Sunday, November 28, 2010

November 27, 2010

Sweet Caroline,

We have just finished celebrating our second Thanksgiving together! It is amazing how much you have changed in year! You have changed and blessed everyone in our Familie's lives! We are so very Thankful for you each and everyday.

We went to Grandmama and Grandaddy's house for Thanksgiving and had a wonderful time. We all played outside in the rain! You loved the water dripping of the roof ledge and their gravel drive way! I didn't think we were going to be able to get you in the house! You did discover how yummy Grammy's dressing is! Which is no surprise to me that you loved it...after all you are Princess Carb-A-Lot!

Thanksgiving Evening we went to visit Gigi and Pops! We Helped Gigi decorate her Christmas tree. You were a whole lot more interested in the latter she was using to reach the top of the tree than the tree itself! You Also Said "Santa!" This was just wonderful because I Love that Jolly Man and everything that is Christmas!

We actually Celebrating Thanksgiving With Gigi Pops on the Saturday after THanksgiving! We had a wonderful time and Aunt E E made the BEST chicken and Stuffing I have ever had and you ate it up! You entertained Aunt E E friends as well as the rest of us! Our Second Thanksgiving together was wonderful and We enjoyed every minute of the Holiday with you. The holidays mean so much more to me now that we have you to share them with.

I Love you and I am SO Thankful for you,
Love, Mommy

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

November 23, 2010

Sweet Caroline,

Today is your Happy 17 Month Birthday! Your current weight 21 pounds and 8 ounceS and you are 31 inches tall.You are a Girl on the GO! Your hair is getting longer and longer and it is still curly! I LOVE IT!

Your personality is just getting Bigger and Brighter! Your favorite thing to say right Now is “HEEEY!” To everyone about a hundred times! I never get tired of hearing it either! There is no telling how many times the word “Hey” is said around our house in a day between you, me, and Daddy! You also like to get your dog purse put it around your neck, wave and say by! Just like Mommy when she is leaving! Also your bond with Hazel is just growing and growing! The two of you are quite a pair…Always together! Having Snacks together, cuddling together, and playing together! You Love that Pup and that Pup loves You!

On November 4, 2010 it happened….You fell down the Stairs. Luckily it was only the bottom two that you fell down. However it was terrifying to watch that happen! It scared you more than anything! Those stairs looked enormous and you tumbled down…Bless you heart! I had gone upstairs to get your Bug Rocker and bring it down for you to play with by the time I was headed back down you had already climbed up two stairs when you saw me you decided to head back down and that is when you tumbled! Lesson Learned…Don’t turn your back for minute and you are incredibly fast!

Here is just a recap of new words you have said this past month!
Ball
Shoe
Yellow
Ketchup

Your still love dancing and now twirling to any musical toon from a commercial jingle to an actual song or just to the music in your little head which you have been doing since you were Teeny Tiny! I mention all of this because Grammy got you a Musical Christmas Box that Lights up play Christmas songs. You carry it around and dance to it all of the time! Great Entertainment for all!


I LOVE YOU SO MUCH,
♥Mommy

Sunday, November 21, 2010

November 21, 2010

Sweet Caroline,

Today you and I spent the evening together. Daddy was working since this is Thanksgiving week…gotta get ready for Black Friday! We had Dinner and then you had your Bathe. We then sat done to watch Toy Story 3 because you really seem to enjoy this movie! You were playing on the couch while watching the movie and cuddling with me. I asked you to blow me a kiss and you actually planted a Big Smacker right on my cheek! You were so happy about this, we played Kissy Face until Story time! This was the first time you actually gave a kiss to anyone and You gave it to me! You are the Joy of my Life!

I Love You More than You Will Ever Know
♥Mommy

Thursday, November 18, 2010

November 18, 2010

Sweet Caroline,

Another New WORD happened this evening! Drum Roll Please….KETCHUP! You have developed a love for Ketchup or maybe a love of dipping! Either way you shouted “Ketchup” this evening at Dinner! The bottle was sitting on the Table and you pointed to it and said “Ketchup.” Your Daddy and I both heard it and we looked at each other in surprise and asked you to say it again! You DID! I have to say this was the ONLY bright spot at Dinner Time. You wanted absolutely nothing to do with tonight’s meal. You screamed, cried, and tried to send your plate flying across the kitchen! This did not a Happy Mommy make. Your Daddy ate it but then told me didn’t care for the type of cheese I put on the broccoli and he didn’t like the Macaroni casserole I made either. SIGH….Like I said, Your New Word “Ketchup” was the only happy moment at tonight’s Dinner. I do so love your new words Baby Girl! Ketchup is a very important one! However you Aunt E E would disagree with this statement!

PS, Come to find out from Ms. Jo you had all ready eaten a TON of Popcorn for your afternoon snack! Maybe Dinner was so bad after All…..

