Did you watch?

Penny woke up at 5am on Friday to watch the Royal Wedding.She loved it! She thought that everyone was waving to her and kept saying hi to the TV. She also loved the hats. Every time she saw one, she said "oh wow!"We had to go get ready for school/work around 6, so we watched just long enough to see Catherine's beautiful wedding dress. I loved watching the Royal Wedding with my little princess!

We've had a nice week. Penny took time to smell the flowers :) And she watched a little Elmo with her daddy!
She is really starting to become a daddy's girl! We hope that you had a great week!

The Chicken Dance & Reading to Mommy

Our dear friend Marian got Penny this adorable singing duck for Easter and it's quickly become her favorite playmate:

Penny also loves to read! She has even started to read to Mommy.

I love her take on the story!

Easter!

I visited Nana and Papa's house for Easter. I got up early, played with Nana, napped with Papa, ate some waffles and went to church.When I got home from church, I heard the Easter Bunny had stopped by, so I looked for my basket.I found it. "Oh wow"Mommy and daddy made me pose for pictures...I wanted to chase my aunties and those bunnies.We played with Nan and took more pictures outside. We pretended to be bunnies!And I played with Papa. It was great to have Aunt Nicole home!I was excited to wear my easter bathing suit.Aunt Marian came to visit. She read me books!And, she gave me a dancing duck. I love it! By the time the day was over, I was ready to relax!

I hope your Easter was just as fun!

Getting ready for Easter

Since Penny has been loving her new bunny friend, we thought we'd take a trip to the mall to see the big Easter Bunny. She loved the Easter Bunny!

Can't wait for next weekend!

Friends!

Mommy said we were going to visit her friends. Who was she kidding...we were going to visit my friends- Ella and Gavin.

I had so much fun with them!Ella teaches us all kinds of fun things! She is so nice to share her toys with us! I love her kitchen!Ella is a great photographer too...she took this picture of mommy & I. I think Gavin is really cute- don't tell daddy!

We played and danced and sang with Elmo.

Here's Gavin's mommy. I had so much fun with her!

And Ella's mommy is amazing!

Can't wait to see them all again soon!

Sickies :(

Somebody ran a fever this week... If the thermometer didn't tell us that she was sick, I don't know if I would have believed it. Luckily Nana was able to help us out on Wednesday.Penny had so much fun with Nana! And, on Thursday afternoon, Aunt Becky saved the day! By the time Aunt Becky got here, we had kicked the fever :) Penny was able to go back to school on Friday. Here's hoping that we're rid of the germs!

Thank you Nana and Aunt Becky for saving the day and hanging with Penny while Mommy & Daddy were busy with work.

14 months

Penny is 14 months old! We're finally getting some rest in our house! Penny goes to bed around 7pm and wakes up between 5:30am - 6:30am most days and is super happy in the mornings. She naps from 1pm - 3pm on a big girl mat at school. She's getting much better about putting herself to sleep and she's sleeping through the night most nights (some mornings she wakes between 4am - 5am for a new diaper and goes right back to sleep).

Penny is doing much better with eating! Her favorite breakfast foods are waffles, yogurt and scrambled eggs. Her favorite lunch food is mac & cheese. And, her favorite dinner foods are perogies and ravioli. She's taking an interest in what mommy & daddy are eating and if we feed it to her from our plate, she'll generally eat it. Last night, she took bites from my hamburger. The other night, she demolished my plate of spaghetti. And, she loves fruit. Pears and bananas seem to be her favorite, but she'll eat almost any fruit other than peaches.

Penny loves socks and shoes. Daddy lets her pick her socks out each morning and if you ask her where they go, she tries to put them on her toes. When you ask, she will point to her hair, ears, nose, teeth, belly and toes.

Penny has strong opinions about what she wants. She points and says "dis" which is Penny speak for "this". And, because she can't always tell us what she wants, sometimes we see this face:This face is usually accompanied by a whine noise that lets us know we failed to understand what "dis" was. We are trying to work with her on signs and signals so she can tell us what she wants. She's getting much better at showing us that she's hungry by opening her mouth to show us her hungry looking face and saying "more."

