Happy Valentine's Day

Sweet girl,
Happy Valentine's Day! We want you to know today and always that your mommy and daddy love you very much! We are your biggest fans and want the best this life has to offer for you! You are such an amazing little girl! We love you to pieces!
Love,
Mommy & Daddy

"It's NOT always rainbows and butterflies"

"it's compromise that moves us along"...
Maroon 5 sings those lyrics and those lyrics are a reflection of our moment to moment life these days with a 15 month old. You are quite the little girl I tell ya and you LOVE to test your parents. One moment you could be happy as a clam and the next, when you are not getting your way, you look something like this:

But once I start singing "the wheels on the bus go round and round" or "row row row your boat" you start to look like this again:

Priceless

You are definately a grandpa's girl. He get's on your level and plays plays plays. He teaches you new things, let's you get away with things that you wouldn't be able to with your boring ol' parents around, and cuddles with you. The other weekend, you fell asleep on his lap (which you usually don't do unless you are sicky- and you weren't) watching a Stevie Nicks video on You Tube. The picture was taking using pa pa's web cam. Simply priceless.

Say Cheese

"It's a gymboree day!"

We started going to Gymboree play classes a couple times of week starting in January. It's a great way for you to get some energy released (especially in this cold bitter weather) and socialize with other kids. Even though you are at the age where most of your playing is parallel, you are starting to interact a bit with the other kids. I have come to discover that most of the time you are a "slow to warm up" kiddo, meaning it takes you time to get adjusted to new places and faces. By age, you are in the stranger anxiety stage, but I kind of think that your personality is more "shy" when it somes to strangers. You entered this "stranger danger" stage early on...only time will tell if it is a stage or part of your personaility. Some days you are more outgoing at gymboree than others. You are such a funny girl. I love watching you learn and grow. You make your momma proud scoops.