Pneu.mon.yiack!

After 2 1/2 days of fluxing temperatures and general crabbiness that I attributed to teething, Baby Miss woke this morning with a soaring temperature of 105.5 degrees. I am not a fan of the walk-in clinic for various reasons but this situation warranted an immediate trip. After a nose swab, chest x-ray and nearly 4 hours of waiting, the doctor informed us that Baby Miss had pneumonia. Poor little baby. Sad!

Ponytails!

Usually this one doesn't want me messing with her hair but set her on the bathroom counter and look what happens. Two little ponytails!!

Her first. I am entirely biased but I think ponytails are adorable on her. I am a sucker for ponytails. Especially short ones.

"Wait a minute, what are these?" She was so preoccupied with the stuff on the counter that she didn't even notice what I was up to.

Swoon.

"Enough pictures already, Mom!" I can't help it.

To walk...or Not!

These pictures were taken on Tuesday, just moments after Baby Miss decided to start walking. With only a few fragmented steps here or there previously in the past couple of weeks she just started putting it all together and was walking around the kitchen like it was no big deal. I have no pictures to show for it because I was busy videotaping for J who has been out of town all week on business. I even went so far as to tell him, when I talked to him on the phone, that I was certain by the time he got
home that crawling would be a thing of the past for her. Well here we are two days later and she's not taken even a single step since. Maybe she's saving it up for him. As for these pictures, by this time she was dancing. Those puckered, pouty lips, apparently those are part of her dance. Every time I asked her to dance she made that face and started swaying her little body back and forth. Little Sister and I were cracking up.

Have I mentioned that she climbs too? Oh yes, she was very good about using this box to reach previously unattainable things off of the counter. I love the tippy toes!

You know what else I love? When my big Girls play together and get along as they were doing on this particular evening.

New Do

This morning the big Girls and I went in for haircuts. As soon as we stepped over the threshold of the salon the Girl made a beeline for the books of example haircuts/styles in the waiting area. She then proceeded to select half a dozen 'new looks' for herself before settling on one that hasn't already been vetoed by me. This is nothing new. It's been her routine for a while now. She seems to gravitate toward the more outrageous styles. The kind that you'd see on a model walking the runway for some couture designer to match her equally outrageous outfit. Once she even broke into tears after I told her that we couldn't crop her hair close to her head, perm it into a mass of tight curls and color it carrot orange like the style in the book. Not kidding. So today when she asked for bangs I couldn't deny her. It was a relatively tame request after some of the other styles that I'd already said no to. And the pink, well that was just for fun. Not for reals. I did some photo editing cause I knew she'd like it and because it's the closest thing she'll come to actual pink hair in the next 12 years! And then there is Little Sister. She's a lot like me. After looking through the same books as the Girl she asked our
stylist to "just cut it a little bit longer." Ha, ha! She likes to stick with what she knows.

Cookies, Cookies, Cookies!

This is what we've been doing. Delivering cookies. And eating cookies. Please note: most people would say that Thin Mints are the most popular Girl Scout Cookie. I beg to differ. Samoas bested the Thin Mints by an entire case in the Girl's pre-sale orders. And I think the Girl has a very skewed view of what Girl Scouts is all about...so far she thinks that they sell cookies and that is all.

Attack of the...

All of my Girls love blueberries, especially frozen ones which of course, are the messiest.

15th Months

This sweet lil peanut is 15 months today. Here are her stats:


Weight: 21lbs 8ozs (55th percentile)


Height: 30 1/2 inches (50th percentile)


Head Circumference: 18 1/4 inches (70th percentile)


And Happy Valentine's Day from the peanut gallery!

Daddy Daughter Dance

Tonight was a highly anticipated night in our household - the night of the annual Daddy-Daughter dance put on by our local Parks and Recreation department. The Girls love this special night with J and the chance to get all dolled up. This was the Girl's 4th consecutive year, Little Sister's 2nd and the 1st for Baby Miss. They came home full of stories to share and are already looking forward to going again next year.