Shelby: 22 Months

22 Months!

Oh Shelbs.  Here you are, 22 months of age!  

• You celebrated your 2nd Thanksgiving.  We were at our house with Memommy and G-Pa.  Don't worry, we went to Grammie and Pops' house the next day and saw them too!  Your favorite food was the twice baked potatoes
• You love Paci the Pup or "Buff" so much.  You need him all the time but mommy tries to only let you have him at nap time and bed time.
• We are a LITTLE obsessed with Curious George or "Sheorsh".  We must have watched his Halloween Boo Fest 20 times.
• "Cuse me, Mommy" is a new phrase for excuse me.  Love it.
• You randomly count, "three, four, FI!" So smart!
• You love to color with markers.  Your favorite is when I trace your hand and get marker on the outside.  In fact, you only let me trace a few fingers and then you lift your hand to see if marker is on it.  So silly!!
• You also love to finger paint.  Your favorite thing to do there is get a bunch of paint down on the paper and then drag your finger nail through it.  So hilarious.
• You also tell me when you think out fits are cute.  "Cuuuu, Mommy!"
• If I ask you what you want to wear, you always say, "Elsa!" So I don't always ask haha.  We wear that dress every where.
• We also learned a memory verse from hand motions- Psalm 111: I will give thanks to the Lord with my WHOLE heart.  And then Mommy's heart exploded.

You are beautiful and smart and funny and the apple of my eye.

I love you, Shelby!

Halloween 2014 BZZZZZ

Halloween was super fun this year!  We thought you were sick so we missed out on several of the activities we planned to do.  I was so sad but we still had fun.  We painted pumpkins and went to the PV Halloween Carnival.  I also snapped a pic in your Halloween PJ's!

Painting pumpkins (or pump pin) at home

Saying "cheese" for the camera

Cheese in your Halloween PJ's

Daddy's little Honey Bee

Precious

Fishing for Candy

You placed your bags instead of tossing them

Same here

Daddy is dreaming of the future here!

Boo!  Shelby, you make holidays so fun!

Love,

Mommy

Shelby 21 Months

Oh my Shelbster.  You're 21 months old.  You:

• Know the letters y, x, and o.  
• Say "Hi Mommy" about a million times a day... I love it
• You have started to play and talk with yourself and animate some things.  I love to sit and watch you.  
• You now tell me whenever you "boo poo".  I am hoping that this means potty training will be easier?
• You love to point out a "ba pane" or air plane as they fly by.  Even when we hear them in the house you point it out.
• You think any lawn mower or tractor noise is daddy.
• You also say "dosh" for "gosh" which your mommy and daddy both say.  I'm not proud of this. You even use it appropriately.  If you drop something on the ground or if you even look at my face and can tell I'm frustrated you say it.  CONVICTED!  Mommy feels awful about it.
• You love to dance to music in the car
• You love to sing some of the words to Frozen too.  They pop out every once in a while.
• I've started you at MDO on Tuesdays.  This was a really hard decision for me because I love to spend my days with you!  But, you love it and I think you are learning how to play with friends.
• You also got your two bottom incisors!  I can't believe how many teeth you have!

Beautiful!

I love you so much!  Thank you for being my sweet girl!

Pumpkin Patch Fun

We made our annual trip to Bo Brook Farm Pumpkin Patch yesterday!  Last year was really sweet, but Shelby was 9 months old so we just kind of stuck her in front of the pumpkins for pictures.  She wasn't able to really know what was going on around her.  This year, oh my goodness, did she have fun!  Here are some pictures from the afternoon.

Riding with Weston in the wagon

Sprinting to the giant hay pyramid

Climbing like a big girl to the tippy top!

I'm amazed by her bravery

Climbing down by herself too!

Checking out the chickens

If there's an animal, she wants to pet it.  She comes by it honest.

Whatever Dylan and Caleb do, she has to do too!

Riding on daddy's shoulders!

Family photo

Picking out up pumpkins

That face.  I die.

Monkey see, monkey do.

Showing off for daddy

Dylan is so sweet and patient with her!

We let her run as far as she wanted to... until we stopped her.  No telling where she would've finally stopped!

And the corn pit...

Can you see that smile?

We did this for about 30 minutes.  She only tried to eat it twice!

 And now my heart will explode from my chest.  Check out the difference a year makes:

2013

2014

Scarecrows!  They don't scare me!  I wanna kiss 'em!

This was the best one I got of the 4 kiddos!

We had a blast with our friends- as we always do!  I am so grateful for this time of year.  Lots of precious memories with friends and family!

