Memorial Day Fun at the Zoo!

Grandma, Paige, and Mommy
Paige watching the gorillas.
Paige and her daddy!
The Rice's

Paige LOVED these. She was hamming it up so much sticking her head through the holes. I think it was one of her most favorite parts of the zoo.
This was her monkey face!

Paige's favorite part of the zoo was the petting zoo. She liked walking around and touching the animals.

This goat was asleep under the bench and Paige kept going back to this goat. She kept looking at him saying, "Hey". I think she wasn't sure why he was not looking at her. We had to walk back to it so many times.
SuperPaige! Daddy was helping her look under the bench at her favorite goat.
Petting the pig.

Smiling with Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Fred. My mom and Fred came to visit us for a week. We are having fun!
Paige's first ride on the carousel. She loved this too!
Paige as a panda.

A nice Saturday with our girl!

The house is still for sale. We are going on eight months now. We are truly hoping it sells by the end of summer. I am only going back to work part-time for the next school year so we truly hope it sells soon. We need your prayers! It was such a beautiful day today. Seventy-five degrees and sunny. I would think a mountain view off your back deck that looked like this would sell your house faster:)

Paige enjoying the day in her chair.
Trying to figure out how to climb in.
We planted some flowers in our pots yesterday because it was such a beautiful day to be outside. Paige was helping us!
So pretty!
Paige helping Mommy water plants. I think Paige would spend all day outside if we would let her. She got mad last night when we said it was time to go in for bath time. She wanted to stay out and play.

Trying to prove what a genius she is...

Picking up her book for a little light reading.
I can even read and walk at the same time.
Paige is already trying to tackle C.S. Lewis.

Happy Mother's Day

Our attempt at using the self-timer to take a family picture! This was the best one out of three!
Paige laughing at Mommy.
Me and my girl on a special day!
We had a great Mother's Day. Paige slept until 8:45 so Mommy and Daddy got to sleep late also. Paige got mommy a special card and flowers. Brad also got me a sweet card and a new shirt. We had a nice relaxing day together as a family. Paige is becoming so much fun. She is so interactive and we love spending time with her and we can tell she loves to spend time with us too. She makes us laugh and we love watching her grow and change. Being a mom is so amazing and I feel truly blessed to have been given the opportunity to be one. I have so many hopes and dreams for you Paige. I am so blessed to be your mom and I love you so much. You have truly changed my life and I am so glad that I was chosen to be your mom! I thank God every day for Paige and for Brad and all that they mean to me.

Fifteen Months

Here is Paige playing on her hippo chair. In her hands she has her blankie. She LOVES it!! She likes to carry it with her everywhere.
A cute pic I got this afternoon after she woke up from her nap. This morning Paige had her fifteen month check-up. Her stats are in:
Weight: 20 pounds, 2 ounces (10%)
Height: 29 1/4 inches (15th%)
The doctor saw her walk and do lots of cute things for him. He asked where her head, ears, and tummy were and she showed him. I was so suprised because when I try to show someome she usually clams up! Good time to show of Paige! The doctor got her her to talk also and said she was doing great developmentally and she seemed very verbal. (I wonder where she gets that) As you can see from the picture she also has all of her one year molars. She has actually had them all since about 13 1/2 months! She really is doing great! We already knew she was doing great but it's great to hear someone else say it too! It's so hard to belive that she is fifteen months!! Where is the time going?

Last weekend

Last Sunday we invited Melissa and Dave over to celebrate Dave's birthday. We ate dinner together and had some yummy cookie cake with Dave's favorite: ice cream!! Happy 28th Dave!!
Paige playing peek-a-boo with Dave and Melis.
Reading a bedtime story!
Last weekend was also a first for me! I ran my first official race. I have been training at school with an after-school running club. The fifth grade girls participate in the club and we work on building up stamina and teaching them a healthy way to exercise. I decided to help so I could lose that last five remaining pounds of baby weight(gaining 45 pounds was not a good idea) I did lose that last five pounds and can run about 2.5 miles on a consistent basis! Yeah!! Anyways we had a race at my school last Saturday. It was listed as a 5k but Brad and I measured it out and it was actually closer to a 6K. I finished the race in 38 minutes. Not bad for my first race. I was hoping for about 35/36 but the day before the race I got really sick! SO I ran the race with a cold and still did well. So I ran about 12 minute miles!! Pretty good!! I am thinking about doing it again! I really enjoyed it!

