She is too cute not to show off

May Already!

 So quite a bit has gone on the last few months. Elizabeth turned 1 at the end of February. Her birthday party went very well. She had lots of fun opening presents and playing with another baby friend and her 4 year old cousin. She took her first steps in the beginning of April. She still prefers crawling over walking but she is taking a few more steps everyday. She is working on a couple molars which seem to be taking there time coming in. She had a blast on Easter we were able to go to church and see everybody which was very nice. She loved opening her Easter Basket. I am not sure if she liked the chalk or the bubbles better. Or maybe it was the large pink bunny she liked best. She made a lot of oo's and ah's and lots of big smiles. Just this week we decided to move her into a toddler bed because we couldn't get her to sleep in her crib. She has been doing wonderful with it and every night she sleeps in it longer. YAY!! I got my bed back.
We also moved in April. We live in a slightly bigger and quieter place. Which is very nice. When we get enough chairs we will actually be able to eat at the table all together. Which I am looking forward to. And with the great garage sale weekend coming up we might be able to do that soon.
As for me I am doing good. I really want to go back to school this fall but the closer September gets the further away going back to school feels.

 

BONK!!!!

So Elizabeth seems to be learning something new everyday. She knows how to do the stinky face and actually knows what it is. When we read Baby Faces and get to that page she makes the face it is too cute. She also knows what a ducky is. When we ask her to go get it she goes and finds it and then shows it to us. A few other things she knows how to do and has known for a couple months is momma, dada, high five and peek-a-boo. Oh and she loves to read. After bath time she goes straight to the books. She is such a joy. I think its awesome when I see other kids learn new things but it is nothing like watching my own little one learn something new.
A game she has recently learned in Bonk! All it is is when we say bonk we bonk heads with each other. It is funny. The other day I was sitting with her and she was leaning up against the wall and she tapped her head against it and she kept doing it. I think she liked the cool bonking sound it made.

Scheduleing

So since Elizabeth was born I have just pretty much let her determine her schedule. But now she is at the point where she is fighting against falling asleep even more then before. So I have started a night time routine. It was terrible for the first 4 or 5 days. She didn't go to bed earlier then 11 and bath time was a nightmare.She just constantly cried and screamed at the top of her lungs. But the last two nights have been awesome compared to the first few. We are still working on bath time. She used to love taking baths and she loves swimming so I am not sure what the problem is. But she has been in bed before nine the last two nights which has given me some baby free time to do what I want. Her favorite time is story time. She has a couple of favorite books already. I am experiencing reading the same books over and over again. I would say her top three are Baby Faces, Moo, Baa, LA LA LA, and Ee-I-Ee-I-Moo. I love reading them to her but after the third or fourth time it gets tiring. That is when I or her daddy put her to sleep.
If anybody has any ideas about how to make bath time a more enjoyable and fun time feel free to let me know.

teeth and trips

So we had a wonderful time in Philly. Elizabeth did great on the flight over and did great with all the commotion that went on while we were there. When we first arrived she wasn't to thrilled with the dogs but by the end of the week she was climbing all over the golden retriever. We did Thanksgiving at Brian's grandparents house the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. It was delicious. Elizabeth loved her Grandpa. She even cuddled with him even though it was the first time she has met him.
Since the last time I posted Elizabeth has gained 5 teeth she has four up on top and 3 on the bottom now. She hasn't started walking yet but she still manages to get into everything and she even will wonder off by herself now.

4 Generations

Happy Girl

She is getting too big too fast

 So Elizabeth is crawling better now. She is also pulling herself up onto her feet to standing position. The other day I walked into her room and I saw her standing there peeking over the edge. She is also eating some food. She has tried squash and peaches and she likes them both.

Another thing that happened is my car went to crap. It is sitting at my dads house doing nothing useful for me. I don't know what is wrong and I don't have the money to take it to the shop so its just going to have to sit there for awhile until I get the money. It might just be done.

I am so excited for November. We are all going to go to PA to visit Brian's dads side of the family. It will be the first time that they get to see Elizabeth.

Thats all I got for now. Here are some pics of my beautiful little girl.

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