Shelby 20 Months Post

    Oh Shelby.  I never add all of the pictures I get of you when I take these each month but I thought I would show off your silly personality.  I went back and read your 19 month post and truly everything is pretty similar.  No new huge milestones this month.  You have one new tooth up top left- a molar.  You also have just figured out eating really well.  I know this sounds silly since you will be 2 soon but, you will just eat what mommy gives you now and you haven't done that until this month.
    Since there aren't many big changes to share, I will just share our average day.  I try to get us out of the house in the mornings.  On Mondays we go to Pre School Bible story time at church.  On Tuesdays we go to the library and do Mother Goose Story time- you absolutely love this.  On Wednesdays we usually meet with friends and play.  Nothing regular on Fridays, but we usually find something!  On Thursdays mommy has Bible study at church and you go with me and play with your friends.  We eat lunch around 11 and you nap at 12 pretty much on the dot daily.  You sleep for about 2 hours.  Then we are up and eating snack and we either go to the park or play outside.  You love to run around and it's so good for you.  We then eat supper, you take a bath, and then we read and play before Bible and Prayers and bed.  Some days are slow and they drag.  Some days go by so fast.  Sometimes, when we are coming home from our morning time playing, you will fall asleep in the truck.  Then, mommy gets to carry you in and rock you while you sleep for a few minutes.  This time and the rare times you wake up in the middle of the night are the only times you are still with me.  My heart is so happy during these special moments.  I just hold you and pray for you and soak in the moment of how proud I am to be your mommy.

I love you so much my Shelby June!

19 Months

So silly in her Elsa dress

Shelby June, my precious love!  You are 19 months old.  You are so smart.  And I'm not just saying that because I'm your mommy.  You are!

• Your top front teeth are all 4 coming in as well as your bottom molars and 1 on top.  You are tough!  They don't seem to bother you too much as far as crying and being upset.  You did, however, scratch a place on your cheek where that top molar is coming in and it may leave a scar.  You'll still be the most beautiful girl in the world to me!
• You climb on everything.  You climb on Daddy's lawn mower, the kitchen table, the couch, the guest bed, the dogs, stools- EVERYTHING!  You can climb the monkey bars at the park too but mommy still holds on to you the whole time.
• You looooooove to read "boooosh" (books).  You ask to read them all day long.  That's fine with me, smart girl!
• Your favorite phrase these days is, "Uh-oh!  Wha happer?"  I love the way you say, "happened".
• If you aren't asking to read books or watch Elsa (Frozen) then you are asking to go "side" which is "outside".  You love to point up at "sky-sky-sky!"
• You love to boss the dogs!  You say, "hush" when they bark, whine, or howl and "mere" to get them to come to you and play or get in their kennels.
• You also help me count our their food scoops.  You are so good at helping me!
• You also like to help me push the clothes in the dryer and use the Swiffer dry mop.
• Daddy taught you how to fist bump.  You love to bump anyone who will bump you.  Except Mr. Willie at Walmart.  You are terrified of Mr. Willie.  I think it's because he is loud.  We will work through it, baby girl!
• You surprise me all the time with new words.  It's such a fun thing to see your little mind work!
• You also know how to say your prayers and fold your hands to pray.  We talk about Jesus and how He loves you.  We also read your bible each night before bed.  You love to sing the "me" part of Jesus loves me and point to yourself.
• You have had to go to time-out a few times for disobeying mommy.  However, you just giggle the whole time which makes mommy want to giggle.  Mommy is really baffled about how to discipline you, but I will figure it out!

Saying, "Cheeeeese"

My 2 girls

 I am especially thankful for you this month.  You light up my life and bring me such joy every day.  Praise God for the opportunity to be your mommy.  I love you!

Shelby is 18 Months!

18 Months!  Ah!

Busy Bee- notice the leg bruises!

Little bitty Shelbs. I love you so much.  You are now 18 months old and it's as if the light was turned on in your little brain.  Words are spewing out of your mouth.  You are a copy cat and I love the proud face you make when we praise you.  Here are some things about you at 18 months.

• Everyone comments on how wild you are.  However, they have no idea.  You run every where. It's your favorite mode of transportation.  I love how active you are and I don't mind at all that we are both tired at the end of the day.  I'm so thankful that you are healthy.
• You also love to jump on your trampoline, dance, twirl, hang from things like a monkey, and you try to do front rolls.  I've already looked and I think you have to be 2 to do gymnastics.  You better believe we will be there February 1.  
• You now have 6 teeth- 4 on the bottom and 2 on top.
• You love to scream.  We are working on this.  I will hold my finger up to my mouth and say, "shh" and you will copy me.  I usually just ignore it if it's at home and you're having a tantrum. That pretty much always makes it stop.
• You melted my heart the other day when I picked you up from the nursery at church.  You saw me from across the room and screamed, "Mommy!" and ran to me.  That was the first time you have done that.
• You point at EVERYTHING and say, "is-at?" for "What is that?"  I love this game!  I love to watch you learn.
• We have watched Sesame Street almost every day for about a year now.  Last week, you pointed at the TV and said, "Is dorty!" for "It's Dorothy!" who is Elmo's pet gold fish.  I knew you were watching but I had no idea you were comprehending.  So cool.
• You also love Daniel Tiger which comes on right after Sesame Street.  We usually only watch one or the other.
• You also give big kisses and say, "muah!" and give high fives to everyone who wants one.

I love you so much.  You're the best little baby girl on the planet!