Hot lava, hot lava!

This past weekend, my dad showed me a game he & Mommy used to play when they were kids called Hot Lava.  You throw a bunch of couch cushions around the floor & step on them while avoiding the floor which is hot lava!

It's been a fun evening activity since & Reese seems to love it too!

Awe, my sissy is blowing you a kiss!  She's been walking SO MUCH since this weekend.  It appears she's gotten over her fear of walking & love of crawling because she is all over the place & very confident on her feet!

Hanging out as a family & playing in our open front room before bed has been so much fun!

Baby Einstein

When I was a baby, I UH-DORED Baby Einstein!  My mommy could literally put me in my bouncer & clean the house as I happily bopped & watched.

Fast forward more than three years later and I'm still a big fan.  My sister, on the other hand, couldn't care less.  Thursday Mommy put Numbers Nursery on to occupy Reese as she put dinner together.  Reese was still roaming the house, getting into things, but not me!  It sucked me in, hook, line & sinker!

In other happenings, the other night I had a hankering to wear my Mario Halloween costume as we played pretend with my Mario, Luigi & Peach race cars, zipping around the house.  On a side note, I never, ever like to lose a race.  Mommy & Daddy are working on me being less of a sore loser!

And Mommy & Sissy had some goofy snuggle time as the evening wound down.  Reese is asleep before seven o' clock each night & we always watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse before she goes to bed.  Since I know how much she loves it, I always request it.  I love making my baby sister happy!  Her favorite part of the show is dancing to the Hotdog Dance!  I'm Mickey, Mommy is Minny, Daddy is Goofy & Reese is Daisy.  We all have to dance like our characters.  That's what's going on around here, hope you're all doing great too!

15 month stats

I was pleasantly surprised when I saw Mommy arrive early at daycare to pick me up.  I was, however, not pleased to see that we were headed to the doctor for my fifteen month well-visit.  Cameron unexpectedly came with since Mommy didn't have the heart to leave him behind at daycare.  We were glad to have my big brother along for the trip though; he's a good guy!

Unfortunately Cam smacked his head as we headed back to the exam room since he was distractedly talking to the sweet nurse who was taking us back.

After cleaning his bleeding wound, he got a bandaid & a Lightening McQueen icepack & ended up feeling much better!

I was more upset about them taking my measurements than I was over the two shots they gave me!

So, how have I grown over the past fifteen months?

Height:  30.5" (50%)

Weight: 23.88# (66%)

Head Circumference: 18.9" (94%)

Here's a link from Cameron's 15 month visit.  He weighed 4.7# more than me, but we're both in the 66% & he was 3.5" taller than me.

In other happenings, this past weekend we sought out a free outing & found that the Tampa Bay Rays were hosting their fan fest.

Uncle Matt, Auntie Kelly & the girls met up with us & Cam & Leah had a great time running the bases!

Samantha & I raided the diaper bag for food as they were running.

Speaking of Samantha, the other day we just happened to go to school in the exact same outfit!  Mommy bought all the girls in the group this outfit for Christmas, but it was funny to see that we matched without planning it.  Of course I was not happy when Mommy set me down to take this picture.  I was scared she was going to turn around & leave me again!

After school, we went out back to look at the ducks & were happy to see them trot up to us, looking for food.  We didn't want to let them down, so Daddy grabbed a bag of hamburger buns & we fed them an evening snack!

And when the mail came, we saw that Auntie Erika sent us Valentine's cards!
 

Despite my two shots today, I've been in good spirits all evening & managed to raid the Tupperware drawer as I so love!

Ride 'em cowbaby!

Mommy & Daddy finally brought in the horse that Cameron got for his first birthday & I've been having a blast galloping away!

Here's a picture of both of us riding the horse at exactly the same age.  From looking at this picture one can deduct that my parents do not like pants!  Here we both are, sitting in our diapers...  Click here to see the the original post of Cam riding the horse.

My Mommy & Daddy think I'm the cutest little cowgirl they ever did see!

Here's pictures of my brother when he was my age & the other which was taken just tonight at four years & four months old.  He's come a long way & I'm lucky to have such a protective, loving cowbrother!

My big debut!

Friday was my school's Christmas program & I was very excited since this was to be my very first performance!

I was a little nervous as I entered the stage..

But when I spotted Mommy & Daddy in the crowd, all my nerves disappeared!  

I wasn't sure if my voice would be up to par since I'm still getting over being sick from last week.  I barely have a voice today, but I did sing my heart out & it was great!

Afterwards, Mommy & Daddy came to my classroom to hang out & take some pictures.  Here I am with my very best school friend, Lorenzo.  The two of us have been locked at the hip for years!  

I was pretty bummed when Mommy & Daddy had to leave to go back to work, but I'm so glad they came to watch me perform!

Uncle Matt came to watch Leah.

I sure do love this girl!  Lorenzo may be my best boy friend, but Leah is definitely my best girl friend.  I had a lot of fun performing.. this is the most wonderful time of the year!

12 month stats

Two weeks ago today I turned the B-I-G ONE!  Yesterday Daddy picked me up to head to the doctor for my one year well visit.

Here are my stats:

Head circumference: 18.11" (74%)

Height: 29" (41%)

Weight: 22.25# (67%)

I'm a short little girl, just like my mommy!  The doctor is very happy with my growth & I'll now be switching to two 8 ounce bottles of whole milk per day from 3 bottles of breast milk.  I'm growing like a little, adorable weed!

 

Fall fun!

We went to Busch Gardens a couple of weeks ago & it was an absolutely beautiful, cool Fall day.

The park was decorated with plenty of pumpkins & it was nice & empty so we had a lot of room to run around & hop on any ride we wanted.

 

Reese hung out in her stroller & took a nice nap.

I navigated through the hay maze

while rocking out my cool shades!

I'm a pro at scaling the rope bridges too.

I had a lot of fun playing in the sandbox.

And driving the race car all by myself!

And here's my little sis walking around the kitchen chairs as she so loves to do.  She's still not walking on her own, but I'm sure she will be very soon.  My little sister will be ONE in a little more than a week!

Party time!

My birthday party was about two weeks ago & it was tons of fun!  I chose "Red Birds" as the theme this year.

The party was held at a trampoline place called Air Heads & it was a lot of fun!

There was no way Mommy could have had the party at our house since we moved only the day before!  It was super nice to play with all of my family & friends while my parents were able to relax.

I was a bit of a sweaty mess after all of that jumping & I worked up a big appetite for pizza & birthday cake!

 Celebrating my 4th birthday was so much fun!  I'm thankful that my family & friends joined me & for all of the awesome presents I opened!