My Muse

Noelle got her little mits on a necklace I made and was trying to photograph. She put it on herself and then wanted to get in the pool.
My baby is 4 days shy of 18 months. I just thought her little legs looked so long and grown up in these shorts, I had to snap a picture.

Talker

So were driving down the road today when Noelle points to the biug yellow school bus crossing infront of us and says "BUS". Plain as day, out of the blue. Apparently she said "go sleep" repeatedly with friend the other day. I would say she is officially a talker these days. Here's a list of what she can say even if her versions aren't perfect:

hi

hello

bye

hat

no

mama

dada

coach = joosh or chew

water = wa-wa

poppy = pah-pah

fish = shw-shw-shw or ish
yaya = yaya or ahya

nana

hot

papaw

baby

bus

dog = dah

egg

bath

ball

elmo

yellow

purple

bubble

bottle

diaper = die-pah

light

boo

taco = dah-doh

poo poo

owww

shoe

cheese = cheee

banana = nana

apple

clock = toc

thank you = da-doo

uh-oh

ahh, ahhh, ahhhh, choo

home - ho

book

shoot = at least it's not sh#$

ho, ho, ho (for santa clause)

choo choo (for train)

pool

brush

She has had a repertiore of animals sounds for a while now including:

snake

elephant

sheep

bear

lion

tiger

owl

cat

dog

monkey

fish

pig

cow

horse

bird

alligator

mouse

bee

I'm pretty proud of my 18 month old!!!

Stevie

Last night I was dressing Noelle in her pajamas or at least trying to when she showed me her impression of Stevie Wonder. She was running around in her diaper after she escaped my clutches when I started singing "When you wish upon a star". She stopped and listened and then started to dance. Nothing unusual about this; she rocks or sways left to right to the music. But this time she had her head tilted back, eyes squinted and mouth shaped like an 'O'. Maybe she temporarily went blind, maybe she likes Stevie, or maybe she's just my funny bunny.

Friends and Hats

Bring on Senor Sun!

We went to a post-Easter egg hunt at a park. Noelle decided that she would rather use the toy dump truck as a wagon. Her new friend, Yorgos, wasn't wuite sure what to do.

Poolman

Cock-a-doodle-hair-do!

I've got the CUTEST poolman I've ever seen...poolwoman that is.

Catch Up

Hello world!! We are back online. New camera, new software, new laptop....hopefully we're back in business. I will try to catch us up to speed.

These pictures begin in mid-March. I had surgery on my left hand on the 15th and my mom was here to help for a couple of weeks. Thank God! We had a great time with her here and didn't want her to leave. I think Noelle finally understands that Ya-ya doesn't solely exist in the telephone which is where she usually hears her voice. Noelle, Ya-ya and I were in the backyard sharpening our egg hunting skills for the upcoming hunts we were to attend. Noelle took right to it. Now that we have practiced many times and attended 2 official hunts, she is quite the pro. Here's how it goes:

See egg,

gasp or squeal and point (in unison),

run to said egg,

pick up that egg,

toss it to the side only to spot another and repeat.