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Early Signs of Summer

2008-05-25T21:11:00.002-05:00

Well, you'd think we would be having nice weather. This weekend we finally got to play outside for most of a weekend. Noelle has been having a bit of a daredevil which is new for her in a way. She's been showing Livia how to climb up the slide the wrong way, and she's even tried to climb onto the roof of the play house. We had a picnic outside sort of and was able to pull our wagon around the neighborhood. I showed Noelle what 'helicopters' were from trees. So that became a new and fun project.

What has Noelle been up to?

Dance, dance, and more dance. She is loving dance class. Their recital is in a month, and she is so excited about being on stage. I think this is an activity we'll continue next fall, but maybe just ballet.

Noelle has been doing well in preschool. They say she picks up everything very quickly. We've been working on cutting and pasting mostly... which leads me to having Noelle cut her own hair today. Mama is still a little upset about that. Okay, a lot upset about that. She's got some punk layering in the front now or something. Ug.

Her protectiveness of Livia is starting to grow a little more. There is also signs of them actually being friends rather than just fighting for attention. Haha. Livia just loves to laugh when her sister does things. So I think Noelle likes that attention there.

Polly Pocket is a new interest. She also is showing an interest in sports. She and I go into town every Wednesday night for Caring Place sessions (group therapy for grieving children) and drive past the ball park. She's fascinated with the building and wants to see a game.

Last month we were in Aunt Bethany's wedding. Noelle was a little party animal. If you go to the pictures page, you'll see a TON from the wedding. In the table camera pictures, you can just see Noelle dancing everywhere. I think she was ready to outlast everybody else. During the actual wedding, she was funny. She was a flowergirl and wanted to walk down the aisle herself before Bethany did. Well, when Livia and I got to the front, Noelle yells: "Mommy wait for me!" and sprints up the aisle. We only got pictures of her running.

Her excitement this month was a visit from MawMaw and Great-Aunt Karen. Noelle talked for weeks and weeks about MawMaw visiting her. We went to the zoo which was a lot of fun for the girls. On the wall across from where the walrus' will be in the underground tunnel, there are two bricks dedicated to their dad. So we went to see them. They're really nice and I think the girls will enjoy it as they grow.

I think that's it for this month so far!

Next month we have a big vacation coming up down to Virginia!

Being a princess is hard work

2008-03-03T23:15:00.003-05:00

Princess Noelle is quite a girl. Some days she's very quiet and just plays with her dolls, but others she's a chatty Kathy and won't stop telling you stories, asking questions, and wanting to have an adventure.

Noelle is doing great at preschool. She's learning quite a bit. Of course, she already knows her letters and numbers. But she's starting to write a bit more and doing very well with things like patterns, more and less, and opposites. Noelle loves to learn and is very inquisitive. One of her favorite activities is reading her new Zoobooks magazine every time it comes in the mail. We'll read the magazine front to back before bedtime and she just loves discovering new things about animals.

Noelle has been very into her dance class. They danced at the mall in December and had their Winter recital in January. You can see the pictures in the December photo album. She's made quite a few friends at dance class namely Corinne, Riley, Kirsten, Cassidy, and Jamie. She loves to see all the other kids each week. This summer, her class will be dancing at Idewilde Park so everybody should come see her.

The favorite activities of the month are dress up, playing My Little Pony, playing with Playdo, and playing with Barbies. She's very much a girly girl wanting to wear a princess dress or ballerina outfit most of the day.

Noelle also can have a diva attitude when she's not getting her way. Mommy has gotten a 'humph' and a hand on the hip more than once. Beyonce, look out!

As far as things Noelle is looking forward to: Aunt Bethany's Wedding. Noelle was practicing walking down the aisle today. Grandma got her to not dance to the music which will be a good thing. Don't worry, we'll have lots of pictures!!

