Bedtime Reading with TRASH TRUCK

Here is a picture of Liberty, her Cheetah blankie, and her trash truck. Yes, the Gilbert City Recycle Truck driver stopped in front of our house and handed Liberty this foam trash truck toy - it pays to rush outside and wave to them!! They have always been so nice to us as we watch from the sidewalk, the driver always does extra CLAW movements for us before he picks up our bin:) and he honks the horn! To say the least, Liberty loves her trash truck and wanted to snuggle with it during this reading session:) She is also a huge Eric Carle fan all of the sudden - demanding MORE MORE MORE after every reading of Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See? and The Very Busy Spider.

From 2011_8_26 Bedtime reading

From 2011_8_26 Bedtime reading

Devil With The Blue Dress

I went a little camera crazy while getting Liberty ready for a birthday party. I got her this cute blue dress thinking she would wear it next summer (size 3T?!?! HELLO!). But she rocked it and I kept thinking of the song Devil With The Blue Dress. A few family self portraits turned out cute...



Then we went to Kayla's 1st birthday party and played and played. (sorry the pictures in this album are not so great).

Escape to Flagstaff

With the extreme heat advisory warning in Phoenix, we decided to escape up to the high country and stay with my sister for a couple nights! Hello 85* high and 56* low! It was my first road trip solo with Liberty and our first time staying at my sister's house - it was a TON OF FUN! Liberty just played and played and played with cousin Charlie, ran around OUTSIDE (what a concept!), and even got to see both her grandparents (BONUS!).

Aquarium with Gma and Gpa

Liberty had a great date with my parents - we all trekked to the SEA LIFE Aquarium at AZ Mills Mall. We saw all types of exotic fish, crabs, eels, stingrays, sharks and the adorable sea horses! Liberty had a blast checking out all these animals she's only read about before today and it was so nice to visit with my folks. XOXO

Still 2 naps...

I tried for about a week to get Liberty to consolidate her 2 naps to 1 afternoon nap...it hasn't worked yet.

From Just Because videospics 15 months

Techno Dance Video

We interrupt snacktime to bring you...Liberty dancing! She's very into music (which Cameron and I understand - we both come from musical families) but Liberty is also very into DANCING - which Cameron and I don't do. Here she is listening to a song Uncle Andy sent - and she debuts a new robot-like move. Enjoy!

From Just Because videospics 15 months

Pinetop Golf Tournament 2011

Each year in July we go to Pinetop to remember my Uncle Willie and see all his family/friends at a memorial golf tournament. My cousins Natalie and Robby are growing up so fast and I love that Natalie is a mini-Angie and Robby is a mini-Willie. This year we rented a cabin with my parents and Kelly/Doug/Charlie. It was great to be in Pinetop again and see the *almost* entire extended family. My camera didn't have any battery left so Kelly was nice enough to let me play paparazzi with her camera - man we've got cute kids!

Children's Museum of Phoenix with Grandparents!

Grandma Jo and Grandpa Ted came to visit for a weekend of Liberty love. We all had the best time! We went to the Children's Museum for the first time and Liberty had a blast. We started in the "under 3" area - but then did almost every exhibit except the huge climber structure and the art studio (Liberty is a fanatic for crayons but I'm not prepared to hand her a paint brush just yet!). It was almost impossible to take a good picture because she was moving all around touching everything, so I took a lot of mini-videos for us to remember the outing by (even though they fail to capture the pure BLISS Liberty was experiencing). Later in the weekend we also had a great dinner at Liberty Market and Libs ran around the splashpad.

Yellow tutu dress

I took these pictures of Liberty in a dress we picked up at costco. She often pulls it out of her dresser drawer and wants to wear it. She is getting better about keeping headbands on. She still pulls out hairclips. I love having a little girl!

15 months old!

She Runs.
Plays hide and seek - she likes to be the seeker.
She has so many preference. You offer her milk, she shakes her head no, you offer her water she nods her head yes. You get a sippy cup and she shakes her head no, you pick up a different sippy cup with a straw, she shakes her head yes. And then there is the books she'd prefer to be reading...
She knows so many animal sounds and points out so many body parts.
Enjoys panting like a dog.
Best words used all the time: mama, dada, water, up, Elmo
Lots of words in the works: book, ball, cat, milk...
More signs: owie, please, bike, flying (for butterflys, bumblebees, etc)
Uses a plate and (sometimes) utensils now.
Calls all babies "mama" - ?? hahahaha
Likes doing puzzles and finding objects in pictures.
Loves a good dance party.
Into all things girl grooming, including brushing hair, chapstick, deodorant, jewelry, lotion, etc.
Stirs up a mean cup of tea.
Speaks her own gibberish. Especially on her phone (aka calculator).
Sleeps 8pm-8am, naps at 10am and 3pm for 1.5 hours each time.
26.7 pounds - (90%) -
34 inches - (99.8%) - the size of a 2 year old. She'd be the 3rd tallest out of 1,000 girls her age.

4th of July Weekend.

No HAPPY 4th of July!!! post here. We laid low due to Liberty's first major illness. For a kid whose never had an ear infection or a cold we couldn't treat at home...we spent July 2nd (Saturday) at the Pediatrician since she had a very high fever that we just couldn't break! It was a mystery that was eventually solved when a rash broke out all over her body on Sunday July 3rd. Roseola. High fever, low appetite, and just plain miserable. We skipped some swim lessons and watched a lot of Elmo's World. She was feeling good enough to venture out for a holiday cookout at Gma and Gpa's new house and boy oh boy were we glad we did!! We found out at that family cookout that my sister is pregnant and Charlie will be a big brother in January!!!!!!!!!! Liberty was 100% better by Tuesday so we finished out the week's swim lessons. Also included in the photo album are some videos of Liberty playing with jewelry (her new fave thing), speaking gibberish, and just being followed around by the paparazzi that is a stay-at-home mom. Some very random and un-interesting photos/video after the jump...