We have been having lots of fun lately.

While I was getting my computer fixed at Apple, Jim and Sevyn did some shopping . . . kinda. I found them posing in the store window as mannequins.

Sevyn found her pink boots in her drawer. She loves putting them on and walking around although they are several sizes too big!

We had dinner at La Hacienda . . .which I loved! While we were waiting for our table we took an the time to take a few fun pics with Sevyn.

During our meal Sevyn was really enjoying her Mexican rice, beans and enchiladas! Can you tell?

She is getting pretty good at feeding herself with utensils, its still a mess but at least 30% of her meal actually makes it in her lap!

At the Dallas Maverick's playoff watch party! LET'S GO MAVS!

We have been working in our backyard, specifically our flower beds and deweeding. Sevyn has tried to help out several times, but mostly she just likes to wear the gloves (I call it accessorizing.) She isn't much into digging in the dirt, although she doesn't mind sitting in it. We have found though that doing garden work is so much easier without Sevyn (the pool is too tempting for her.)

Bathtime has been so much fun! We play with lots of toys and splash, splash, splash. Sevyn is also learning to blow bubbles . . . most of the time she ends up swallowing the water but sometimes it works just right.

We just love this pic. Sevyn's blue eyes and long eye lashes are some of our favorite features!

But mostly we laugh a lot!! Her toothy grin melts my heart . . . oh and two of her molars just broke through today too!

Easter & 15 Month Appointment!

Sorry for the late posts. I was trying to upload pics a while ago but my computer has been on the fritz! It is fixed now so here ya go!

Our second easter egg hunt. We went with Aunt Shelly and Cousin's Brady and Emily to their school easter egg hunt. Sevyn got her face painted for the first time. She did really good at sitting still.

While waiting for the Easter Egg hunt we visited with some ponies. She loved them!

Ready, Set, Go!

At her 3rd easter egg hunt at Grandma's and Papa's. "I found eggs!"

Family Easter photo.

"I found a big one!"

LADYBUG!

Sevyn went to the doctor for her 15 month appointment. She weighed in at a WHOPPING 19.0 lbs!!! She is ranked in the 5th percentile. She did grow some, she is now 30 inches and in the 25th percentile in height. As you can tell, she pretty small.

She got a couple of shots at her appointment. Her daddy said she handled them pretty well, as she always does!

Sevyn says quite a bit, although she rarely says them on command. Here's a brief list of her words: Mama, Mommy, Dada, Night Night, Nana (Banana), Pretty, Blue, Pink, Yellow, Red, Yucky, Oh Wow, Uh Oh, Yes, No, Bubble, Easy (our dog's name,) baby, lala (her baby dolls name.) We working on Mavs and De-fense but we may not master that one until next season! I am sure there are more, but that gives you an idea of her ever expanding vocabulary.

She is VERY good at communicating exactly what she wants. She is quick to wave you off and tell you no, if she doesn't like what you are giving her. A good example of that is when I offered her cheerios, and she waved her hands at me and said no. Then I offered her fruit loops and she shakes her head yes and bangs on her chair. She is very decisive . . . sometimes too decisive.

Sevyn is also good at communicating with you that she is tired, hungry, pooped in her pants . . . all the necessities! I am very happy with the way she is communicating. Jim and I have always made a point to talk to her like an adult, we don't baby talk. I feel like it has increased her understanding, vocabulary, and speaking skills . . . or maybe we just have a brilliant kid, I don't know, but it all seems to be working.

She LOVES her baby dolls. Its amazing the built-in mothering instinct little girls have. She finds her baby and wraps it in a blanket, feeds it a baby bottle, brushes its teeth (after she has brushed her own - which she loves,) puts the baby in the swing, car seat, anything to love and "mother" the baby. I have NEVER made a point to show her to do that, she just started doing it, which amazes me even more! There are those times when she has a lapse of judgement and sticks her baby under the seat of her car, and sits on it . . . but I am sure those things will be worked out in time!

Mostly though, Sevyn is a MONKEY!!! That is probably one of the funniest things about her. She climbs everything. She falls a LOT but still climbs everything. She has climbed high chairs, the couch, the pack-n-play, the crib, you name it she climbs it. She also loves to do flips. I think we may have a gymnast on our hands . . . and I couldn't be happier about that. (Classes start at 18 months for her at a real gymnastic academy, and I can't wait!)

Our little girl is growing up fast! I am so excited to watch her continue to grow and learn new things daily.

Feeding the Ducks!

It was a beautiful day yesterday, so we went to the park and fed the ducks!

Sevyn decided to find the only muddy part of the ground and sit in it.

She later decided to join in on the duck feeding, but instead of throwing the bread, she felt like they needed to come to her to get the bread.

Sevyn found a piece of bread on the ground. . . .

so she thought why feed it to the birds, lets eat it! LOL. I took it away from her and gave her a clean piece to eat.

Church Easter Egg Hunt

Our Sunday School class had an easter egg hunt and it was so much fun!! We went to the park and had lunch, then spread out a ton of eggs for the little kids, and then did a larger egg hunt for the older kids!

This is a pic of Sevyn in her Easter dress for 2010. I think it is BEAUTIFUL!

It was a bit chilly out, the wind was whipping pretty good, so I had to put a sweater on her. She really enjoyed picking up the easter eggs though. This pink one was her first find!

Sevyn quickly racked up a bunch of eggs, and she carried her basket around like a pro.

Found another pink one! She was really good at spotting them. There were even a couple in the "big kids" hunt that Sevyn found. She would point to them and her daddy would get them for her. One was stuck in a fence held up by some vines. We were pretty impressed!

She really liked this special heart egg. Mommy did too!! It had yummy candy inside!

On Spring Break!

Sevyn's 1st Trip to the Zoo!

We took Sevyn to her 1st trip to the zoo! It was so much fun.

I grew up going to the Fort Worth Zoo, so as we walked through the different areas of the zoo, I was reminiscing about places I have pictures of me at 5 years old with pigtails, while straddling a fence, or something like that. I loved my experiences growing up at the zoo, and can't wait to spend time like that with Sevyn.

Sting Rays . . . I love these!! It just makes me want to go scuba diving. I am pretty sure we sat and stared at the sting rays for about 10 minutes . . . which in zoo time is a VERY long time!

Outside the new MOLA (museum of living art) exhibit was a beautiful statue of a komodo dragon.

I loved the white tigers as a kid, and I am sure Sevyn will marvel in their beauty as she grows up too.

The little elephant statue has been there since 1998 when the first FW Zoo breed baby elephant was born. I have pics of this elephant with both Brady and Emily (my niece and nephew) too!

Quick pic with mom, as were watching the giraffes.

How would you like it if you had to do the splits everytime you wanted to eat/pick up something from off the ground?

Sevyn loved the giraffes because the fence was at a level that she didn't need to be held up to see.

Shoulder rides with dad are always so much fun.