Trick or Treat

2007-11-01T20:46:00.001-05:00

Halloween came and went, but we had so much fun! Noelle was a self called Barbie Fairy Princess. Her pink birthday princess dress had wings on it, and she wore a princess hat thing that Aunt Kris gave her. She spent the day twirly in her dress and just enjoying being a princess. But we're not surprised about that. Haha. Daycare went trick or treating at the shops in Bellevue, and then daycare had their Halloween party.

Noelle carried her special witch bucket that Lynda made for her and pranced up all the steps having to hold her dress up because it was so long. Or Mama helped her carry her 'train' up the steps. After awhile, the princess had to rest and rode in Livia's stroller. It was called her coach and she would say things like "Mommy, I'm at my stop" or "My coach has arrived"... then she'd get out and go up to the house. It was rather funny. She definitely played the part.

The kids were exhausted when we were done and slept good. Grandma and Mommy were ready for bed too! But it was a perfect day for Halloween. Nice weather and a lot of fun.

Camping

2007-10-21T19:10:00.000-05:00

Our new camping pictures are up for everybody to see (go to the link on the right of the page or click here)! We had a lot of fun. Noelle and I stayed in a two room cabin. She wanted to sleep on the bunk beds at first, but she got a bit intimidated by it and ended up sharing a bed with me. She loved sleeping in her sleeping bag and just being outdoors in general.

When asked, "playing" was her favorite thing to do... when asked in more detail she liked throwing sticks in the lake (which are in our pictures), playing with the two Ashleys, and the hay ride (which had no hay) where she got to howl at the moon with Aunt Sue (who Noelle reminds me was being a lamp by holding the light while cooking Friday night). She definitely did not want to go home, but it was time. She was happy to see Baby Liv and her toys when returning back to the house. Although, we miss the fresh outdoors air already!

Plenty of pictures are up and we had plenty of fun. We will definitely be back next year.

I am not a rockstar.

2007-10-17T07:57:00.000-05:00

So apparently "Rock star" is not a nickname Noelle likes. I (and many others) end up calling her that when she's decked out in all her bangles and sparkles. We are quick to be corrected that she is a Princess and not a Rock Star. Usually a conversation with Noelle goes like this when somebody meets her for the first time (or hasn't seen her in awhile): "My name is Noelle Claudia Chase. Sometimes I am called Princess Noelle. And I call myself Cinderella." And occasionally she throws in at the end: "And I have three cousins... Logan, Kaiden, and Baby Madelyn."

Noelle is excited this week because we went to the pumpkin patch where she picked out a pumpkin for herself. We will be taking the pumpkin to a class at the zoo called "Wildlife Pumpkin Painting." She wants to pain zebras, but I don't know what the class is about so we'll see. A picture will definitely get posted of it. She is also excited because I'm taking her camping with the Hilliards this weekend. We'll be staying in a cabin, but I think she's mostly excited to get some Noelle/Mama time. I'm sure there will be picture of that up too.

For Halloween, Miss Noelle is going to be a fairy princess. I bought her pink wings to go with her fancy pink princess dress... which you will see in her birthday pictures.

Her birthday party was fun. It was a bowling party at the local duckpin bowling lanes at the Bellevue Knights of Columbus. A few of her friends from school came: Raven, Caroline, and Nathaniel. Tia, a 'distant' relative of some sort, came as well. The adults were the usual suspects really. :) You know who you are!! The theme was princess so she had her Disney princess cake. The kids had a blast bowling and the parents were all great helping. Of course, the presents were the highlight for her. To go with her new fancy pants princess castle doll house, she has several new princess barbie dolls and horse. She loved everything she got from everybody. We read all the new books almost every day. She plays with all her new Barbies... and many sleep beside her on her pillow, as well. Apparently, it is great being 4.

Small new things

2007-09-30T07:31:00.000-05:00

We'll have more information and pictures up from our trip to the beach last week soon. But we just wanted to make a few small notes about the things that Noelle is up to right now...

