Saturday, March 28, 2009

New Pictures - Jan-Feb-March

Well, we are really getting bad about updating this blog, but as Bea gets big, we just have too much to do!

Bea is just bursting with energy these days. She runs fast, talks a mile-a-minute, and more. She learns new things everyday that just amaze us. She also likes to sing a lot. Her repretoire includes:

-ABCs
-Twinkle Twinkle
-Rock-a-Bye Baby
-People on the Bus
-Little Bunny Foo Foo
-If You're Happy and You Know It
-Two Elephants Went Out to Play
-Itsy Bitsy Spider
-London Bridges
-Ring Around the Rosie
-Row, Row, Row Your Boat
-On Wisconsin (I'm not joking-she even marches like the band)
-And much, much more...

She really started talking in sentences in January when one day she said, "Mommy, let's go tell Daddy I tooted." (Classy.) Since then she's just exploded and comes out with some of the funniest things.

She loves anything to do with animals. She loves doggies -- Bullet of course and Sadie (the dog) next door. She loves the birdies, squirrels, and deer that come into our yard as well as books about animals -- some of her favorites are "Is Your Mama a Llama?" and "Going on a Bear Hunt."

She also loves going to the zoo. We have a year membership and we go often. In fact, we were just there today. Bea and Sadie (the human cousin) were just inches away from an enormous grizzly bear who was looking at them through the glass. They were literally nose to nose. Even though I know it's safe, I still shuttered! Bea, just looked at me and said, "Mommy, a Bear... Rarrrrrrrrr!" (Today at the zoo, we also met another little girl named Beatrice who is just a week younger than our Bea!)

Bea also likes to immitate us a lot now. You might remember that Bea got a kitchen set for Christmas -- now she likes making everyone "tea" and "applesauce". She likes to stir things in her pots and pans, and running around the house pushing her babies in the stroller.

Lastly, Bea likes to dress up. Some days it's the fairy wings and tutu, some days it's the firefighter hat and sunglasses. It's a whole new world of fashion around our house.

Of course, it hasn't all been wine and roses around here. We've all been sick -- Bea had pneumonia. Bullet also had another cancerous tumor. And, Bea does not particularly like swimming lessons (she's afraid of water in general -- even in her bath). When the kids are supposed to blow bubbles "like fishies" at swimming lessons, Bea tightens her grip around my neck and says. "Bea no blow bubbles. Mommy do it." Greeaaaaaaaaaat.

But, overall, we can't complain. Here are some pictures for you from the last few months.


Although Bea had her hair cut a couple times by Grandma Liz over the past year, this is Bea's first haircut in the salon. She was a little taken aback by the water spritzer and the hair dryer. But, she loves the hair dryer now after swimming lessons, I think it's her favorite part of swimming lessons, actually.


Here is a picture of Bea and Daddy in our sun porch on the day Daddy took down the outside Christmas deer. Bea was very excited to see the deer up close when Daddy brought them in the house. Unfortunately, she was very traumatized when they weren't still on the porch when she woke up from her nap. I told her they went home to see their families, that they were happy, and they'd be back next winter... and for days after, her eyes would well up with tears and she'd say (bravely), "The deer happy, Mommy." It was so sad. We also had lots of real deer sleeping in our yard this year, and so every morning when the real deer would get up to leave, we'd have to go through the same "Deer are happy" routine.


Bea loves her sunglasses. She wears them all the time. Here is a picture from January with Bullet.


This is her glamorous look. This pic doesn't actually look too much like her... I think I caught her in the middle of talking.


And, here she is later that day, ready to go outside. Head-to-toe in pink.


Here's Bea wearing her fairy wings and tutu. We have two sets of wings, so usually Mommy, Daddy, Grandma, or Grandpa also has to put on a set of wings and "flutter, flutter" with her around the house. Fluttering consists of skipping, and saying "flutter, flutter." Grandpa Dick is a reluctant flutterer, but he looks nice in the wings. Bea loves this picture, and when she sees it she says, "There is Bea as a Butterfly. Flutter, flutter."


Here she is taking the stroller for a spin around the house with a lovely headband and gloves (and the sunglasses, of course).


Here are Daddy and Bea walking at the zoo. (Don't they look alike?!) In addition to the animals, Bea likes that she is often allowed to walk on her own at the zoo. Big girl.


One of the best parts of the zoo is this tunnel, which we spend 10 minutes going through every time. And, yes, I did say "we." Mommy is often summoned into the tunnel. It is v-shaped and in the corner of the V (but out of sight from the entrances) is a little cove where you can see some snakes through a window -- and Bea likes to show them to me.


Here's Cousin Sadie (left) and Bea at the zoo in February, by one of the fish tanks.


Here's Bea giggling for some reason at the dinner table.

Mommy and Daddy actually left Bea for five days to go to Mexico on vacation at the beginning of March. Mommy was a little hesitant to go, but it was wonderful for everyone! Bea spent half of the time with each set of Grandparents and didn't seem to miss us at all. In fact, when Mommy called to check on her, Bea got on the phone and said, "Hi Mommy. I eating goldfishes. Bub-bye." She also got to go to Daddy's old high school, where Grandma Pat and Grandpa Steve (that's Grandpa Steeeffff to Bea), showed her Daddy's picture on the wall as "Student of the Year 1990." I'm sure she was impressed.


Matt planned the whole trip without me, which was great. We went to the same resort that we went to on our honeymoon. It was the most relaxed we'd been in years. Here's the beach at our resort. Actually the hut we stayed in for our honeymoon is directly behind me in this picture -- we stayed a little further off the beach this time, which was a blessing, because the beach was a bit crowded with Spring Breakers.


Here is our "hut" -- actually a very nice one-bedroom, one-bath building. We spent lots of time on those hammocks on the front porch.


Here is a path through the buildings at our resort. We were lucky to be at the end of a path where it was nice and secluded.


Here's a flower I particularly liked. There was a tree full of them outside our hut's shower window.


And, lastly, here is Bea wearing a new hat... a sombrero from Mexico. Actually, to tell the truth, she doesn't like it that much. I guess it doesn't go with the fairy wings.

Well, that's all for now. I might not blog often, but at least when I do, I do it right. Hopefully, I will have time to blog again after Bea's birthday (next week!) and Easter!

All the best,
Melissa