Tuesday, January 17, 2012

18 Months

It has been busy busy around these parts - Murray powerwashed like crazy and got the bricks at the side of the pool to look amazing!

WOW - look at that mold! The power washing really makes a HUGE difference!

This is what happens when you decide to power wash in sandals though - ouch - that's some strong water!

You are my big helper! You LOVE to do what I'm doing - so after I finished sweeping one day, you took over!

One of the words you are really good at saying is tv - ha ha! You run in sometimes and sit on your little sofa and point at it while saying 'tv, tv.' We don't let you watch it often, but now and then its a nice treat to watch the wiggles dance around a bit :) And Dada is the ONLY person you will allow to do this - you won't let me anywhere near your seat! You are SUCH a Daddy's girl lately. You talk about him ALL day and when he comes home you run to him yelling DADA with a huge smile on your face!

We did a big shop at ikea because it was time to get your toys organized - shop shop shopping lady

I think you were pretty happy with the result :)

with some of your favorite friends - Elmo, Puppy & Baba

You also figured out last week how to pull your toys on a string - this puppy is your favorite thing to pull

You also have started wanting to wear your 'bag' (backpack) on the way to the car as we head to daycare and on the walk back to the car when I pick you up

too cute - the perfect fit

You are settling in really well at your new daycare. Its small and you really like the ladies who take care of you and you ESPECIALLY love the cubby house and the bikes - they say you are in and out of that house all day! One thing they do there that's new for you too is eating at a little table and sitting on a chair (you ate in a highchair at the previous place). So some evenings you choose to eat dinner at your own little table at home too!

But sometimes its just more fun to push your chair around!!

You are just developing like crazy lately. Your comprehension is amazing. I can ask you just about anything now and you know what I'm saying. Tonight you saw my glass of water and pointed at it while saying water. So I gave you a sip, then you pushed at me saying 'mama' so I took a drink, then you took another and gave me a big wet sloppy kiss! Ha ha - too cute.

So just for fun - let me see if I can list how many words you say - without prompting (I can't count all the ones you understand but don't say yet - there are TONS of those!)

car (your new word this week - you yell it every time you see a car now)
cookie (also a new word this week)
butterfly
heart
teddy
bunny
baba
mama
dada
tv
more
no
milk
water
feet
eyes
shoes
monkey
dog (also known as a woof woof)
cow
sheep (also known as baaaa)
pool
outside
hot
toast
pasta
peas
nana
cheese
thank you
please
seat
book
up
elmo
roo (for kangaroo)
bag
bath
hello
bye bye
mite (vegemite)

That's all I can think of right now - although I'm sure there are more. So that's about40+?
My smart little monkey :)

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Official 1 Year Old photos

We have been really busy & haven't had a lot of time for photo taking, blogging etc.
So here are a few pictures I hadn't posted yet - Finally - Genevieve's official 1 Year photos :)







Friday, January 6, 2012

An AMAZING Surprise!!


The Surprise...... I had NO idea!!

Ohhhhh my very own car!!! (she LOVES that it has eyes too:)

It came all the way from America!

Genna checking out her new piano from Grandma & Grandpa

Marcus giving Genna a ride in her new cute pink car !!

FUN!

Check out my feet while I eat

Oh Baba you are SO funny

Out shopping with Grandma & Mama

Ahhhh I LOVE shopping


Pretty Christmas tree at the mall



Back home, watering the flowers

More water please!


tea in my house

One day we went to the Koala park

Fun with Grandma

She loved seeing the koalas
Look Marky - they are right there!

Snack time with Grandma

Ohhh more koalas!

She gave it a little pet (well, poke really)

And a little wallaby - cute!

In the wallaby enclosure she wasn't too sure about all of them hopping around

But she did give one a poke

He's big compared to me!

Sometimes its just nice to rest with raisins while Marky pushes me though
MORE koalas!

These ones were really close too

What's in there?

This cockatoo stuck his head through the fence and said 'Hey Darling, give me a cracker' lol - it was so cute we HAD to give him one!

walking with Grandma & Grandpa

HELLO!

Marky too

It was a really fun visit :)

We also went to Manly one day for lunch

Do you like my Minnesota cheerleader outfit? TOO cute

The water fountains are TOO fun


By the Christmas tree in the Manly corso

It was such a nice hot day - lovely day for the beach

Drawing at lunch

The concentration tongue

and of course we had to go play in the sand for a bit


and a swing - fun


Back at home we got out the 'Merry Christmas' cookie cake I got for Murray


That night relaxing - we don't exactly have enough seats yet - so the lawn chairs came into the living room lol

Finally we had hot weather in Marcus's last week - which called for daily dips in the pool

snack by the pool

yummmm eggs

Dad helped Murray power wash the drive way

Before - After

Wow - those paths are DIRTY! This is Dad's artwork :)

Marcus & Dad helped Murray get rid of some WAY overgrown bushes around the pool too - here's the before

and the after! Looks a bit empty - but we plan on planting some nicer bushes that will cover the fence and NOT hang over the pool!! (that old bush would drop a million leaves into the pool if you touched it!)

Ride in the car from Grandma

I put my feet up sometimes so I can go FAST!


Sipping from my tea cup

Seeing if our new SUV fits in the garage - eeeeek JUST barely

opening Christmas pressies

watering the plants with Grandpa

Oh is this how I do it? Water the path?

Ahhhh or like THIS

MORE!

MOOOOOOOOOORE!



I couldn't pick between these videos - so I posted both :)




Nap on the sofa with Grandpa


It was an AMAZING 6 days - what a great surprise :)