Vehicle Fair

Watching the helipcopter land

The helicopter up close!
Junior Firefighter!

The tractor!

This morning we went to the Parents as Teachers Vehicle Fair. It was so fun and we ran into some friends there.. though I didn't take any pics with them! Bummer! Anyways Delaney loved sitting in all the vehicles and watching the helicopter land! She even got an ice cream treat! A very fun way to spend the monring!

Tagged....

Well Kelly tagged me so here we go...

The rules are below…
Each player answers the question themselves. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment letting them know that they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person that tagged you know when you’ve answered the questions on your blog.

10 years ago I was:
1. I was having a lot of fun at Mizzou!
2. Partying it up at Harpos, Fieldhouse and Shiloh
3. Cheering on those Tigers
4. Dancing and Choreographing for my sorority
5. Getting my degree in Education.

5 things on today’s to do list: (it's bed time so i'll do tomorrow)
1. Teach the kinders all about fire safety
2. Take Delaney to the Little Gym.
3. Make dinner
4. Watch Gossip Girl because I missed it tonight.
5. Sleep!

5 snacks I enjoy:
1. Cheese Its
2. Pretzals
3. Hostess Cupcakes
4. Oreos soaked in milk
5. Coca Cola

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire:
1. Travel.. and take our whole family with me!
2. Shop all the time and buy everything I want for everybody.. especially Delaney
3. Buy a bigger house.
4. Give to charities....
5. Give money to schools!

5 places I have lived:
1. With my Mom, Dad, Andy and Alex
2. With Meghan at Mizzou
3. With 5 other girls in my sorority house.
4. With Jer in an apartment
5. With Jer and Delaney in a house.

5 jobs I have had:
1. Day Camp Counselor
2. Day Care Teacher
3. Swim Coach
4. First Grade Teacher
5. Kindergarten Teacher

Okay.... Becky, Becky K. Jenny, Sam, and Jenni YOU’RE IT!!!!

14 months old!

Our Wild Girl!

Running down the hill.

Pretty flowers

not quite a smile...

Exporing the garden.

Basketball with Dada.
Bath Crayon fun!
Can you see her picture?

Dear Delaney-

You are 14 months old! You are cuter than ever and Daddy and I love you more and more each day! I think your biggest accomplishment this month is your expanding vocabulary! You try to say almost everything we say! You are becoming quite the little parrot! Recently we have heard you say flower, orange, green, blue, all done, nana (for banana), thank you, up, and down. Those are all clearly.. you say a lot of other things.. but not so clearly just yet! What is so sweet is that you TRY to say everything! You still love to read books and you can spend quite some time reading to yourself.. jabbering all the way! You even pick out books and back up your little botom into mama or dada's lap to listen to us read to you! It's so stinkin' cute!

You are becoming very independent and think you can do everything on your own. You still love to play outside... although posing for pictures is not your favorite thing these days! You just run away from the camera... laughing all the way! You love to throw and kick balls and watch them bounce away before chasing after them. At the Little Gym... you go crazy when the balls are all dumped out onto the floor... pure euphoria!

You have recently taken an interest in your bath crayons. Which provides a wonderful opportunity for mommy and daddy to teach you letters and colors. This is when you started saying orange, green and blue....but orange is the cutest! I think you like orange the best. You also can say A when mama draws an A on the tub wall.

I think my favorite thing you have started doing this month is giving squeezy hugs. You wrap your sweet little arms around our necks and give the most fantastic and loving little hugs! They make me melt!

We love you baby girl!

Love, Mama and Dada

Family Visit

This weekend we traveled to Jer's hometown to visit! Not only did we get to visit with Jer's Mom and Dad, but Tina, Tammy, Jason, Jerry's Grandpa and Aunt Ruth. Plus... Jerry's Grandpa's brother (Jerry's great uncle) Walter, his wife Barbara and their daughter Janice were in town. They live in Ohio (where jer's grandpa grew up). I know it meant a lot to Jer to spend this time with his family and we had a lot of fun too! More pictures were taken once Tammy and Jason arrived.. but my camera was not out then.... guess I'll need copies!

Play Time!

Quite a serious look baby girl!

There's a smile!

Look at this neat leaf.. I've never seen anything this cool!

Playing with her ball....
Play-doh!There goes the a!

This morning while Jer went golfing, Delaney and I enjoyed the beautiful weather playing outside. She loves to be outside and the leaves on the ground are quite fascinating to her. Luckily she is starting to learn not to put everything into her mouth! She also loves kicking and throwing her ball around the yard! Daddy's been working hard to teach her to kick because he wants little Delaney to be a soccer player! After a walk in the wagon (she loves when we go down hills fast!) we came in and I gave her some play-doh. Of course she tried to eat it despite me telling her not to. After one bite though she enjoyed pulling it apart and holding the ball and squishing it. I spelled out her name and we talked about the letters as she destroyed them! She must've been worn out because she is now alseep!

