Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Ruari's 19 months old! Whoa!

{Photos from 4th of July}

{Wow. I cannot believe how old you are now! I've already started planning some little birthday ditties for your 2 year bday! What? Yeah.}

{So... you are pretty much the silliest baby EVER! It's so crazy seeing your personality form! You are one funny girl (not too surprising since your mama and dada are super silly ;D). One thing I really need to stop doing... is giggling when you fart. It's so hard not to laugh (yeah, I'm 28 and think farts are funny :/). The thing is... you now laugh each time you burp or fart. Ooops! :D}

{You are talking up even more of a storm this month! You're pretty much a copy-cat (gotta watch my potty-mouth) and repeat almost anything we say. You can name pretty much all of your body parts, know the names of a few favorite people and animals, you know your fruits, and the list goes on....}

{Some favorite things you love right now: Doggies (always), Horses, pacifier (addicted), Bernie (your stuffed Bernese Mountain dog that you call, "Buh-bee"), strollers or anything you can push with wheels, Cozy's (aka blankets), going on walks, shoes, Dora the freakin' Explorer (REALLY addicted to this), meltdowns I mean... getting into things and then me telling you no, you're 2 cats and Angus, my mom's cat Inky, Water, Nana's (banana), CoCo (Kelsey's daughter: Coral) and more.}

{You're pretty tall for your age, average weight, and with sort of a big head (in measurement... you're not stuck-up. :D). We have made absolutely no progress into starting potty-training... I set you on the potty and you pretty much freaked out... keep practicing! You do know when you poop... I know this because you announce it to me every time (like you did before you pooped in the tub the other night).}

{As hard as being a mom can be sometimes... I'm absolutely in love with you. I tear up thinking of how much I love you. Love you boo head!}

{- Mama}

{And, if you all get a moment.... 

I'd LOVE a vote! :D}

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♡ Chelsey

Bath Time

I'm not sure what changed... but, Ruari suddenly decided that bath time is totally fun! She's never hated it... she's just been sort "eh" about it. But... this past week we now get excited squeals and kicks when we say it's bath time! She can't sit in the tub... she has to walk around the whole... loves to splash.... and only needs a bowl for a toy. That's it. She's happy.... until we take her out... meltdown city!

She also just noticed she gets pruney fingers when she's in the bath too long... you may or may not know how I feel about pruney fingers/toes are the worst thing ever! I can't stand it. The whole time I was pregnant the only thing I was really nervous for my waterbirth was pruney fingers/toes. It's like scratching a chalk board. I don't even like pruney toe photos. Bleh! I don't even like talking about it. :) So, the past couple of evenings Ruari has been trying to pull the "prune" off her fingers. Bwa ha ha! She takes after me. Silly girl.

Thumbs up?

❤ Chelsey

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It's official: we have a walker

Isn't it funny how I have a nice video camera but, I'm using my iPhone to record this? :D

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Wordless{ish} Wednesday: Ruari turns 13 months!

{Well.... she turned 13 months yesterday. BUT, I forgot to write up a post to have ready for Tuesday. So, I took a bunch of photos of her on her 13 months day!}

{What's up with you:

- You turned 1-year-old one month ago! Wow.
- You've taken 3-4 consecutive steps about 5 times.... :D
- You love to stand on your own.
- You "cruise" around the whole house.
- Crawl non-stop.
- Babble babble babble. Seriously. You hold whole conversations with anything. Even your hands!

- You weigh 21 pounds.
- Foods you love: Bananas, Greek yogurt, oranges, eggs, chicken, feta, kalamata olives, blue cheese, any cheese, apple sauce.. ok, you'll pretty much eat anything we give you now. :D Yes, you even like lemons!
- Your FAVORITE toy is Bernie the Bernese Mountain Dog
- You yell REALLY loud anytime you see a real doggy. Yesterday you scared two ladies when you yelled at their dog! It was funny. :D
- You'll stop what you're doing if you see a animal on TV.
- You love to lick give kisses to us.
- Dancing is a little hobby of yours.

- You give kisses to all your stuffed animals (these kisses seem more like bites...).
- You LOVE to lay your head down and hug your giant teddy bear!
- It's pretty hilarious when we chew on your toes. You've even started sticking your feet up to our mouths.
- Changing your diaper/changing your clothes is SO much more difficult since you hate it so much.
- Bathtime is pretty cool. You don't have any bath toys... I don't know why. But, you love to play with the was cloth.
- 10 Little Babies is your favorite book to read. You will sit and talk to that book for a good half hour. All the little pictures.
- We can ask "Where's the kitty?" or "Where's the doggy?" and you'll point them out.
- Words you are saying: Was da? (what's that), A dah? (also what's that), An-duh (Angus), Mamamamamam (Mama), Da da (daddy), Dongay (Doggie), Duguh (also Doggie), AND you make a ton of other noises that I don't quite know what they mean.

- There's a major addiction to that pacifier you have there... you have to sleep with it... or you'll wake up in the middle of the night. *sigh*
- You're getting better around other babies... not as shy.
- You've been resting your head against me. I love it.
- We actually sat and cuddled on your giant teddy bear yesterday. For 10 minutes! You never sit still that long. :D
- Pretty much you're turning into a pretty amazing girl.

Love,
Mama}

{Happy 13 months baby girl!}

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month celebration?}

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