22 Months...SO close!

I was so close to making Sally's 22 month post on time...but then the weather got better again so we were back out playing and going 90 miles an hour!!




No more monkeys jumping on the bed!


Sally spent one snow day morning under my sink in the bathroom....She was the most beautifully accessorized girl that day!

Cow house shoes, purple jammies, a paci, and about 10 necklaces...What more do you need?
Our ham on her 22 month birthday!



In 2 short months this sweet girl will be 2...I have no idea where the time went. She continues to teach me new things every day. She is such a sweet girl- she loves to kiss her animals goodnight and is always ready with a hug and kiss for mommy and daddy. She loves spending her days with Nana and PopPop-- although I still dread to drop her off when I go to work...We are definitely entering the lovely tantrum stage of the two year old. It always makes me laugh because as she starts her tantrum she is very careful to lay down on the floor-- she doesn't want to hurt herself by throwing herself down! I'm learning to judge the tantrum and figure out if she needs to just sit down with mommy and be held or if she needs to lay down and work it out on her own...See, I'm learning! Sally will repeat anything she hears (this is a good and bad thing!) and she loves to sing! Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is still her favorite show and we sing about Mickey and Minnie all the time! She loves to sing "Happy Birthday To To" so I can only imagine how she'll feel about her 2nd birthday!

Christmas 2010

A quick Christmas review in pictures. Of course, they are all out of order, but at least they're on here, right?
Sitting like a perfect angel waiting to open presents in OKC. If only we had taken pictures of the before and after of this pose!
The famous picture with Grandmums and Grandpa...always a fun shot to try!
Family in OKC!
We went to church with the family in Denton.
She looks so sweet, but I bet she was planning her escape route!
Christmas Eve 2010.
Sally seems a little overwhelmed by the wreckage created by our Denton family Christmas.
Let's open presents!
As a perfect kick-off to the holidays, we decorated gingerbread houses with all of the cousins at Aunt Jill's house. We were so glad we could join in the fun this year!
Aunt Jenni helped us eat, er, decorate the gingerbread houses.
My favorite picture of the holidays...
After we were all out of school on Christmas break we were able to get together with Chris, Taylor, and Piper. We decorated another gingerbread house and Christmas cookies. We had such a great time! The picture above is evidence of how much Piper and Sally enjoy each other. They were taking care of their babies together. It was wonderful to see them play!
Piper carefully decorated the house while Sally sat on the table and ate the candy.
We celebrated with Andress and Patrick (and Jack!) by a girls' shopping trip and dinner at Two Guys from Italy. Andress and Patrick gave Sally a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse set of bath toys. We don't go anywhere without our four new friends now!
Merry Christmas from Sally~

**On a sidenote- something I want to remember from Sally's second Christmas: All Christmas lights were "happies." And all "happies" were put up by Pop Pop. Sally decorated the tree with Nana and Pop Pop. No matter where we went we discussed all the happies and Pop Pop. Apparently he has been busy-- he decorated every neighborhood in the metroplex and even had time to do Highland Park Village! Pop Pop is amazing in Sally's eyes! :)
We also tried to teach her to say Merry Christmas and every time she would clearly say, "Merry Happy!" There was no convincing her otherwise!

Home!

We closed on our house today!!! (I know, it seems like we've done this a couple of times since this blog started...I promise this is it for a while!) It is in Denton. As with all of our houses, its needs a little "love" and a little personalization, but not nearly as much as our last two houses. This house is almost 50 years newer than any other house we've owned, so the amount of "love" it takes to make it livable is much, much less. We are so excited to get into it, get settled, and give Mom and Dad their house back!

More house updates to come!

Catching Up...Again

Once again, the month got away from me! I guess I've totally given up on monthly pictures for Sally. Who's got time when you're running from toy to toy playing all the time!! Certainly not Sally and me! :)

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with both families. We spent the Sunday before Thanksgiving with all of my family in Bolivar. We joined Megan and Eric with the rest of Megan's family for Thanksgiving on Thursday, and we spent the weekend in Oklahoma City with Ted's family. What a perfect holiday! (Ok, minus the strep throat for me, but that is only a minor detail!) Ellyn, Luke, Jack, Sally, Rob, and Madison...a pretty cute crew!

A family picture attempt! She wanted to go play with the rest of the kids!

Playing the piano in OKC...with the help of all of her little friends!

Always the fashionista?

We're looking forward to Christmas and all the joys of celebrating through the eyes of a 20 month old! Just putting lights on the Christmas tree brought squeals of glee! It should be a fun few weeks!!!

Chatty!

Sally is truly a chatterbox these days. She literally wakes up talking and talks herself to sleep at night. A few words that I want to remember:



hummy- hungry

hichoo- high chair

amaa- banana

happy- candle (apparently this is connected to a birthday cake-- It is all that I can do to not go get her a birthday cake so she can enjoy a real 'happy.' I just think its so cute!)

habaniday- have a nice day -- all run together in one word

sit sit- when she wants you (or a stuffed animal) to sit by her...not sure why its always doubled

ma- milk

me mow - minnie mouse



There are many other words that are completely clear, but these few "Sally" words just melt my heart! I love the interpretation of a 19 month old!

Hello, October?

What happened to October? I can't believe we are already in the last few days of the month! Sally's 18th month has been very busy...She continues to love going to school on Friday's, we closed on our house in Tulsa , we visited a couple of pumpkin patches , and we've finally had time to catch up with some friends! Hopefully we can really take a deep breath now and continue to catch up on life!Getting ready to go to school.
Visiting the pumpkin patch with the Johnsons.
Piper, Taylor, me, Sally~ What a fun (dusty!) day!!!
I have no idea what the girls are doing, but it sure does look like they don't want to be down in the dirt! Hilarious-- this certainly is not the true case with Sally! The girl loves to be dirty!!
The highlight of the pumpkin patch for Sally...Pumpkins? NO! Cut outs of her best friends, Minnie and Dora?? Oh yeah!!
These are clean, right?
We did slow down at one point for some good bedtime stories with Daddy. Sally LOVES this Clifford book from our sweet neighbors in Tulsa...
Another visit to the pumpkin patch by our house...I love how the sun glistens on her hair in this picture.
The days of posing for pictures are long gone, but we did get some action shots of some sweet smiles.

Sally's First Day of School!

Sally started Mother's Day Out (or Nana's Day Out in our case) at First Baptist Church this morning. Clearly, I was more worried about it than she was!

Seriously, Mom...Why all the pictures?

Uncle Mallen spent the night with us last night, and Sally was thrilled to have him there to play and pose for some pictures!

As soon as we got to school she wanted down to play in her classroom. She only came back over to us to show us the fun new toys she found!

And she's off...no sad goodbyes for this little girl!