Monday, October 12, 2009

New cousin





Mike's brother and his girlfriend Heidi had a little boy early this summer. After a busy summer Mary Elizabeth and I finally got to meet her new cousin, Blaise, this past Sunday. M.E. took awhile to warm up to the baby in the room, but once she was comfortable she wanted to hug and hold the baby! We had a nice visit with Poppy, B, Uncle David, Aunt Martha, Chris, Heidi and Blaise.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Oops

Mary Elizabeth had a 102 fever and a cough Tuesday afternoon at school, so we were afraid she was getting sick. I got a sub for Wed. and we stayed home. Turns out she just has a cold and cutting 4 two-year old molars at once probably caused the fever. Regardless we got to stay home and play. M.E. was looking for a toy when she accidentally fell in her "toy corner" of our living room. She said "Uh oh" at first then realized it was a good place to be!

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Fire Prevention Parade








We went to the Fire Prevention Parade downtown this morning and had a great time. It was really loud, but M.E. enjoyed seeing the fire trucks and collecting candy. She hasn't had any candy yet, but she liked collecting it and holding it. I wonder how long I can keep her from realizing what candy really is!

Sunday, September 27, 2009

Helping Dad






M.E. and I hung out with Mike this afternoon while he assembled Joe's birthday present. M.E. was a good helper, but she did take a few breaks to draw with sidewalk chalk and then ride her scooter!




Saturday, September 26, 2009

New stuff!




I know the potty picture might be a little much, but her Aunt Scottie really wanted to see the girl in action! The other two photos are of M.E. at her "new" table. Her great-grandaddy JoJo is building her a new table, but he has rescued my old table as a stand in for now. My little table spent many years on LuLu and Joe's porch as a plant stand during its "retirement". He tightened things up and gave it a fresh coat of paint. The table has only been here for a few hours, but M.E. has already colored in her coloring book and eaten lunch at the table. I think we can put this to good use! Thanks JoJo!


Thursday, September 24, 2009

New phrases

Mary Elizabeth is starting to say little phrases that she hears us say. My favorites are "I see you" and "I got it." She is also saying "I love you," which is wonderful to hear! She is trying really hard to say her name, but it is a mouthful! Mainly she just says Mary House. This afternoon, she really tried for Elizabeth, but it didn't work very well and made her laugh. Using the potty continues to go well. I am really not trying, but between home and school she is using a potty 4-5 times a day. I didn't really intend to do the potty training thing yet, but she is fascinated by it!

Sunday, September 20, 2009

My Potty!

Mary Elizabeth has been showing interest in the whole "bathroom experience" lately, so we made a trip to Walmart today and bought her a potty. The majority of the day was spent sitting on the potty and repeating "my potty, my potty." Tonight before bathtime we sat her on the potty and she "christened" the potty! She was so surprised that she stopped pretty quickly, but she could tell we were proud and we made a huge fuss over her! I'm not really going to make an effort until Christmas when I have several days that we can spend at home, but it is so cute to see how excited she is. She is growing up so fast!