The 14 month old Paige!

Paige is walking like a champ and loving every minute! She wants to be on the go all the time. I tried to snap this picture of her today while she was walking around.
This is what I looked like after dinner tonight! I'm not sure how much made it in my mouth.
Paige is really starting to play with her toys. She loves to push her train around the house.
Let's go, giraffe!
Paige making a mess at dinner!

Easter Egg Hunting is fun!

Today we went over to Brad's sister house and spent the day with his family. We had a greatlunch and had a little Easter egg hunt for the kids. It was so fun. Paige had a blast. She walked around and picked up the eggs and put them in her basket. It was so cute to watch her have so much fun. She was really into the egg hunt. It was a beautiful day, just a little cool. (Only about 48. Last week it was 80!) In other news Paige walked so much today. She really gained the confidence boost that she needed and was walking all by herself all over the place. When we got home she kept doing it too! I think she may be walking all the time now!! Yeah!! She also started saying the word "cracker" over the weekend.
Putting eggs in my basket.
Picking up the eggs.
Walking and looking for eggs. Don't you love my pretty Easter dress?
Paige with her cousins Grant and Brooke. We were sick of having our pictures taken. They had been taking them all afternoon. We still are cute though!

Paige's First Easter Basket

What is in this basket? Let me look and see.
This is fun. Let me take everything out of this basket.
Yeah, I love books!!

Gangsta Paige!

What's up homies, just kickin it in the ATL!No pants..that's the way I roll!

Our Little Talker!!

Paige standing up all by herself!! She is taking three or four steps on her own but still isn't walking all the time. She still prefers crawling and walking holding onto one of our hands. She wants to walk all the time but has to be holding on to something or someone. We have noticed that if she is carrying something in her hand she will walk by herself.
Here is Paige playing at her cousin Brooke's birthday party.
Paige is already ready for kindergarten. (Mommy's school was celebrating it's 50th birthday on Sunday and we went for a picnic and assembly.) Here I am sitting in the rocking chair in the kindergarten classroom.
Paige has really started talking a lot the past few weeks. She babbles all the time, talking to us and her toys. We understand some of the words but not all. We wish we knew what she was saying because it's so sweet to listen to and she looks so serious when she is talking. She plays well by herself and is becoming so interactive with us. She seems to understand so much of what we say to her. She plays a game with Brad where he asks her what sounds certain animals make and she tells him. She makes the noise of an elephant, monkey, and sheep. She can wave bye-bye and give high fives too. She is really starting to show her sense of humor and laughs all the time and tries to get us to laugh at her. She sits in her high-chair and blinks at us until we blink back at her. Then she giggles and does it again. She loves when we chase after her saying, "I'm going get you" and she laughs so hard and falls over so we will catch her and tickle her. She will also tickle back if told to.Some of the words she says are: hey, uh-oh, daddy, mama,bye-bye, see, see da(we think da is that), tank tou(which is thank you, this seems to be her favorite word..she says it whenever you give her something). A few times she has repeated some other words to us but doesn't say them all the time. Can you tell we are proud of her? She is an amazing blessing to both of us.

We have a walker?

Paige may have started walking!! We are so excited!! She has been taking 1-3 steps now for a few weeks. Yesterday morning she took about five steps. Then last night she took about twelve steps in a row! We couldn't believe it!! Then today she was playing outside with us and kept walking back and forth to us.(which was about five/six steps) We have to initiate it she doesn't start walking by herself. Maybe in the next few days she will be walking all the time.

What's happening in the 13th month??

Paige loves to walk around pushing her car.
Paige is an avid cruiser and loves to look at pictures and talk to them.
Paige loves dumping out the cabinets and her dresser drawers and putting it on the floor. I looked away for a second and this is what I see!! Don't worry, I clean it every time!!
Paige loves pushing her toys around the house and talking to them. She loves playing.
She also LOVES books. She opens her books and acts like she is reading them to herself. She loves to read at night before she goes to sleep. **Her shirt says, "Everyone loves a blue-eyed girl". It's true!!