Mommy Dailey

I PROMISE I have never once shaken my finger at Dailey and said "No No No"...

But Virgina must have been on the wrong side of someone's finger at some point!

One day

THIS is my kind of mini-van

It's like 365 Chirstmas Mornings

Dear Dailey,
You are one year old. ONE YEAR.... Whew... Where did it go? But in the same breath I want to ask if you just haven't always been part of our lives. This afternoon I went back and read my first few entries in this blog and was rushed by all those sweet memories of a tiny little baby and our first week together. My heart gets a regular workout with all the swelling it does but I put it through the rounds recapping the last year. How blessed are we little girl to have you in our lives.

So 1. What's new for you? You have completely mastered walking and though I miss seeing your Mowgli crawl you figured it out in about a week and never looked back. Your personality is popping out and forming up strong. You don't like to be dirty- first birthday cake you screamed while all the other Sweetpea babies dug in, second cake for your birthday pictures you sat daintily but refused to dig in. Even your Birthday Ice Cream melted off before we could convince you to attack it! Unsure of where you got it but you are also super tidy. Everything in a place and everything has it's place. (May this continue way into your teen years!) You talk non-stop and fill in all the gaps with sign language.
On Tuesdays and Thursdays you go to a Mother's Day Out program. They phased you up into the toddler class (the baby by 4 months!) and it sounds like you spend a fair amount of time suckering Ms Amanda into picking you up and letting you chimpanzee most of the afternoon. When I pick you up at 2 I always find you completely knocked out and sprawled across your nap mat. It is BEYOND adorable and my favorite part of the day. You and I still snuggle together at night and I'll miss it when you decide to phase out of cosleeping.

I've been so bad about updating your blog recently and I'm sorry little gal. But our life is just SO full of activities, laughter, smiles, hugs, kisses and precious moments that sitting in front of a computer doesn't always win out. I hate to say but I don't want to loose one second of one moment with the real life version of you. Being a Momma is just the coolest thing that has ever happened to me.
Thanks little Bird. :X

Pop Pop

Daileyanne LOVES her Pops and after a whole day apart while he is at work she gives the best reactions when he comes home.

Video

Dailey has a new all time favorite toy. (We Love Ikea)

For our friends who aren't local or weren't on our Sweetpeas Trip Dailey is walking without the aide of her cart. Over two week of steady stepping now and I suppose I should catch it on film! Right now she can go from the stairs to the stove top in the kitchen. (About 30 steps or so?) without falling. Where did my little lump o baby go?

Happy Belated Birthday Pops!

We did actually celebrate Pop's birthday on time I just havent managed to get the pictures up in a reasonable timeframe! So here is a few fun ones to enjoy...

We went to T Bone Toms in Kemah, mostly because Pops wanted BBQ and I'd heard Diners Drive Ins and Dives had just been there the week prior. (I'm a complete Food Network junkie) The food was FANTASTIC! Dailey not only enjoyed her nibbles, she had no problem snatching from whatever plate was near her!

Note the hunk of sausage in her hand as she sings a song roughly translated into "I love SAUSAGE! Greasy Greasy Sausage! Happy Birthday Pops but dont take my sausage!" After the chorus she in fact chose to share by force feeding Mom her half chewed greasy greasy sausage hunk and patting her glasses for luck. Mom enjoyed the hunk but found herself blindly staring through fingerprints for the rest of the evening.

Pool Playdate

Daileyanne and I scooted to the next town over today for a pool playdate. She Loves watching kids and was thrilled to find another baby there to play with. After a meltingly hot morning at the farmer's market it was a lovely way for babycakes to cool down. Here's a few quick pictures for Daddee who were are hoping can view the blog on his goverment computer!