Noelle started her Intro to Dance class a few weeks ago. They learn tap, ballet and tumbling every Saturday morning. Noelle loves dressing up in her ballet clothes and seems to have fun each week. There should be a few recitals or shows through the year so we'll get lots of pictures!

Today Noelle is going to take her first monthly riding lesson. "Aunt" Stacie has been teaching horse back riding part time and Noelle is going to be one of her students. Since Noelle is still small, she's going to start on a pony, but that's okay with Noelle! It's only once a month, so we'll keep you posted on how that goes.

Noelle is still in love with princesses and has now moved into Barbie princesses also. She is so excited about her birthday next week! We'll have more to tell later.

Princesses & Festivals

2007-08-20T09:37:00.000-05:00

A funny story from Mom...

Noelle really enjoys her princess things as everybody knows. Well, Thursday night after bath time she wouldn't get into her pajamas for Aunt Kris or Grandma... she put her pink princess dress back on (it was her Easter dress) to sleep in. Eventually she got out of her bed to put her tiara on too, but Grandma convinced ehr it might get broken so that got put up. When I woke her up on Friday morning she had her dress and princess shoes on sleeping. And then she only wanted to wear it to daycare. There was no getting her to change. So I gave in and let her wear it. She was definitely trying to play the part. She was blowing kisses to everybody and greeting her friends at the door. I eventually convinced her she couldn't wear it for a third day on Saturday because it needed cleaned... but boy does she have fun being a princess. Livia has learned to play the part of the fairy godmother for Noelle. She can say "Bibidi Bobidi Boo" now.

But the real fun of Saturday ended up being Assumption Church's festival. It's semi tradition to go to it since that's the school we went to as kids... we took Noelle last year and she loved it. So we went back this year. Noelle enjoyed getting her hands painted rather than her face ;-) She rode the train, mini Whip, and loved the bouncy castle. One of the highlights had to be running into some of her daycare friends... what 3 year olds converse about is funny. It was all about the shiny whistle Noelle won at the duck pond. Watching the kids light up with the games, prizes, and fun is just well... fun.

Noelle also got her hair cut really for the first time. I only had a few inches taken off the back of it... but still. She never had her hair cut before and I miss her little curls at the end ;)

Already a Diva.

2007-07-27T18:27:00.000-05:00

I am the official 3 year old room Hula Queen at daycare. We had Hula week this week where we made grass skirts, flowered necklaces, and practiced our Hula dancing. Today we had our Hula party, and I did the hula so well that I was picked Hula Queen out of all the girls! Miss Sally and Miss Christie gave me a special Hula Queen crown and Miss Sally gave me a dollar out of her purse.

Mama took video of me dancing at home. Mommy and Maw were so proud of me winning. Mommy and I went to the dollar store and I bought a princess doll in a green dress with my dollar. I even got to pay for it by myself. Here's a picture of me in my Hula outfit and if you go to our picture website, Mommy is putting a movie of me dancing up.

Lots to do in July!

2007-07-22T09:21:00.000-05:00

Let's see, what all have we done this month?

I love a good birthday party. We started off July by having a birthday party for Aunt Kris. I picked out her cake. It's one of my favorite things to do for birthday's. I also got her a Princess place mat... but she has to keep it at my house because I really liked it to.

I got to see Ratatouille which was fun. I was upset, though, when Remy got separated from his family. I had to ask through the whole movie when he was going to see them again.

At the beginning of the month, we went to Virginia to see my cousins as I told everybody. We also saw MawMaw and everybody else too! I had so much fun playing with everybody. Kaiden, Logan and I would play in the big swimming pool as much as we could. It was especially funny when the adults got in to play too. First we played with Uncle Chris. Then we got to play with MawMaw in the pool, but she got in with her clothes on! It was even more funny when Kaiden turned the hose on her. Later on that day, Mommy and Hadley got in the pool with us in their clothes. Then MawMaw and Aunt Mandy joined in too! But was even more funny was when we got Uncle Josh all wet. We liked playing Kryptonite Fingers with Uncle Chris and MawMaw. It's a game that Logan taught us. MawMaw would also tell us to stop drinking her water and tickle us to get it back. We had so much fun at MawMaw's house. I didn't want to leave!

