Signy & Bella

Here are Sig's thoughts on the dog:



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Willa & Bella

My parents brought my sister's dog to visit today:



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Guess who took her first step today?!

Pleased as punch!

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Viva la fiesta!

Listen for Signy's voice:

It took the better part of an hour, but she finally said "Fiesta" rather than "Piesta!"

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Swim lessons!

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Gator huntin'

Found him!





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Covers

"I like the covers mom. They're warm and snuggily!"


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Today's take on apple for the teacher?

Sig says, "Good-bye Mama! I'm going to school and I have a crusher for the teacher!"



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Andy's custom wrapping paper!

Shhh! Couldn't help wanting to share the wrapping paper Sig & I made for andy's Father's Day present!







She had fun!

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Just found out...she's ready to move!

I was finishing the last post when I look up and realize that Willa is halfway across the room with the baby stroller. I caught the end:

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Willa is 8 months old!!

I know it's incredibly trite to say, but where did the time go? I didn't even have time to post yesterday!

So here she is:



Things I noticed in this pic:

1. She's standing. She's using the stroller for support, but she lets go for seconds at a time.

2. She's got more hair! It's coming in a little darker than daddy's, but no where near mommy's.

3. The toys. Willa personally pulled out each of these. Guess we're going to start teaching her to clean up soon!

4. Her expression. This is a classic Willa face. It says, "I think I'm doing something really awesome!" Lately, we see it whenever she pulls to stand, stands on her own or knocks Signy down!

5. Signy's hand. They are playing together--as well as a baby and a toddler can!

Wonder what the next month will bring?

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Tea party!

Princess Signy & Princess Buttercup hosted a lovely tea party for Princess Mommy while "baby Willa Princess" napped!


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Rocket Star

Signy found her sunglasses today. She happily put them on her head, did a little dance and ran to look at herself in the mirror. When she came back, I asked her, "do you know what you look like in those glasses?". (I had intended to tell her she looked like the coolest girl in the world.) Her response: "Yes! I look like a rocket star. I'm going to be a rock star when I grow up. BJ's going to be a rock star too!". So silly!




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Happy 7 month birthday Willa!

Introduced her to pumpkin to celebrate the occasion:



I think she liked it!

Then we had a great day at the zoo with Solera & Declan!







Sig's quote if the day: "Babies have circle-heads and big kids have puppy ears (which is how she refers to her hair after her pigtails have been taken out)!

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Sig made her bed on her own today

Let me zoom in on that pillow...


When asked asked, she said, "This is my horse sleeping in my bed. I covered my bed!"

She's such a big girl now!

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Uh-oh! We're in for it now!

Some of Willa's greatest moments of the day:

She's been rolling & scooting for awhile, but just started sitting herself up on Easter!

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What made today a good day:

Even if it took an hour to achieve, those twenty minutes were totally worth it!

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Church retreat

So we "retreat" every year with our church to Malibu Canyon. It's a great time to relax & connect with people we love.

On the way down, Sig says, "I can't go to church atreat, I'm sick. I need to go to my house.".

We went anyway. It worked out okay, but not too much sleep had by all.

Here's what Sig looked like on our way home:




Just before she fell asleep, she says, "I don't want to go home. Can we go somewhere else?". Guess she had a good time!

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It's been half a year since...

our little Willa entered our lives in what we have come to understand as Willa-speed! (You'd think she feels like she needs to keep up with someone!)  She's got a lot going on for such a small person!  As you can see, she sits up for minutes at a time. She is army crawling, rolling, and doing plank position like a pro. She's an expert at sucking food off a spoon (so far she's tried rice cereal, butternut squash, sweet potatoes & peas)! She has also perfected a specific cry for when Sig takes away a toy she was digging--mommy has been trained to respond accordingly. Most recently, she tried to roll out out of her bassinet! Needless to say, Andy & I are just trying to keep up!




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"Naptime"

What happens when big sister is supposed to be napping on her new air mattress (in prep for church retreat this weekend) while baby is napping in her pack-n-play? This:

(be patient, it will be dark at the beginning, and you'll probably have to turn your sound up at first, but it's worth it!)

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Oh what should I ever do?

Signy is currently sitting at the dinner table saying, "Oh what should I eeeeeever dooooo?! My pasta is toooo spicy! What should I ever doooo?!"

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Art by Signy Grace

We had to stay home from preschool today due to colds. I decided to let Sig do the same art project we were supposed to do at school. It was supposed to be two different projects: painting a yellow sun on the white paper & painting a orange face on the yellow sun cut-out. Sig said "I think it goes like this mom!"




Then I gave her a chance to free paint. She said, "I will do a dog...cat! Cat!". So she starts painting, asks how to do a bowl of water (blue u-shape), finishes, looks at it & says, "It's my ant! That's silly!"



She's great!

Willa happily bounced while we worked:



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What are baby sisters good for...?

their jammies!



Gracie Bear's jammies courtesy of Willa Anne.

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How I woke up on Thursday

So the door between our bedroom and bathroom squeaks. (Truth be told, every door in our house sticks, squeaks and/or creaks upon opening! This is more a statement of fact than a complaint.)

Anyway, yesterday I was awoken WAY too early by the repeated slow squeak of said door. I sit up and whisper (because Andy & Willa a managing to sleep through this), "Sig, what are you doing?"

Response: "It's not me. It's my cat Max--she's meowing. I think she's REALLY HUNGRY!"

The thing is, once I saw the cat's head peeking out from around the door, the squeak really did sound like a hungry cat! I wish I had my phone to prove it.

Of course I starting laughing hysterically--causing both Andy & Willa to snarfle & roll over. They are more alike every day!

Sig & I decided to take Max into the kitchen to make pancakes!

This video has nothing to do with squeaky doors--I just think Willa is precious!

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Story-time with Signy

Don't worry, she was ok in the end!

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Message

Signy was creating her voicemail message today:

I didn't catch the beginning on video, but she said "Hi! This is Signy Grace. I didn't give your message, and I will give your message back. Bye!"

Then, I guess I was supposed to "hear" her message. Little slow on the uptake, mom:

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