I Did It

The title of this entry is Betsy's favorite phrase--although she wouldn't say it for Aunt Attie or Aunt Katie. Whenever she does anything I say "you did it" so on Saturday I started telling her that when she does something she can say "I did it." For the whole weekend she said "I did it!" when she would eat a bite of food, stand up, make her toy lion roar, take off her shoes, etc. It really seems like she understands what it means. She's really talking up a storm. I told her to tell her toy Christmas puppy "night, night" and she hugged it then patted its head and said "night, night." She's also learning to say "no" and wave her finger. Yikes! One more cute thing--when she's doing a puzzle and she gets the puzzle in the right spot she claps and looks at me and smiles. She's really growing up.

Here's a rundown of what we've been up to. Last Thursday we went to Danneel Park with playgroup. It was gorgeous outside and the kids had fun swinging, sliding, and playing in the dirt. On Friday B and I went to Babies R Us and I bought her her own Elmo doll--when I ask her his name she says "La la la" (in an attempt to sing the Elmo's World Theme Song). After Babies R Us we went to Lakeside and bought her Christmas pajamas and ate beignets. On Saturday Grandpa and Peter worked on the basement and B, Krista, and I went to the hospital to visit Jessica and her new baby boy, Travis. He is absolutely precious. On Sunday Momma Lady and Grandpa came over and ML watched B while I did some projects around the house and Grandpa and Peter worked downstairs again. I want to give a big thank you to both Momma Lady and Grandpa for all of their help!!! Grandpa has been over for the past 5 or so days working really hard and we appreciate it so much. Yesterday we went to Music class and B was a huge ham and sat in Miss Trish's lap while she taught the class. After she was done Trish asked for a round of applause for B and B clapped along then seemed to take a bow--it wasn't just me who noticed so I know I wasn't imagining it! Today we went to WalMart for a big grocery run and in the afternoon we went to Audubon Park with Evelyn & Georgia to feed the ducks. B loves being in the grass and playing with leaves and digging in the dirt.

I'll try to be better about blogging. I'm usually in bed by now!!!