But I had fun when Hadley came home with us. I wanted to play Sailor Moon with her a lot. She got to be Sailor Jupiter and we had to go fight the bad guy. We also go to go shopping with Hadley and went to the zoo, too. I like seeing my big sister! I can't wait to go see her and visit the beach in a few months.

Yesterday, we had a birthday party for Mommy. We had friends and family come over and had a bbq. I think I had the most fun going shopping with Maw to find a present for Mommy and then sitting in my sandbox and pretending it was a beach. I didn't want to eat dinner because I was having so much fun. I also go to play with Uncle Danny. He's so much fun, but I don't think he'll admit it. He took the picture of me here.

I hit another growth spurt this month. We had to buy me longer shirts. I'm wearing a 5/6 in girls now because I'm getting so long. I am taller than most of my friends at school.

Let's see... my favorite things are still Cinderella and My Little Pony. I watch Cinderella at least once a day for the past month. I love princesses!

New Pictures!

2007-07-22T09:33:00.001-05:00

I almost forgot. We updated our pictures. There are ones from June, July, and two new movies.

We've been gone for a bit!

2007-06-25T13:32:00.000-05:00

Sorry everybody!

One of my favorite things I've done in the past weeks was ride a horse! Miss Stacie has a brown (chestnut) horse called Indy that she let me ride. I want to be a cowgirl now. It was so much fun... I even made mommy get on a horse and she was a silly scardy. I had no problems! At first i was a bit intimidated by all the horses because they're so tall and I never saw one before. But they were fun. Livia kept petting them all so eventually I did. They liked to sniff me. I even got to feed Indy a biscuit and help give him a bath. I definitely will be going back!

I've been doing a lot of playing in the sand box... and turning the water box into a beach of sorts. :)

I do a lot of dancing to Princess music. I want to be Cinderella when I grow up.

Let's see... i went to the dentist for the first time and had fun. He said I have good teeth and let me pick out a toy from a toy chest. I also got to go to my friend Raven's birthday party. We ran through the sprinkler all day and ate a ton of cake and ice cream.

In a few weeks I get to visit my cousins. That's all I've been talking about. I miss "Logan, Kaiden, and baby Madelyn."

Talk to you later!!

New Pictures!

2007-06-02T15:19:00.001-05:00

We're in the process of putting up new pictures today. So far we have May 2007 up. Mama is trying to get some older and sillier ones of me playing on her computer too. Here's one of the pictures. Mama is squishing me :-) I'm sure most of you know that joke... I don't. I just thought she was being silly.

Tomorrow I get to go ride a horse for the first time so I'll let you know how that goes!! Although, I'm sure Miss Stacie will be holding me on the horse more than me riding it.

Lots to Do and See

2007-05-25T20:36:00.000-05:00

Hello everybody!

We were bad and didn't write last week so I know it is going to be hard remembering everything we've done! Last week our big event was going to the Pittsburgh Zoo event. On Tuesday, me, Mommy, Baby Liv, and Maw went to the zoo after everybody was doing working. We got to see a new thing that only members could see. The preview of the underwater tunnel and the new sea otters! It was so neat that we got to see under them. The polar bears weren't swimming but the otters were. They were so close that I wanted to touch them. I had so much fun! You know me, I love animals!!

This week, we're on vacation in Michigan. Yesterday we went to the 'new zoo.' It was all I had talked about for weeks on end. The Detroit Zoo was a lot bigger than the Pittsburgh Zoo and we got to see some new animals. We got to walk through a path that had Red Kangaroos and Wallabys. Baby Liv kept calling them Kitties. I wanted to go pet them but we weren't allowed off the trail. When we went to see the Snow Monkeys, they were laying right next to the window so I got to stand at the glass and hold my hand up to him. It was like I could almost touch him. He held his hand up against the glass where mine and Baby Liv's were. It was neat!

