cowgirl boots (or "1000 words")

sorry for the flash on the closet door, but she kept moving and the pictures were all coming out blurry without the flash.  she took a break from dancing to smile for the camera!  

thanks, auntie em, for the boots! :)

one year

i'm a whole year old!

a common tale

many moms get stopped at the grocery store by kindly old women who want to talk about how cute their children are. it happens daily. and while my mama may get stopped for my cuteness, she also gets many comments for this:



hey! doesn't bother me! i love sleeping!

boating is fun!

little adventures

m'ap mache!

yeah, i walk. i'm cool like that.

what a day!

i had such a big day today.  the "experts" at babycenter.com informed my mother that when i reach for my spoon i may be telling her something.  perhaps i am saying, "i'm ready to start feeding myself, mama."

cleverly, my mama waited until it was warm enough for us to eat outside before venturing down that path.  today was the perfect day for it!

first, i grabbed my bowl with both hands and 

attempted to dump it out.  then my mama reminded me that i can use my spoon to shovel food into my mouth.  i did a better job after that.

after lunch, i went out to the front yard to supervise the building of a rock wall.  it was tough work but i think i did fairly well.

 

when our friends who were helping build the wall went home, my mama let me play in the sand for awhile.  

i wanted to taste the sand, but nana scooped it out of my mouth.  that was okay though, because it didn't taste very good anyway.  

this last picture my mama said she would take for miss kristina. she said miss kristina loves "tootsie" pictures.