February Fun

Uh' Oh'! Irelynn's new favorite word. Her vocabulary has expanded a little and DaDa and Uh'Oh are among her favorite new words.

She is starting to eat many new foods. Her favorite so far...anything from K&W. She ate green beans, pintos, mac n' cheese, ground beef, and a couple of bites of mashed potatoes. Another night, she had blueberries. We will never do blueberries at night again. I think she is having a little bit of reflux, but she loved them while she was eating them. We are trying to work on the sippy cup, which is going ok. Irelynn is starting to get the hang of it, but she still wants someone to hold it for her. Her newest hobby is walking the dogs. She sits in her stroller and holds the dog leash. She pitches a fit when we have to take it away from her. Last night we let her bring it inside and play with it beside Rocky. She was entertained for about 30min, which is a lot for my baby.

The last weekend in Feb was really fun. Katie and I had our NCL tea party at the art museum

in Raleigh. The mom's dedicated a tea cup to their daughters that represents them. Katie's is in the

shape of a bright pink rose and the saucer is also a bright pink rose. It is bright, beautiful, and full

of life, just like my favorite teenager.

We are looking forward to March and Irelynn's first birthday!

January

January has been a very busy month. Travis and I took a weekend ski trip and left Irelynn to play at Grana and Pop's. She had a blast, and so did we. Travis and I both slept 8 hours... rejuvenating. But we also missed Irelynn and Katie. Katie has been driving all over the place (with an adult in the passenger's seat), of course. She is applying to volunteer at Rex Hospital this summer, and she made all A's on her report card this semester. Now she is getting geared up for new classes and softball season.

Irelynn is driving all over the place too! Well, she is driving her walker all over the downstairs. We moved the furniture to give her a pretty good race track, and she is pushing that thing all over the place. She leans forward and those little legs just go and go. She has started saying "hi" to people and gives us a "baso" (kiss in spanish). She gets really excited over the pictures on her wall and will even kiss the giraffe when we hold her up to it.