I really liked the underwater tunnel here that connected to the Sea Lions. They were swimming right over me! Let's see... I liked the lions too. There were easier to see than any others. They were also lazy and sleeping. I didn't like the snake house too much. But the lizards were pretty neat in there. Snakes are creepy and crawly.

Today I got to play at Jason's mommy's house. Miss Cheryl and his sister Ashlyn took me to the park. I had so much fun that I completely got worn out! Now I'm watching a movie on the sofa couch. Milo and Otis is on. Me and baby liv are supposed to be sleeping! But we're too excited. Anyway, we'll fill you in more next week!

Happy Mother's Day!

2007-05-12T21:09:00.000-05:00

Happy Mother's Day everybody! I had a lot of fun this week getting ready for mother's day at school. We worked on some fun projects like a tissue paper card. I brought my Cars books to book day this week and my new princess pony for show and tell. I picked it out as a reward for being good all week. She lights up and has sparkles that I get all over my face when I play with her.

I've been playing outside a lot with Baby Liv. I like the sandbox the most. I'm also enjoying watering my garden out back. I have a little watering can and follow Mommy around helping water the flowers. The ones in my flower box are up to me to water but sometimes I need a little help with it. Today we put my turtle in the flower box to scare away the bunnies.

I hope it doesn't, though. I like watching the bunny that visits our yard. Me, Mommy, Nomi and Baby Liv watched it this morning through the French door in the living room. It was sitting about ten feet away eating grass and dandelions. We've also been seeing a lot of birds in our bird feeder too.

We also go to play with Aunt Kris and Pappap today. We filled the water table and had fun floating boats and things. Then we got ice cream with Mommy and Maw. Yum!

Tomorrow is GG's birthday! I'm looking forward to the cake and ice cream. I love parties!

Photos of the week:

It's May!

2007-05-05T08:31:00.000-05:00

Hello everybody!

I've been busy this week. In school we learned all about flowers. We learned about daisies and roses. We learned that they have petals and stems. This weekend if it doesn't rain, I'm going to be planting a garden with everybody. I think Maw and Aunt Kris are really looking forward to helping me in the garden. I want to plant red flowers, blue flowers, purple flowers, and orange flowers. Soon, we'll be going to the store to pick them out. You'll have to come see my garden sometime!

I played with my best friends this week: Marissa (she's a new friend at school), Alexis, and Hannah. We like playing in the kitchen and pretending we're princesses. I like being Cinderella and so does Alexis.

Yesterday, since I was a good girl all week, I went to the red store (Target) with Maw and Mama and picked out a new My Little Pony to play with. It's a little pink one that came with a gumball machine and two lollipops. Some of my favorite things!

We'll have our April pictures up soon this weekend so you'll have to take a look. Our portraits are in there as well.

We'll write soon and let you know how our gardening went.

My name

2003-10-10T20:08:00.000-05:00

Some things have stories so this is one that should be posted.

Noelle Claudia is my name, and of course Mommy and Daddy love my name. They didn't agree on many girls names but the one they did fits me well. Mommy and Daddy love Christmas so Noelle seemed like a perfect fit even though I was born in October. Mommy suggested the name many months before I was born since she always liked it but Daddy didn't remember and thought he came up with it later. :-) Of course, they couldn't agree how to spell it. Mommy got to spell it Noelle because she let Daddy pick my middle name. But she liked Claudia (from the Baby Sitters Club books) so it worked out okay. Claudia is Latin (whatever that is) and is the feminine form of Claudius, one of Rome's emperors. It means "lame" but only because Emperor Claudius had a limp. I think.

So that's my name: Noelle Claudia Chase. (Mama is also a nerd and likes my initials NCC because it's a Star Trek thing...)

