Fitting Session

Date: 10/22/09

For Halloween, we borrowed Violet's cousin Kate's costume from last year...a sugar plum fairy costume.

I let Violet try it on to make sure it fit, and she loved it!

"Mommy, this is the best costume ever!"


"I can rock it with a mohawk...yeah baby!"


"Hey daddy, I know you're in the shower but aren't I just sooooo cute?!"


So yeah, she loves to go into the bathroom and talk to John while he takes a shower. She probably gets that from Saturday mornings when John's doing a workout and I make her play in the bathroom so I can take a shower! Hehehe.

Anyway, the costume fit so we were all ready for Halloween!

Bath Time Boogie

Date: 10/20/09

So, Violet LOVES bath time. No joke, she loves it. She would sit in the bath tub for hours, I'm sure, if I'd let her. She just plays with her toys and splashes and has a grand old time. Well, except for the minute of torture while I wash her hair.

Normally, when I tell her it's time to get out and then drain the tub and go to pick her up, she's not too happy. That is, until I put her hooded towel on her! Then she runs around with her towel on her head and flowing behind her like it's a cape!


"Hi mom! I love running around without any clothes!"


Yeah, after that pic was taken, we most definitely went back to her room and put on a diaper before anything bad happened (we've had two post-bath accidents recently). Then it was back to running around without any clothes on!

Another new thing she's learned is how to climb onto the ottoman.

Here she is showing off her accomplishment.


"Mom, look how big I am! I got up here all by myself!"


"Cheese!"


So yeah, now she loves climbing onto the ottoman every chance she gets and she thinks it's really funny to stand up and watch me try to get over to her to make her sit down...she waits until I'm almost there and then sits. Fun game, I'm sure, just not so much for me! =)

Picture Day

Date: 10/19/09
Location: Our living room

Today (not really today, but the date mentioned above) was picture day at Violet's "school" (daycare). The pictures were being done in antique style, and they were providing outfits and props and all that jazz, so I just had to doll Violet up all cute from the head up.

So, I decided to go with pink, and I happen to think that the following picture is just adorable.


Seriously, it's one of my favorites. I love that I can put bows in front of her ponytails now! I did send two other colored bows in case pink didn't match her antique background.

"Uh, mom, aren't we supposed to be leaving for school about now?"


"Oh, you want me to practice my cheeser smile...okay!"


Hehehe...what a ham!

The pics came back totally cute, and we definitely ordered us one of the prints!

Oh, and check me out...5 posts in 6 days! Score!

Wallet Thief

Date: 9/27/09
Location: Our living room

So, we usually leave all our stuff (purses, wallets, keys, etc) on the counters, and seeing as we have a toddler, that seems like a safe place for now. However, this particular day, John left his wallet in her reach. I walk into the living room and this is what I see:


That's right, she's taking stuff out of his wallet!

Let's go in for a closer look:


Obviously she is too little to know that his USAT card isn't going to get her anywhere...what she really wants is the blue credit card! =)

"Uh-oh, I've been spotted!"


"Maybe if I give her my cheeser smile, she'll let me keep playing..."


Unfortunately, the cheeser smile was just not enough to keep me from taking away the wallet. We don't want daddy driving without his license or going to get some gasoline to find out he has no credit card!

Enjoying Fall Weather

Date: 9/26/09
Location: Our backyard

So, we finally had a few days without any rain, and decided to enjoy it by spending some time in our backyard. Here's Violet just sitting in the grass looking at her swing, I believe. Funny to think that when she was a few months old, she'd cry when we sat her in the grass because she hated the feel of it!

Seriously, I love the blue color of her eyes. Totally jealous.

And here she is trying to "get" Smokey. She just kept chasing him and every time she'd get close, he'd run away and she'd have to go chase him again!


And here she is in her swing (which we finally hung up!). I was messing with the camera settings to try to get a not blurry pic, I think I finally put it in sports mode!


After that pic was taken, I put down the camera and blew bubbles while John pushed her in the swing. Seriously, she loves bubbles and the way she says the word is just too cute!

Piggies!

So, Violet looks absolutely adorable with pigtails (and regular ponytails too, of course!).

Proof:


I mean, seriously...is that not just the cutest little girl ever?!

If you're still not convinced, here's another one:


"Hey mom, how cute are my piggies now that I'm covered in raviolis & peas & carrots?"


Definitely bath time and time to call in the clean-up crew!


Murphy is always ready to charge under the highchair looking for goodies!

PJ Play Time!

All these pics are still from quite a while ago...I'll get caught up some time!

Here she is playing with her princess car...she loves this thing! She sits on it forwards, backwards...she pushes it all around the house ramming it into walls, furniture, people...she hides things under the seat...and the music on it is going off all the time!


And here she is giving me a "cheeser" smile all ready for bed time. Seriously, when I get the camera out, she loves to come over and say cheese and have her picture taken. Such a ham!


Such a cutie pie!