Saturday, September 8, 2007

Where's Araleigh...?







I turn my back for one second.... well I guess she's not such a perfect child after all...!! I realize that I haven't really given any updates on my adorable girl lately, so I had better add some stuff about her! She is sooooo busy!!! I can't believe she is the same baby who used to be so happy lying on her back and playing for HOURS... now she can not sit still for 2 seconds! She is up the stairs, down the stairs, up the stairs, down the stairs, in the cupboards, taking the magnets off the refrigerator, emptying off the shelves, splashing in the toilet (uuugghhhh!!!), climbing on the furniture, and, well you know what I mean! She is so much fun! I love watching her explore and figure things out! She has recently acquired more teeth, a little easier this time thank goodness! She has a couple of words, although I don't know if anyone would understand them besides me! She says "more", "juice" ("joo"), "food" ("oofd"), "mom" ("mam" - like she was born in Chicago or something!), "dad", "Traeden" ("day-duh"), "Jaxon" ("jah-uh"), and when she's stinky she waves her little arm and says "pew". It's really cute. She gets REALLY excited when she's getting food, the girl loves to eat! She will squeal and shout and wave her arms in the air and bounce up and down for a simple grape. Yeah, she's pretty easy to please. She also has finally figured out what to do with baby dolls (oh there's another word - "buh-buh") and she loves to give them hugs as she says ahhhhh. She doesn't leave out her stuffed animals, they get plenty of love too! She loves to look at books and pretend to read them, especially cool books that do stuff!She also loves a thrill, especially when dad throws her up in the air or if we "drop" her in our arms! Sometimes she will pretend she's falling and say "ahhhhhhh!", just for fun. It's pretty funny to see her leaning sideways, squealing, with that look that says "look what I'm doing....!". She is really funny, she has such a sense of humor! She always knows what to do to make us laugh. She is super ticklish and loves to be tickled, although it is not easy to get an actual laugh out of her. Well I could go on about her all night, and I'm sure you can all relate to the statement "this doesn't even touch how cute and fun she is! I wish you could all just spend the day with her like I do to see what I'm talking about!" But she is such a joy, I am so incredibly blessed to have her!! Oh, and also, GO BUCKEYES!!!

4 comments:

Gwen said...

I love the piggy-tails! Ethan used to splash in the toilet too. She'll grow out of it - thank goodness! Love you.

Laura said...

Your kiddos are so cute! I'm sure you're right about one kid being a breeze, but some days I wonder. :)

Sue said...

Wow she is super cute! I haven't seen her in quiet a while but she's really growing up!

Laura said...

Where's Brandis?!? :)