What have I been up to?

2007-04-28T19:31:00.000-05:00

Well, we had a busy week this week.

First, we went to the zoo on Sunday. We took Baby Liv's wagon and road all around the zoo. I loved the Lions most of all and the penguins. The penguins kept swimming right up to the glass and playing in the water! I thought it was incredibly funny. The sea lions made me squeal and laugh too. I did get to pet a sheep. At first I was afraid but then mama started to pet the sheep and told me how soft it was: like a sweater.

Second, the weather was finally nice for part of the week! I played for hours in our new sandbox. Baby Liv likes the water... and I think she started liking eating sand too... but I like playing with my toys in the sandbox. I make them all live on the beach in a house and bury treasure for them.

I was good all week. No time outs and no potty accidents. So on Friday I got my reward: new cars! I took them to show and tell. They were Woody and Buzz cars from the end of the Cars movie. I love collecting new Cars toys.

Today Pappap and Aunt Kris came to visit me. I made Pappap build a castle with my blocks because I have some cinderella lego blocks. We had a lot of fun and got to eat brownies!

Back in business

2007-04-28T16:59:00.001-05:00

Noelle's web site is back up after a year and a half hiatus. I was able to recover the old web logs from the site, but I'm still working on the pictures. I hope to have some of them. You can now see new pictures of the whole family by clicking on the link on the right hand side. Baby Liv will have her own site soon as well.

Make sure to leave me comments! We want to hear from you.

-Mama & Noelle

Happy Almost Easter

2005-03-22T20:15:00.000-05:00

We went to my first Easter egg hunt this past weekend. I had fun running around the playground. The slide was my favorite. I'd try to climb up it backwards and yell 'weeeee' everytime I went down it. I did find one egg, but didn't really care about it too much. Grandma and I iced an Easter egg cookie while we were there and made a big mess :)

My vocabulary has been getting a lot bigger. I know things like: turtle, boot, shoe, five, two, Elmo, bunny, hop hop hop, MINE, and other things. I love to read and pretend to eat the fruit and smell the flowers in my picture books. (Grandma taught me that.)

One of my favorite things to do is 'wash' dishes. Everyday when I come home from school that's what I want to do. And boy do I get mad if nobody lets me! (Daddy thinks that the terrible twos have started six months early.)

I enjoy coloring a lot. I like to dump out my crayons and color in my Powerpuff Girls coloring books.

I love noodles. Have I mentioned that already? I could eat spaghetti and yogurt everyday and be happy... of course until I get sick of it. Mommy and Daddy are trying to breka me of my 'throwing food on the floor when I don't want anymore' habit. I'm getting better at it. I will give it to Mommy when I'm done instead.

This weekend I get to see my family in Virginia. I think its goign to be fun playing with my cousins and sister. Talk to you after then!

Hello Everybody

2005-02-26T18:09:00.000-05:00

I just wanted to share some new things from the week. Boy am I getting tall. I can reach almost everything on every table. Yay!

-My new word of the week is 'no.' I can also say 'yes' and sometimes say it, but 'no' is much more fun.
-I tried Chinese food for the first time. I LOVED Lo Mein noodles. I picked out all of the vegetables except for the water chestnuts and ate just the noodles.
-I love reading my Dr. Suess books now. Thanks, Lynda, for buying them for me. "There's a Wocket in My Pocket" and "The Cat in the Hat" are my favorites.

-I've started stacking my blocks really high. Mommy has a video of me doing it, but she has to figure out how to make the video smaller for you guys to download.
-I now can call Yin and Nomi and have fun doing it. It sounds like I'm saying 'Yanny' intead of 'Yinny' but everybody knows what I mean.

I think that's it for today. Mom is going to try to put up my Christmas pictures today.

