Wednesday, December 23, 2009

After the Party

After Devin's bday party, she was ready to play with all of her new toys.....not the same day of course, as evidenced by the sleeping pics on the day of the party, but by the next morning, she was ready to go!

OK momma, this is the first one I want to play with...
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I am bringing it in here for you to open for me
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Oh, Hi daddy, are you coming to play too?
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A little later. As you can see, she had opened more of them by this point.
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Man I love these two!
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Working on another one...
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She has her thinking tongue out now...
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Buttons, buttons, so many buttons to push...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Bathtime with Devin

Tonight I was trying to capture a silly little video to send to Tia Awol for her birthday, hence all of the Happy Birthday Tia Awol singing in the background. Devin was having lots of fun in the tub tonight! And she angled herself in just a way that I could post these pics without showing off anything she shouldn't be showing off, just so you know I would NOT be posting them otherwise.

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Happy Birthday Tia Awol!


Having a splashing good time!



Thursday, December 10, 2009

1 Year Old!

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Oh my, where did the time go. I just can't believe that my little ladybug is 1 year old! What is my "big girl" up to these days?

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*Devin is wearing a size 4 diaper.
*Devin is wearing 12-18 month clothes.
*Within days of her 11 month birthday, Devin started walking, and she has been walking all over the place ever since!
*She is saying lots of words that sounds familiar. The only ones that are very obvious are mama (which is her favorite lately, at least when she is with me :) ) and dada. She also says things that sound like dog, I did it, Thank you, Hi and Bye....
*Devin waves and claps like a maniac.
*Just this past week, on two different occasions, I was wiping something up from the floor, probably a mess she made. She loves to get on the floor with me and imitate what I am doing. It is so cute and so hard to believe how much she can comprehend these days. She is such a little copycat, with both actions and words!
*Devin has gotten quite the shy streak when around people she isn't around often. She always warms up eventually, but it takes a little while for her to come out of her shell.
*If Devin knows you well, she will literally jump out of my arms to see you!
*Devin got to Skype with her Grammy last weekend and she LOVED it! She watched Grammy Cherry on the computer screen and laughed and waved and clapped the whole time!
*She did the same thing when daddy was out of town and I put him on speaker phone for her. She tried to put the phone up to her ear like I do.
*Devin had her first birthday party last weekend and her first cupcake. To say she enjoyed it would be an understatement. It is probably the last one she will get for awhile too.
*Devin loves the dog water bowl. Any chance she gets she will rush to the bowl and splash everywhere!

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People tell you how fast the time goes by when you have a child, but until you have been blessed with one of your own, you really can't understand how fast they meant. It was just a year ago that I was still pregnant, and being induced and delivering our precious girl. Wow, what a difference a year makes!

Sunday, December 6, 2009

1st Birthday Fun!

Yesterday we had Devin's first birthday party! I can't believe it has already almost been a year since we were blessed with our precious ladybug!

She had lots of fun playing with all the other kids.

She ate her entire cupcake and then we didn't think she felt very good after that for a little bit. I got pulled away to serve the others and Chris got pulled away as well and it was almost gone when I got back. Ooops!

Then when we opened presents, I got all the kids to help me and that was a little overwhelming for her so daddy held her and we let them all go wild playing with them and she played more once most of the kids had left. She was absolutely whooped by the time everyone left and went straight to bed. I woke her up long enough to eat dinner and put on some PJ's and then she went right back to bed!

Hanging out with Aunt Wanda...not sure why all these people are at her house
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Playing with Aunt Sally
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Coming out of her shell finally

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The kids loved this little house of hers. Aunt Patsy has Devin here.

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Finally, a great pic of my parents!
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Hanging out with Grandmomma
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Sharing her new ball with Bianca
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Giving Kelly a hug
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Showing her cousin Bianca how this ball works...

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Cake time..
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Opening presents

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Testing out one of her many new rides...

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Exhausted!

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Her actual birthday is tis Thursday! I am sure it will be a low key evening at home with mommy and daddy and maybe some family!

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Random

Just a couple random pics from the past week!

Devin is an old pro at eating these days! She loves sciatti the most! She looks like such a big girl to me in these two pics!

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Lounging against the couch...
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Playing with her new doll from Grammy and Poppa
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Sharing with Poppa
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Teeth Brushing!

Devin sure does love to brush her teeth! Let's hope it stays this way! I do brush them for her first and then let her finish off. This day she was playing in our room and went and picked her tooth brush up on her own!

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Thanksgiving!

This year Chris and I hosted Thanksgiving at our house! We had lots of great food and lots of fun!

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Devin and Dinco! As you can see, they are both totally smitten with each other!
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A couple of the guys...
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Silly boys
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Devin and Uncle Edward. He was so funny. When he put her down, he asked me if he needed to support her head still. I reminded him that she is walking now so no, probably not. I thought it was really cute that he thought of that. He is just inexperienced with babies....he is learning though!
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Nothing like Daddy's arms when you are getting tired. I am pretty sure he put her down for a nap right after this.
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