christmas time!

merry christmas, everybody!

FOOTBALL!

ESPECIALLY FOR UNCLE DREW AND AUNT PAM:

Every time we sit down on the couch and a football game is on t.v., Posey (with no prompting from us) starts chanting, "GO, GO, GO!!!"

bag o' leaves

Yesterday, we went outside to help Aaron pick up the leaves. He was down on the ground scooping leaves into the bag. The bag was billowing out from the leaves and the air rushing in. Posey was standing there looking at the bag and proceeded to walk up to the bag, lean her head over onto it and say, "Night, night!"

big girl

look who's in a forward facing seat now!!!!!

graveyard

the other day it was so pretty outside. i decided that i'd take posey out somewhere that she could run. we stopped at a park, but i got weirded out, so we drove up to a cemetery. (which was a little weird in its own way)

it was so peaceful out there! posey just walked and ran around and we looked at the headstones. she kept trying to lick them....gag. i was wandering around and turned around to see her looking super tiny against the backdrop of this pine tree.

Walkers

Well, Posey FINALLY went to the nursery today! She is in the 1 year old walkers class!! Everyone was so excited to have her join the group! She whined for a second as I handed her over to one of the teachers and then she was fine! No crying or looking back. I dropped her off at 9:00 and she stayed in there until about 12:00! (i think.....gramma picked her up from class) One of our friends told me that she did great! He said he peeked in a couple of times and she was dragging her blanket around and she would see someone reading a book and pause to listen for a bit! Gramma said that when she went to get her, Posey was sitting at a table surrounded by other kids and was just jabbering away like she was in charge of the whole gang! She is definitely not afraid of people or of speaking her mind! (We just can't understand her yet!) So, I'm happy to report that Posey's first classroom experience was a good one! She had fun and behaved well! Yay!!!! That's my good cocoa bean!

I fixed cheesy scrambled eggs and strawberries for Posey's breakfast this morning. I sat her in her highchair and put the plate on her tray. She looked at the plate and said, "WOW!"

She has 12, i said 12 teeth now. 17 months old.

beautiful day

posey played in the dirt and plants today. i love how busy she is and how hard she focuses on what she is doing! its very very fun to watch!

guess who crawled up in this chair all by herself?

morning

after a couple times in the pool, posey went right out the door today, crawled down the deck stairs, and walked her little barefoot self thru the yard with aaron! so cute! she likes the pool!

worship in the city

these are some kids that posey met downtown sunday. they were funny! the little boy was leading posey around by her wrist saying, "this way, girl!"

TODAY

ME: say "thank you, mama"

PO: "thank you, baby ga ga na na" giggling

She is funny and she knows it.

She also approached me with a fake hamburger bun, grabbed my hand and turned it over, then placed the bun in my hand. She then walked back to her toy fridge just jabbering away. She was busy.

YESTERDAY

ME: Say, "more, please"

PO: "more, thank you"

too much

At the beginning of the summer travels, I had the keen idea to write down all the words that Posey knew. I wrote them down on a piece of paper (which is currently buried in my travel-trashed car) and i was astonished to count that she could say 16 words!!!! Things like:

mama

dada

no

peekaboo

bottle

nose

it's really sad that i can only remember 6 of those words. BUT. Here is why: She can say SO MANY things now! It's like someone took a tiny little key and unlocked the word box in her brain! She attempts to say anything she hears (even things within earshot).

Just yesterday she started in with phrases! Aaron came into the room and she said, "hey, Dada!" We just locked eyes and gasped and then cracked up! What!?! She is so smart!

So, here is a lame attempt to brainstorm on all her words.....here goes:

hi there!

oh boy!

oh wow!

oh wor! (oh my word!)

uh oh

chicken

KK (Kelly)

MiMi (Mia)

JJ (Jackson)

Eli

Nanny

Manny (Mandy)

Cameron

Wrhett (Rhett)

Dave

Skippy (we read SkippyJon Jones 8 times a day)

shoe

ear

eye

hi

hey

bye bye

cheese!

bubble

ball

baby

cracker

thank you

more

please

big

Well, that's a start! She also has become really good with her rhythm and she tries to sing songs! On the song, "Together We Rise," she waves her hands during the Oh, Oh, Oh part and then she pumps her fist in the air when we sing the we will rise bridge! It is one of the cutest things I have ever seen! On Yo Gabba Gabba, there is a song that tells you to so different actions and then freeze! Well, she moves her little feet around and then freezes! The freeze is amazing! She arches her back and sticks her hands out and her eyes get really big! She picked that up on her own. We had no idea what she was doing until we happened to see it on her video! Ha! She is a nut!

There are so many other things that she is doing and we are just having so much fun watching her do new things!

DISCOVERY

yesterday, we went to zaxby's for lunch. i knew some day she would discover it...ketchup! i figured that i wouldn't purposefully expose her to sauces and such.... just let her find it. we were eating lunch and i happened to look down to see what she was reaching for. she had her french fry in the cup of ketchup. i thought, "oh boy, this is it!" so i grabbed my camera and got to capture the discovery! :?) needless to say, she really likes ketchup! it makes my baby happy!

the reaction

what a face!!!

she's pretty rad!

conked out

mom was playing with posey and lifted her up to lay on the back of the couch. posey got real still and reached for her passie. the next thing we knew she was asleep!! of course, we took pictures and then i took her on up to her crib! so funny!

today was the day

i always knew in the back of my mind that someday, one day, it would happen. i knew there would be a day when i forgot to keep the bathroom door closed so that posey could not destroy the toilet paper roll. today was the day. it was surprisingly funny! as soon as i saw the damage, i ran and got my phone to take a picture. i tried not to laugh too much because she catches on too quickly when mom and dad think things are funny!

cuteness

she was playing peekaboo with me from behind the chair! i love this face!

new things

Two things i found out about Posey today:

1. she loves dark chocolate (actually she turned into a chocomaniac when i gave her a taste and sobbed when the dark chocolate was no more)

2. she likes dill pickles (i thought for sure she would spit the pickle out. after all, she has rejected delicious things such as chicken fingers. nevertheless, she came back for more after her first try. )

i love her

say "cheese"

this is the side view of her saying, "cheese!" aaron started teaching her to say it when the camera comes near. she flashes a school picture smile and says "teez"

more hat time

she got silly and we played peekaboo in the dollar section of target! she's so fun!