Happy Valentines Day

2005-02-13T18:13:00.000-05:00

I had a busy day today. First, i went to my first birthday party at McDonalds. It was Tryston's, my neighbor's grandson, birthday. I had fun playing in the Playplace but it took time for me to warm up. Next, I went to Uncle Dan's birthday party. I had cake, ice cream, and some other stuff not as fun. I ended up taking a fork and started eating the side of the cake.

Let's see. I'm learning all kinds of things lately. I'm getting pretty good at my daily routine too. In the morning, I wake up and have my milk and then I go jump on Daddy in bed. When Daddy isn't in bad, I look under all the blankets and pillows looking for him. When I'm done getting dressed, I want to go downstairs to get my coat and shoes even if nobody is ready. Twice i got my door open and tried to go downstairs by myself. When I get my coat and shoes, I get to go to school and play with the kids all day.

Mommy picks me up and we wait for Grandma to ride me home. I look out the window at daycare and call for 'MumMumMumMum' (that's what I call Grandma) to arrive. Then we go home and I get to have dinner and dessert with Mommy and Daddy. Then I have my milk (and I tell Mommy when she forgets what time it is that I want my bottle) and Daddy tells me its bath time. I wave goodnight to everybody, turn the light out of them because its funny and walk upstairs with daddy. We then play in the bath and when I'm done I put all my toys away. Mommy and I brush our teeth. (I say Teeth pretty well now)... and then its book and bedtime.

Let's see. I am learning new words all the time. Some I can say better than others. The words I say right now are Mommy, Daddy, Kitty, Cat, Dog, Sheep, Baaa, Moo, Juice, Please, Fish, Bubble, Bottle, PapPap, and Cheese. i don't say them all the time, but I can say them. Sometimes I have to be coaxed into saying them.

I'm really learning how to feed myself. I'm better at using a spoon and love to feed myself yogurt. I try to use a fork but do not always hit the food.

I also have four new teeth coming in on the top. Hopefully they come in soon!

Happy New Year

2005-01-09T18:58:00.000-05:00

Happy New Year everybody. I've been up to alot of things, mostly causing mischief. Haha. I've been very active and very happy. At school, they say that I'm the happiest baby. I run around everywhere and get into everything. I love riding on my toys from my birthday and playing with my musical christmas toys. My great grandparents got me a learning table that I love to dance with. MawMaw got me a dancing Elmo toy that I dance with before I go to bed.

New Quirks:

One of my new developements is my blanket. I adore the blanket that my great Aunt Janet made for me when I was born. I have to take it with me when I wake up and when I see it in the room I have to carry it around.

I also put things away when I'm done with them. When I'm done with my lunch, if I'm eating some pick up food, I put what I'm not going to eat away in its bowl or well.. throw it on the floor. I then laugh when Stormy tries to eat it.

I also like to brush my teeth at night. After I'm done in the bath (which I like to stand in now rather than sit down), I point to the medicine cabinet because its time to brush my teeth. The baby toothpaste is yummy so I mostly chew on my tooth brush. But I'm trying.

New Words I don't always say them, but here's what I can definately say: Ball, Duck, Quack, Dad, Dada, Mama, Mommy, Cat, Kitty, Baby, Hi, and Bye. I say 'Baaa' alot too. I tend not to say things when I'm asked to say them. I'm not a one girl show! :)

I will have new pictures soon from Christmas for everybody. I just wanted to say hello!

Super

2004-10-25T06:25:00.000-05:00

My mama apologizes for being away so long. We had some technical difficulities. But as you can see all the photos have been added from July to my vacation in September with my sister. We'll be getting birthday stuff up soon. Yup, I'm a whole year old now!

Lots of stuff has happened. I'm walking now and finally have some teeth. I'm getting my third one this week. I gave up babyfood around 11 months. I wanted to eat everything that everybody around me is eating. I'm funny like that. If I sit in my high chair, I don't want to eat something like spaghetti. But if mom is at the table, I want it off her plate. It's so much better when somebody else has it.