Apple Picking

Posing with the flowers.

Not posing in front of the fence!

Ajdin and Delaney on the tractor ride.

Smelling the flowers.
Picking apples!

MMMMMM! Apples!

Riding the pony!

Not real sure what to think!
Dancing in the straw!

We took Delaney apple picking on Sunday. She didn't quite get into the picking until the end, but she was very into the eating! Her shirt was just soaked in juice from the apple she was eating! We enjoyed all the fun activities that the Apple Orchard had to offer. Delaney rode a pony for the first time and went down a huge slide! (with mommy and daddy holding her of course!) She loved sharing succotash with me and ice cream too! She ran in the straw and danced to the band that was playing and she passed out on the way home! All in all a very fun day! We were greatful that it didn't rain and wasn't too hot either! We're already looking forward to taking Delaney to the Pumpkin Patch in a few weeks!

Go Flyers!

Here is Delaney in her Flyers Cheerleading Outfit. She got to wear it twice this weekend. She wore it Friday night to root for the High School Football Flyers, and Saturday to cheer on her uncle Alex and the 7th grade Football Flyers. She didn't exactly want to hold still for me to take any pictures... she was too busy cheering!

Grant's Farm with Friends

Daddy feeding the goat... Delaney wasn't so sure about this....

Addy, Maya, Delaney, Olivia and Gavin looking for the elephant.
Dancing with bubbles!
With Daddy!

Thursday night we had the opportunity to go to a special event at Grant's Farm. The best part was we got to go with a lot of Delaney's friends. Addy, Zack, Maya, Gavin, Olivia and Alaina were all there! The kids had a blast seeing the animals, dancing, playing with bubbles and of course eating! Here are a few pics from the event. Thanks for inviting us Amy.

The Little Gym

Parachute ride with the balls!

Ball Play!

Learning to hang from the bar.

Climbing

Forward roll....

Tuesday we took Delaney to a preview class at The Little Gym. Her eyes lit up the moment we entered the gym. She had such a good time she convinced us to sign her up for the rest of the session. Sheer joy was on her face the whole time. She loved the free exploration time the best, but balls and bubbles on the parachute was also a favorite part I think. She also loved the ride we took them on the parachute. (all the adults held the sides and walked around in a circle) Really she just had a lot of fun and got out a lot of that energy she has too! Delaney si one of those kids that wakes up and is busy all day... she even moves in her sleep really....so we though this would be a great activity for her. She is also very adventurous and has very little fear.... she's wiling to try almost everything! It was neat to see her watching the other kids and learn what to do on some of the equipment. I am looking forward to taking her back next week... and I know she will like to go back... seeing as she cried when we had to leave!

Sorry the pics aren't great... Jer took them with his camera phone and the sun was coming in the windows making the lighting weird!

13 Months Old

Rah Rah.. Go TIGERS!

Dear Delaney-

This week you turned 13 months old. You've been very busy since your first birthday. You started going to "school" (or more appropriately- daycare) when mommy goes to school. You go to school with your friends Gavin and Maya. (and you have made other new friends at daycare as well!) It's so sweet to hear the kids call you by your name. Last week Gavin greeted you so sweetly and moved over on the couch so you could sit next to him! You cried for a few days and made mommy so sad to leave you... but you are doing better now and that makes your mommy much happier! I know you have a lot of fun during the day and I am so glad you are lucky enough to go to Ms. Linda!

You have also started running instead of walking places and you climb up and over anything in your path! You started walking up and down your foam ramps in the basement..... you sure do have great balance! You can ride your four wheeler without help! (well sometimes you need help steering!) You love to go to the park where you can run, play and climb. I think a class at The Little Gym is in our near future.

You love to play hide and seek. You hide- usually behind us as we sit on the floor and when we pretend we can't find you... you collapse into a fit of giggles, especially when we grab you and say "oh there you are!". You are still enjoying pushing your babies around the house in strollers. You hug them, rock them, kiss them and toss them out of you way!

Your newest accomplishment is eating with a spoon. You ate a whole bowl of mashed potatoes by yourself and you did pretty well! You seemed very impressed with yourself!

Your new words this month are Hudson, Yes and uh-oh (which comes out more like uh-uh). So now you can say Hi, Yeah, Mama, Dada, Aaahx (for Alex) Fish, Aidan, duck, Hudson Uh-Oh and Yes. You try to repeat a lot of what we say and it is funny to watch you try so hard to communicate with us! You point at everything and are very curious about your world. You understand most of what we say now so we have to be careful when we mention things like "outside" because if you hear that you are quickly on your way to the door! (and then insist on going outside!)

You certainly are] \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ strong willed.. like right now when you are insisting on typing on mommies laptop.... see those slashes... those are from you! You know what you want, when you want it and how you want it.. that's for sure! We do love wtaching your little personality emerge and grow.

We can't wait to see what you will do next!

Love, Mama!