Kaka trying to walk

The next Olympic runner....HA, and her assistant, Maeve Evelyn.

The simple things

Some days I still wonder if I made the right decision to drop down to one day a week at work. This week was a week that made me so happy about my decision. We went to Frying Pan Park to visit the animals. Maeve decided for the first time to name the animals (up until now, whenever we asked "what's your baby's/teddy bear's/doggie's name?", her response was "baby/teddy bear/doggie). Today, all by herself while we were looking at the mama pig, Maeve looks up at me and said, "His name is Feet!" She thought she was hilarious. Then later, while visiting the goats, I asked her, "What's his name?" She responded "White" (even though the goat was all black except for a small patch of white). While this is not quite as creative as her cousin Madelyn's first baby doll's name "Finga", it shows her imagination is continuing to grow. So this is why I celebrate the fact that I can be home day to day to see and enjoy these simple and small changes as she grows up.

Kaleigh's 11 months old

She's actually almost 12 months, which is crazy. She has changed so much the past few months. She is becoming her own person and showing us all the things she knows and understands. She surprises me all the time. Some of her current accomplishments......
-crawling everywhere
-wanting so bad to walk but so far from it. All she wants is for us to hold her hands so she can walk around
-squatting like a sumo wrestler
-cruising along the couch
-signing eat and all done
-saying mama, "o" (for uh oh")
-imitating other words like "done", dada, up
-shakes her head no and yes
-love putting toys in and out
-carry on "conversations" (I am convinced she thinks she is saying really important things)
-eating everything....some of your favorites are broccoli, black beans, mac and cheese, blueberries
-drinking from a sippy cup (that's what you prefer...you are ready to be weaned)
-dancing to any music you hear

Another month of summer gone by

Does anyone else wonder where the days go by? It has been such a busy fun summer. After finishing July with trips to the pool and meeting up with friends, we headed to Wrightsville beach on the first day of August (my birthday, which who wouldn't want a week at the beach with familiy for a present!). Maeve and Kaleigh had so much fun playing in the waves and mastering the pool (Maeve's able to swim on her own with wings and her favorite qoute is "move back boys" to clear the pool so she can jump in). Once home, Lolo and Papa came to visit. It was a busy weekend with trip to Totally Trucks, Frying Pan Park and a early birthday celebration for Kaleigh! (I CANT believe she is almost one!)

Frying Pan Park visit with Papa and Lolo

Lolo and Maeve at Totally Trucks Papa and the girls

The crab feast!

Uncle Dan's awesome sandcastle

Pooltime with the family

Gpa the best beach friend around!

A great week at Wrightsville beach

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