My birthday part was great. So many people came to visit. I got to see my MawMaw, Grandpa Lee, Uncle Chris, Aunt Tiff, and cousin Logan from out of town. We had breakfast with them for my birthday party and then they hung out all day. Logan and I were supposed to be taking naps in the afternoon, but instead we played with each other over the side of the crib and playpen. It was fun.

At my party were (besides my parents and out of town visiters): Grandma, Uncle Dan, Aunt Beth, Ed (Aunt Beth's boyfriend), Great Grandma Hilliard, G.G. (Great Grandma Langman), Great PapPap, (great) Aunt Kelli, (great) Aunt Linda, (great) Uncle Gary, godparents Stacie and Steve, cousin Lynda, cousin Roxanne, neightbor Lisa, friend Elaina, and I think I'm missing somebody but I'm just a baby! I can't remember all these people. I had so much fun with everybody. When I was given my birthday cake, I picked up a fork and spoon and tried to eat it that way. I wouldn't dig in like most babies. I also had my first mint chocolate chip ice cream. And well, I had a bit of everything else too. People always give me food.

My presents were cool. I was given a bunch of clothes which are all fun and cozy for the fall and winter. I have lots of books now and a new desk which Lisa made to go with them all. Lynda gave me a purple Care Bear which I like carring around because its soooo soft. I have a new ride on toy which I like pushing around the living room. Dada and mama got me a toybox which I climb into every night to play with my toys. Thank you to everybody to came to my birthday. I had so much fun.

Don't forget to look at my pictures of my vacation with Hadley. She showed me all about the beach and I loved it. I can't wait to go back.

Noelle

Added more pictures

2004-11-14T21:10:00.000-05:00

We added more pictures today of my birthday party and Halloween. I hope you like them. I had alot of fun in the making. Nothing really new going on here. I'm trying to get over a cold and have been sleeping alot. Today I played in the dirt alot at our neighbor's house. It was my favorite thing to do.

Summer is Fun

2004-06-28T13:38:00.000-05:00

Vacation: I had alot of fun on vacation. The only problem is that the car ride was so long. I really like the new car, though. I don't like my new car seat. It hurts my next when I sleep and facing backwards is so boring. When I'm bigger it will be okay, but the new seat doesn't let me lay back as far as the old one.

While on vacation I got to see alot of my family. The first day I went to the lake and saw my Aunts and Uncles on Daddy's side. I thought my cousin, Patty Ann, was really funny. While I was swimming in the lake, she would make alot of faces at me from the peir. I would laugh and laugh. I really liked swimming for the first time. I swam with my Mama, Uncle Chris, cousin Logan, and Daddy. I liked when the waves would come in from the boats passing by. I also go to ride on the boat. My life jacket was so big. I don't like that so much either, but I really liked when the boat bounced.

The next day I hung out with my MawMaw and cousin Logan while Daddy and Mama were picking up my sister from her house. I really like hanging out with Hadley. She makes me laugh all the time. I like her so much that I crawl after her feet now. I'll be hanging out with her until the 4th of July. I'll miss her when she's not around. She's all of fun and helps me out when I get stuck.

Hadley, Aunt Mandy, and Mama filmed me and Kaiden getting into trouble and crawling all over the place. I had so much fun that I passed out on the floor and then in a chair. It's tiring getting into the kitchen cabinets!

This week I'm playing with Hadley alot. I'm also learning how to crawl up on my knees. I do it mostly so that I can reach and pull myself up on things a bit better.

Menu of the Week: I haven't really had any new baby food this week, but I have tried other things. I really enjoy Vanilla Yogurt that I steal from my sister. I tried coleslaw and didn't like it. I ate a whole peice of watermellon that my MawMaw had. I also gnawed on some corn on the cob. I like trying new things. I discovered a really cool thing thanks to Uncle Chris. I love Gerber Vegetable and Fruit Puffs. I eat them all the time. They help me learn to pick up foot with my index finger and thumb.