Playdate 1.21.09

Caroline had a playdate today with her friends, Huiet Ann & Ella Grace. They had so much fun together!Baby Lela was staying with us today, so she got in the fun, too! Caroline liked to push her around the house in the car while the twins crawled behind.

Ella Grace liked to ride in the car, too!

She's overcome with excitement!

Caroline's Love Affair with Oranges

Blizzard of '09

If there's one four letter word that causes more controversy in the state of South Carolina it's "snow." The mere mention of the word sends people into panic. They cancelled school and work for many people today all for a few wet flakes. We enjoyed our little blizzard, though. As you can see, we started the day off with some interesting hair! I'm not quite sure what happened to it last night. I think I didn't do such a great job at combing it after her bath, so she slept on it weird. At least that's the story I'm sticking with for now! :)Mommy made snowman pancakes for breakfast to celebrate the big snow!
Then, we bundled up and headed outside!

She's mad here because she can't pick up the dog's tennis ball to throw it for him thanks to her mittens!

I think Vedder was trying to lick the snow off her face.

13 Months

It's hard to believe Caroline is 13 months old today! She now has 6 teeth that she is proudly displaying. Well, we think there are 6. Number 6 popped out the other day, but somestimes they go out and back in before they finally decide to come out all the way! She is surprising us with new tricks every day. She can now point to 7 different body parts! For those of you who haven't heard she jumped out of her crib during naptime a few weeks ago even though it had already been lowered down to the second lowest rung...little monkey! Her favorite trick is still getting a bone out of the kitchen cabinet and taking it over to the back door and waiting for someone to open it so she can give it to the dog. Here are her 13 month pics as well as some random pics from the last few weeks.

Check out my neat trick!

It's tickle time!

Caroline loves climbing up and down the stairs!

Here she is trying to lift Mommy's weights. Sorry, Sweetie, those things combined weigh more than you do! She was just shy of 19 pounds and 30 inches at her 1 year well check. She's skinny, but tall! :)

Baby Lela has started staying with us once a week, and Caroline loves to help take care of her. She loves to shower her with hugs and kisses.

She'll bring her books to read...And she'll even comfort her when she's upset. Caroline's new favorite nightly activity is to share an orange with her daddy. She will tear into it and absolutely devour it! She is also obsessed with bananas now, too. The last few days she would get so mad if I didn't give her a banana at breakfast. I'd ask her if she wanted a banana and she'd start screaming, "nanas, nanas!"

Caroline's Great Grandma bought her this dress for Christmas. Isn't it pretty?

Now that we have the swing back out for Lela, Caroline likes to play in it when she's not around. I can't believe how much she's grown since she used to swing in it!

Playdate with Cousin Rufus

Today we came over to give Aunt Melanie a little break and take Cousin Rufus to the playground for a bit. Caroline wanted to supervise getting him dressed.She really wanted to test out his bouncy seat to make sure it was suitable. Apparently he didn't like the seat, so Caroline came and fixed it for him because it was too new and tight. Caroline certainly took care of stretching it out!
She also wanted to supervise in the feeding process. She had to get on her tip toes to see what was going on up there. She even brought Aunt Melanie the bottle.Sorry, John, but I don't think he's the next Tiger Woods. Looks like he's actually afraid of the golf club!I just love this pic. She looks so happy and carefree!

Playing peekaboo with Grammy!

She wanted to touch him so badly one more time before we left!