I do so love you!
♥Mommy

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

November 17, 2010

Dear Sweet Caroline,


Tonight we had to rush home to get ready to go the Community Thanksgiving Service with Grammy and Papa Rick. I decided we would have Chili from Wendy’s for dinner since I really wasn’t going to have time to make anything for us. We got home and sat down to eat and much to my amazement you fed yourself chili with a spoon! Exciting Moment…The First time you fed yourself using a utensil!! I do have to mention that you were using your left hand too! You really don’t look very much like me but maybe you will turn out to be left-handed like me! I was quite impressed with how neat you were at spooning the chili into your mouth! Miss Independent!
I was shocked at the amount of people at the Service tonight. I think everyone in the whole town of Van Buren was there! Grammy was singing in the Choir we sat with Papa Rick. There was a lot of singing that you every much enjoyed and a video about the organizations tonight’s offering was going to support that you liked! After that thing went down hill, you decided you were done behaving and Papa Rick Spent the rest of the service out in the lobby with you! You visited with everyone who was also out in the lobby and made new friends! You are quite the little Social Butterfly!

PS Today is Miss Gracyn’s First Birthday which we will be celebrating on Saturday! I t is so hard for me to believe that you all are both One…A year Old! Time is so fleeting! I hope that you all grow to have as wonderful a relationship as Peevy (Gracyn’s Mommy) and I have!

I LOVE SO MUCH Miss Priss!
♥Mommy

Sunday, November 14, 2010

November 14, 2010

Sweet Caroline,

            Today we went up to Fayetteville to visit Peevy, Clint and Gracyn!  I love when we all get together!  We are one week out from Miss Gracyn’s Big 1 Year Birthday Party!  We had to take Gracyn’s Birthday Canvas up and decided to do lunch and shopping….make a day of it!  While at lunch you developed a love for Gracyn’s vegetable Puffs!   I guess we will have to get some too!  I absolutely love watching Gracyn and you play with one another, eat each others food, hold hands, and just be together!!  The two of you melt my Heart!  Thank goodness for the Gap Get and Give 30% discount that Sarah sent to Peevy and I!  We totally got some Christmas Surprises for a great Deal!  Gracyn and you were pretty good girls with the exception of a small fit or two for our entire day of Shopping.  We did drag the two to you all over North West Arkansas! Pretty sure Peevy and I wore the two of you completely out! 
            Once we got home I had a few more items I wanted to purchase with the Gap discount and it expired at midnight.  Daddy and I showed you some pajama’s online and asked you to point to the ones you liked the very best.  You stood there for a moment and then you pointed to the Pink Cheetah Pair…WOW!! Could this just be a Coincidence… I THINK NOT!  This is the FIRST THING YOU PICKED OUT FOR YOURSELF!  I think your level of comprehension is amazing!  Pretty sure you understand almost everything we say to you!  You are one Smart Cookie!

Love You SO Very Much,
♥Mommy 

Friday, November 12, 2010

November 12, 2010

Sweet Caroline,

            This evening we took you to see your second live stage theatre production.  The Van Buren High School Theatre Department performed Peter Pan the Musical!  We went with Pops, Gigi, and Aunt E.  I am pretty sure that you loved it!  You watched and you danced and you peeked through the chairs to watch while standing on the floor…pretty much you kept all of us entertained while you were being entertained!  You almost made it through the entire performance which was a little over 2 hours!  Close to the end of the show around 8:30 ish you crawled up into my lap and settle in and went right to sleep with your legs on Daddy and the rest of you curled up on me.  You are so full of life and
have such a big personality, it was all out there for everyone to see tonight! I love sharing moments like these with you!

          P.S.  Gigi thinks that you are saying the word “Apple” too!  You Love to eat apple and I think she is right! I heard you saying your version of Apple while you were eating them tonight before leaving for Peter Pan! You are such a Smarty Pants!!

Love you forever and Always,
♥ Mommy

Thursday, November 11, 2010

November 11, 2010   

Sweet Caroline,

This is just a random Word thing I wanted to share with you! Tuesday 11-09-10 when I dropped you off at Ms. Jo’s she told me that you said the word “Yellow.”  I was shocked in a good way! I mean Yellow…that is a big kind of random work to say! Ms. Jo said you all were outside playing and the older girls, Linlee and Adilyn were picking up leaves. Ms. Jo was asking them what colors they were and one happened to be Yellow.  Right after the Girls said yellow you shouted “Yellow!”  So that night after we were all home I asked to say “Yellow” and you did!!! You have been saying yellow ever since then!  We have been looking at lots of Yellow things!  I Love New Words and So Do You!  NOW We Must Work on the Word/ Color PINK!!!! 

I Love you,
♥ Mommy

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

November 10,2010

Sweet Caroline,

            This Morning you were already awake when I came in to start getting you ready to head to Ms. Jo’s.  You were in a Fantastic mood and your precious little face was the absolute best way to start my day as it always is!  While we were putting your clothes on you picked up one of your shoes and said “Shoe!"  This was very exciting, another new word!  Watching you learn and grow is the most amazing thing I get to you do!  The word “Shoe” spoken form your tiny mouth was no exception!  You are Amazing and Exceptional!

            One more exciting thing….your Picture was in the Press Argus Courier Paper today! You are posing with Papa Rick at the Tate Elementary Fall Festival!  You are quite the girl about town!  Photograph hanging in the Front Window of Memories by Jody’s Studio, Photograph Hanging in Catfish hole, and Now at the young age of 16 ½ Months you have made the local Paper! You are a STAR!

I Love you more than you will ever know,
♥ Mommy