stack it up...

grammy & pappy gave me these blocks for Christmas last year. the blocks will either stack on top of each other or i can put them inside of each other. only recently have i really figured out what i like to do with them. i am getting pretty good at stacking them up (and knocking them over!!) just watch :)

more randomness...

nothing special here... just more random stuff from my day. you know -- i just did chores, like putting away the groceries. then i curled up & relaxed with a soft blanket & a good puzzle.

what i did on sunday...

today we were pretty lazy & just hung around the house for most of the day. i am getting better at putting the pieces in my animals puzzle. on friday, daddy worked with me alot on this puzzle. by today i could pretty much do it all by myself. mommy & i also played outside with my sand & my tricycle. i rode the trike for a little while, but i had the most fun PuLLinG it all around the driveway!

an update of random pics...

there's no rhyme or reason to this post -- it's just a bunch of random shots. a couple of weeks ago, i visited my friend owen & i got to ride his horsie. mommy & daddy gave me a ducky-hooded towel for my birthday so i decided to try it out! and notice the parrot i am holding *i like to think of it as a colorful ducky* that belonged to my daddy when HE was a little boy! i love it!














one day when i was playing outside, i noticed the gargoyles had been moved to the back of the house. i talked to this guy for a while, but he never responded. and the last picture is just of me being happy & smiley! :)

come on down...

of course i have been coming down the stairs all by myself for a while now. but recently i started using the railing to stay steady rather than coming down on my bottom or crawling down backwards. i think i am a BIG girl!!

thank you for my birthday presents...

wow! i have so many new fun things to play with! of course i LOVE books & i really like the sounds my mickey books make. i also like to read about the baby ducky growing into a big ducky. my babydoll still makes me laugh & i like to look at her, but i prefer that mommy hold her for me. i tried to ride my bike on wednesday, but i am still a little frightened of it. i let mommy push me around for a bit & then i just enjoyed playing with the streamers.

after the party...

when the excitement of my birthday party was over, i went outside to run around a little. i did all the usual... looking at plants & leaves and i made my circle up the steps, past the juniper & down the driveway.

more birthday pics...

here are a few more shots from my birthday party. recently, i have really begun to enjoy numbers & letters. my cousin drew & i played with my new foam letter blocks. after the party, daddy & i played with my flip-the-blocks-letter-board. but the most exciting thing was being able to put my magnet numbers on my new magnet board. i do not actually say my numbers out loud, but i can pick them up & place them on my board in order! in this pic, i had just placed 1,2,3,4 & then i decided to remove them off 4,3,2,1. i did this all the way up to 9!!

i'm the birthday girl!

we celebrated my 2nd birthday yesterday!! hooray! i got to enjoy some time with family & they brought me all sorts of neat gifts. you know i LOVE duckies, so we had a duck-theme party. i ate my cake very delicately, but when mommy & daddy tried to take it away, i got really upset! that icing was YuMMy!! aunt judy fed me ice cream & that was delicious too! and check out my cute chicken-dress -- grammy made it just for me. aunt lorna & uncle gene gave me this tricycle & i cannot wait to ride it outside. another fun thing was lining up these rubber duckies on the counter. i even took them with me in the bath tub last night. that turned out to be not-so-fun because i wanted to hold all ten ducks at once & since they were always floating away, it was rather difficult. i had a great birthday!

finally, some pictures...

sorry for the recent lack of posting. we have been really busy, but then when i have actually made time to do a post, the blog would have troubles (perhaps you can tell too -- the layout is not loading up correctly from my computer.) anyway... here are some pics from a little playtime outside today. mommy & i got in a few minutes before the thunder & rain went really crazy!

random cuteness...

playing carefully with plastic dishes...

i like to look through the containers that mommy keeps in this kitchen cabinet. there are so many colors & shapes! i enjoy pulling them & inspecting them... and of course i leave them all over the floor so that mommy & daddy can enjoy them too!

my love of ducks...

you know i LOVE duckies! of course i still love "ducky-one," as mommy & daddy have affectionately named him, but i can love many ducks at once. i like to watch "the duck song" on you-tube. there is also a "duck song 2" & a "duck song 3." in another pic, i am organizing the ducks that mommy made for to put on crowns for my birthday party. and see the duck InSIdE a duck?? aunt lorna & uncle gene gave me flowers in that duck-vase when i was a little baby, but i just recently found it again. the little duck is one that daddy got for me one day while we were shopping. unfortunately, this morning i let ducky-one go for a swim in the toilet, so he may be out of commission til he gets a bath. luckily, grammy gave me a new ducky today that looks a lot like ducky-one. (he is in the pic with me, ducky-two & the pink car.)

running around...

here is a little piece of my fun sunday this weekend. look how sweaty i am!! it was really hot & humid (i know -- surprise!) but the heat does not bother me; i always enjoy running around the yard. i followed this pattern many times -- going up the front steps, running across the yard, then coming down the driveway. occasionally i would become distracted & stop to look at pine straw & other things. but i "made the rounds" in this way SeVeRaL times!

a full & fun saturday...

on saturday, mommy & daddy ran some errands & of course i tagged along. as part of the day, we got to eat lunch at chick-fil-a. my favorite part of the lunch was the stickers that came in my kids meal. the stickers kept me occupied & happy for quite some time. when we got home, i got to play outside. in this picture, i am sitting on the steps that go to our backyard. my hands look kind of crazy in the pic because i am waving them around -- that is my way of asking mommy (or anyone!) to sing "the wheels on the bus go 'round & 'round..." i love the part when you make your hands go around each & i like to imitate it the best way i can! if you're thinking that would make a great video, well... mommy agrees & she has tried to capture this on video. but i usually get camera-shy & stop my hand-waving when the camera comes out. maybe eventually...