Penny has been sitting on the potty every night before bath time. She loves the potty! She is so proud when she goes and we're so proud of her for being so interested. We also love bath time and brushing our teeth (she's got two more teeth- her first molars came in, giving her ten total). In the tub, she helps me wash her hands by rubbing them together. She loves to splish splash and sometimes I think she could spend all night racing those tubby toy cars around the track.

We've finally finished up nursing...it's hard to believe we made it a whole year with full time nursing and that we kept going for a few more weeks at bed time. We had such a great nursing experience. I know I was very lucky to have a mother's room at work and a schedule that allowed me to use it. Penny switched from bottle to nursing quite easily, which allowed us to continue after I went back to work. Even though she had her fair share of colds this past winter, I feel like nursing definitely helped in the health department (she did not have to be on antibiotics for any of her sickies). As hard as it was those first two months, it was relatively easy for us from then on out and I'm so thankful that it worked!

Penny is incredibly social right now. She plays shy at times, but she'll generally say hi to everyone and everything. She talks to people in the grocery store and at church. I've heard that she's a social butterfly during her buggy rides at school- she says hi to all the other teachers and loves to see the big kids. Tonight, she was saying hi to the construction crew building next door.

She loves to give hugs and blow kisses. She gives kisses to her stuffed animals and to herself in the mirror.

We're having a blast at 14 months!

Congratulations Aunt Megan & Chris!

Guess who's getting married?Yay Aunt Megan & Chris! Congratulations!I love all things shiny and I think Chris did a pretty good job picking out a sparkly ring for Aunt Megan :)

I can't wait to see the two of you in person so we can celebrate!

Lots of love, Penny

P.S. For my whole first year of life, I was a girl with no uncles...and soon I'll have three. I'm one luckly lady!

Hi!

Hi!

Penny here. And yes, "hi" is still my favorite word, although I'm talking more and more every day. I've been having so much fun lately.I spend my days running around, keeping mommy and daddy busy. We play at the playground and in the neighborhood. The swings are my favorite! I like this bouncy lamb too. I do not like the slide! I love all things construction. I love to watch the workers building the home next door. I say hi to them every day when I get home from school. And, when the weather is nice, I take mommy & daddy out to check out all the cool toys those workers leave behind.They keep telling me it's spring, but some days it's still really cold outside. On those days, I like to play inside. Mommy and I usually play while we wait for daddy to get home from work. I get so happy when he comes home!I am a pro at the rocking horse!And, I'm having more fun with food. I like to eat what mommy and daddy are eating. If it's on mommy's plate, I'll try it. Pasta sauce is yummy! I'm the best peek-a-boo player in the house! Where's Penny? Oh- here I am!I like to help mommy in the kitchen. I am so good at mixing flour and sugar to make waffles. And, I'm pretty good at eating those yummy waffles too!

I'll be 14 months old tomorrow. Check back for some photos soon!

Love you all!

Penny

More pics from our trip

We had such a great weekend! I got to play with Aunt Missy in the hotel.Mommy and I swam in the hotel pool...it was too cold! We got ready for the shower in the bathroom with the big mirror.Gary and Virginia invited me to their house. See that cute puppy- Ashley and Andy have the coolest dog, Marley. I got to chase her around the kitchen!

Nana and I had fun playing in the hotel. The chair spins just like daddy's chair...wee!

Mommy embarassed me in the grocery store by taking my picture on the tractor. Mom- who does that?We went to Eat 'n Park!They had some cool shirts. Daddy really does make me smile and I missed him while I was away. The waitress gave me a bunny cookie...yum!

And best of all, I made a new friend. Jackson is going to be the ring bearer in Aunt Becky and Adam's wedding. He's going to help me walk down the isle. We had so much fun playing together! I can't wait to see him in July!

I took a long nap in the car on the way home. I was really excited to see my daddy when we got home and I spent some time telling him all about the trip.