that's for sure. She says "Dada" all of the time now. I keep trying to teach her "Mama" but so far no luck. It is amazing how quickly it all happens.