Sunday, August 31, 2014

Marvelous Miriam (15 months)

(Let's rewind a little bit and go back to August when Miriam turned 15 months old).

Well, this child is up and running (kind of). She is starting to walk faster now, and I'm sure she'll be running soon. She wants to try to keep up with sister!



She is getting brave when she is outside. She is walking up and down the big hill next to the barn.




(Pardon us: We needed an outfit change!)






She doesn't mind that I love to dress her up in adorable little outfits. :)



She loves to chase the dog. (Poor Arden).

At her 15 month appointment, she was 18lbs 11oz and 30 inches long. She is slimming down and getting taller!

She loves playing outside! I don't know what she is going to do when it gets cold outside. She has also discovered a delicacy called "dirt,"


                                                 



She also discovered water puddles!






She also loves to eat (but there's a pretty good chance that you already knew that).


She loves to play with her toys and can entertain herself fairly easily.



She loves drinking milk out of her straw cup.

She loves holding dolls.




She is starting to sleep a bit better. Here is a rare picture of her sleeping!


She is learning how to carefully pet the cat.

She adores her sister...even when she lays on top of her!


She rode her first "ride" at the St. James festival. She was a fan!







Her personality is really shining through. She is so funny! She makes such funny faces and just waits for us to laugh. She also does silly things like putting things on her head and siting on her water bottle!






She is in training to become a Jedi, I suppose.

She has started using a fork. Now she won't eat her food without a fork in her hand.


She wants to be just like her sister!


She loves to be chased. She laughs and laughs!




She loves to dance (which means to turn around in circles).





(No picture, but she also has been teething like crazy, and 2 of her molars finally popped through! Thank goodness. I have never seen such swollen gums.)

Happy 15 months, little one!












Monday, August 25, 2014

This was how our night went....

This was happening at 9:30 at night (after Bedtime Attempt #1). So much for watching the Emmys. (That's okay...these two were quite entertaining enough!)

Oh good grief.

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Ingham County Fair

The fair was in town just down the street from our house, so of course we had to go! However, the weather was really "iffy" all week. We decided to take a chance and go on Kids Day, even though there was a chance of rain all day. We met Frankie and Tyler and their mommy at the fair that morning, and Frankie and Ashleigh had a blast riding the rides.

We were all wearing jackets when we first got there (it was in the lower 60s!) but fortunately it warmed up fairly quickly.




We all went back home for lunch and naps and we headed back to the fair around 4:00 with Matt because we wanted to see Katie and Libby from our congregation in the sheep showing competition.
















Miriam and Tyler were mostly content to just hang out and watch the action.





We stayed at the fair until around 9:00! This picture sums up our day perfectly. Ashleigh was exhausted and Miriam was hungry! (That was MY delicious elephant ear!)