Pink hat playtime

Rethink Possible

Every time this commercial comes on, Posey stops what she is doing, quickly turns her head to the t.v., and smiles for the duration of the commercial. She is so happy while she watches it and I wanted to remember that.

we found a new food she likes!

no message

she says "nigh nigh" in a high pitched voice! :)

she does something new every day.

crazy.

crazy fun.

she knows sign language for "please" and "more"

she nods 'yes' and shakes 'no'

she knows a dog bark and tries to mimic the sound

she says "uh-oh" whenever something hits the ground

she tries to sing

i love it!!!!!

Birthday Festivities!!!!!

Posey turned 1 year old on, March 10th, 2010!!!! Mom and Dad drove up from NC that day! We ate at Culver's for dinner and had some frozen custard for dessert! That was Posey's birthday treat! The big celebration was not until Saturday! We had decided that we would have a big bash with just cake and ice cream! That way everyone could celebrate with us! Aunt Kelly, Mia, Jackson and Eli came up on Thursday! We had Posey open her birthday presents from family and friends from NC. She sure got some cute stuff! :) Friday was filled with party preparations! Mom and Kelly made cupcakes and Aunt Mandy came over and helped me clean and make Posey magnets! Gramma came and helped too! Later, Uncle Dave and Rhett and Jordan came over! Rhett took some pictures of Mia, Jackson, and Eli! They had a rock and roll photo shoot!

Well, the big day came! PARTY DAY!! We finished getting everything cleaned and all the decorations put up! WE made one last trip to Wal-Mart to get ice cream and such. We made the tea and the lemonade and set out the cupcakes and the snacks! Gramma and Grandma Pelsue came a little early to deliver their cupcakes. Everything was ready and it was time for friends to show up! People started coming in and pretty soon, the house was full and buzzing with people and kiddos! Everyone was talking and hanging out and eating cupcakes! I'll have to say that it was a first for us to have so many kids in our house at one time! Talk about crazy! It was great!

We put Posey in her highchair and got ready for her cake! I have to be honest, this was one of those things that i was most looking forward to once i had a kid! I always wondered what my kid would do with their cake on their first birthday. That might sound crazy, but I was so excited about it....and she did not disappoint!! It was slow starting and then she got her hands INto it! Pretty soon she had a pink icing beard and pink icing gloves!!!! It was fantastic! She got into the cake a little bit and then lost steam (or interest, i don't know). She got all cleaned up and we came back downstairs and hung out for a bit and opened the presents that people brought. Family stayed for a while and we hung out through the evening.

I have to say that it was a whirlwind but I had such a blast!!!!! I'm pretty sure Posey had fun too! :) I sure wouldn't have been able to pull it off without my mom and Kel! It was such a treat to have them there and also to be able to visit at the party! I came into the kitchen at one point and realized I hadn't even thought about replenishing the cupcakes or the drinks or anything! They had it all taken care of! Thanks, Mom!!! Thanks, Kel! Thanks, Mandy! Thanks, Jeannie! Thanks, Nancy! Everybody did so much to help and I am so thankful!

And here are the pictures of the bash!!

yummy video

this is my tiny pea pod precious baby when she

is 11 months old....i love her! she gives kisses

and waves and says bye bye..... you just wait!

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steps my baby took ALL BY HERSELF!

Well, this was posey at Pam and Drew's house on the day we celebrated Christmas in NC!

Uncle Drew painted a special greeting on the rock outside the stairs!

Pickles

playing with the fridge and the fake food!!!

Posey has really had a blast with the toy refrigerator and all the play food that came in it!

Most of the time I'll catch her chewing on the spaghetti meat sauce (as seen above), the cantaloupe slice, the pickles, or a hamburger bun. Ha!

I had to pull the camera out while she was in this outfit. She was so ridiculously cute! Everywhere we went that day, people made me stop so they could look at her. They all talked about how beautiful she is and they couldn't get enough of those dimples and that smile!

She still only has her two little teeth but she has been working on that top one!

I cannot believe that in one month she will be a year old!!!! too fast!

I MUST write these down before they vanish with the passing days!

The week right before Christmas, Posey woke up and right out of her mouth came, "Da Da Da Da.." Needless to say, Aaron was thrilled!

We were in Louisville, and on Dec 29th, (i believe) her first tooth came through!!!! A few days later, when we were in Winston, her second tooth came through! They both seemed to just pop up after they broke the skin! I'll try and post a picture soon.

Somewhere in all of that time, she started full-out crawling all over the place! :)

Now she is pulling up on everything and scaling around them. While we were in NC, she also learned how to fall down gently. She bends her knees and leans over to catch herself. I've just noticed in the last couple of days that her steps have gotten a lot smoother.

She has really started to babble and make lots of different noises. She also has learned how to squeal! It's a cute squeal....not too loud.

She can wave byebye too!

My most favorite new thing.....it was tuesday, January 19th........she learned how to kiss! I kept saying kiss and then i would kiss her. Later that night, aaron was sitting with us on the couch and I said, "kiss" She leaned over to Aaron and planted her lips right on his! He almost cried his eyes out because it was so deliberate and so sweet! mmmm. it is my most favorite!