Firsts ...

October 8th, 2012

The past few days have been filled with firsts for me.  I got my first real haircut (I know ... it was a long time coming)!  Mom loves my hair long because she can put it in pig-tails and pony tails, so she was reluctant to cut it but decided it was time to get a trim!

I was such a good girl in the chair!  I didn't move at all!

Ohhhhh ... Getting a beautiful braid in my hair!

Thumbs up ... Job well done!

Another first for me is turning my crib into a toddler bed.  Again, I know it's late in coming but I absolutely LOVE my crib and really didn't want Mom and Dad to change my bed.  Plus, there's a stipulation at our house ... I get a "big girl" bed when I can get rid of my nukies.  I haven't gotten rid of them yet so it's not a total "big girl" bed, it's a toddler bed ... I guess you could say we're in transition.

I was kind of sad before the big "switch-a-roo."

 

But then I realized that nothing was really going to change other than I'd be able to get in and out of my bed all by myself!

 And here's the new bed ... 

 On my first morning of the toddler bed, I woke up all by myself, turned on my lights, opened my door and walked quietly into Mommy and Daddy's room and surprised them this morning!  It was great!

xoxoxo

Pumpkin Patch and 8 Months!

This past weekend Mom, Teague, and I went up to the cabin with Nana and Papa.  One of the really fun things that we did was visit a pumpkin patch!  When we first arrived, I checked out all the animals in the petting zoo.  I even got to hold a baby bunny!  He was so cute and soft!

Here's Papa and I on the big hay mountain!

Check out all these cool pumpkins!  We bought a white one and a blue one!  Neat-O!

Mommy's Little Punkins!

 And ... Teague is officially 8 months old today!

 He's such a happy boy!  He loves to smile and laugh!

 And he's "talking up a storm" ... Teague loves to jabber-whack.  He makes lots of funny sounds (and funny faces, as you can see below).  However, no "real" words have been said yet.

Overall, Teague is a sweet, happy little boy!  He LOVES his Mommy (such a Mama's boy)!  He's crawling a lot and loves exploring.  He is going to really keep us busy as he grows and explores!  He also loves to play!  He is starting to eat some solids and is just beginning to sleep through the night (a little bit).  What a joy he has brought to our family!

Labor Day, DANCE, Apples, and CRAWLING!!!

Whoaaaa ... I've got LOTS of stuff to update you on!

We'll start with Labor Day.  We enjoyed our long weekend up at the cabin.  One of my new favorite cabin activities is going for a "Safari ride" through the forest in search of all kinds of animals.

Here's baby Teague sitting by the campfire ... isn't he such a cute, happy boy?!

Just relaxin' ... 

Family fun time ... 

New discoveries ... 

Here's Daddy and I dancing to one of my favorite songs ... I call it the "Hey" song!

Another super AWESOME thing for me is that I started dance classes for the year!  I'm at a new studio and I'm loving it thus far.  Here I am before my first class.

Mom says I'm "tutu cute!"

Mom is so proud of me and my dancing.  She's hoping that I love dance as much as she did!

And here's my amazing new tap shoes!  I know it's kind of hard to tell because the picture is a bit overexposed, but I'm wearing the most adorable little pair of white taps!  We ordered them online and when the delivery man brought them to my house, I was ecstatic!  I tapped all around and as I was "movin' and a groovin'" in my new shoes, I told mom, "My feet just can't stop dancing!" hahaha

Another fun thing we did the other day was the apple orchard.  We started our autumn apple adventures with a wagon ride through an enchanted forest.

And then we got to pick apples right off the tree!

The fruits of my labor ...

Yum!

This apple orchard had a really neat play area.  Here I am way up high in a silo!  Cool!

And here I am talking to "Moo Moo" the cow!  She liked me so much that she gave me a kiss!

And what a difference a year makes ... Last year I could barely get to the top of the hay mountain with Dad's help.  And this year, I did it all by myself!  I'm "Queen of the World!"

And finally ... we've got a crawler in our house!  Teague made the big move on Friday, Sept. 7th.  He had been getting up on all fours and "revving" up for a while now but he finally figured out the crawl!  The object he initially crawled to was a baseball (Dad's happy about that)!

 Teague's favorite spot to crawl to and play is under his monkey jumperaoo!  

 What a goof!  He is going to keep Mommy REALLY busy ... he's constantly getting into things ... he's very active and very curious!

 Go Teague Go!