ELMO!

So, a few weeks ago Priya fell in love with an Elmo sweatshirt she got from Onny and gang - here are some photos of her showing it off! (She then wanted me to take photos of BoBo :)

Since then we purchased an Elmo trick or treat pail, which has joined her in her bed for almost every nap and bed time since we bought it!

Crazy Kid!/Future Supermodel? :D

I was going to wait till I posted a few other things first, but this was last night and these photos crack me up! I can't choose just one - they each show some other crazy part of her nutty personality! How I adore this child! :D

So... it's been a while...

Sorry it's been so long! I don't have anything particular to blog about ... probably just a million things big and small, but I thought I'd at least share a few recent photos from some of our more recent... adventures :D

First, here are a few photos of Priya and Baby David playing the other day. They were both still in PJ's and driving me CRAZY so I opened the door to the wet porch and let them at it! In case you can't tell, Priya was trying to sip the standing water out of the chair - GROSS!

She was mad here because we didn't want her to keep playing with the screen door!

As you can tell, the were both VERY wet!

I was going to combine the posts, but I think we'll just have to break things up for now... so more fun stuff later!

Next Top Stylist - Alysse's Way! :D

So, Alysse is another competition at school and has some beautiful photos. Here are a few. The first one the theme was texture.

This one the theme was color... While she did dye the hair (beautifully I might add) she chose to add bright colors with bright yarn balls instead.

This one is from this past week - theme Fashion Forward. She created the outfit with corrugated cardboard and a black sheet, with a cardboard hoop skirt. - Crazy, huh? The hair is fun too...though I can't really tell you what she did... it's so easy for her but then she explains it to me and it sounds like... HUH?! You figured out you could do WHAT with hair? And that's easy, huh? Well good to know! Who'd of though... :) While it's an over all competition, there are also weekly rankings for the top 3 and Alysse took 1st last week :)

The funny thing is that she was sure she'd be eliminated since hers was so different from everyone else's. Almost every week she seems to take the theme and do it slightly different from everyone else and there has been some... unbalanced judging in the first several weeks. But thankfully adjustments have been made and there seems to be a much more level playing field! Now, win or loose, at least it should be fair! There are lots of beautiful photos and alysse's are always a little different, so we'll see what happens next! Good luck, Ci Ci! We're rooting for you! (and I can't WAIT to have you dye my hair this week! GREAT TIMES!)

Thanks to Everyone...

who voted! We're heavily into the planning stages of the party and it's gonna be lots of fun! We'd love suggestions for movies, games etc so if you've got some ideas, we'd love to hear them!
Oh! I'm also trying to figure out the best way to make a fake person! I'd love to make several, but when i tried last year, it just looked like a lump in a chair :( any suggestions?
Take care!
PB&J+1

Labor Day

Time for bed!

So, our Labor Day was pretty chill, but we did spend some time with Rachel & Ryan hanging at a park etc. Here are a few shots (ok, mostly of P) from the day! I was having fun taking pics of her little jeans - so cutie! :D

18 month photos - kind of...

Any of you on facebook have probably already seen these, but just for my non-facebook family and friends viewing pleasure, here are a few of my silly little girl :)

18 month photos - attempt 2

I haven't really had a chance to touch these up or anything, and most are pretty random, but I think they're kind of fun anyhow. Well, hope you find one you like! Either way, she's my cutie girl - I love that little chick-a-dee! Even when she IS covered with mud! :D

Just a few shots from before the shoot :)

Priya has broken out with some crazy dance moves lately! Here's a glimpse.

We're SO missing all of our visitors from the last 3 weeks! We'll post more photos soon :)

PB&J

My Little Noodle :D

I guess Priya finally found some food she really could 'sink her teeth into' - Ramen Noodles! :D

(these first 2 are from my phone so not very high res etc. We'll see if we can get the other vid to load or not! - whoops - guess not!)

Add your own caption to this one! :)

Priya has just been a nut lately! She's more clinging, which is frustrating, but I think she's cutting more teeth and who wouldn't want to whine about that! But she's also figured out that she can direct people and get them to do what they want, which is awfully hilarious sometimes! It started at the Open House we had a month ago - WHICH, by the way, was GREAT!! Thank you SO much to all those who came and helped pull the thing off! The carpet was still covered with plastic until the day before - it's amazing how everything came together!

Anyway, during the party we had Rock Band set up downstairs. As you probably know, Priya has ALWAYS been a fan, but the door was closed and she was upstairs so she couldn't get to it. Well, that didn't stop her! She grabbed a new 'friend's' hand and led him to the door. When he opened it, she crawled down a step or two, then just looked at him and reached up as if to say, 'ok, well, will you carry me already?' which he did and put her down contently in front of the game.

The funniest was last night as we were playing in the living room. I would lay on the ground on my back and she would try and roll me over so she could jump on my back. When she wanted Joe to play she grabbed his hand as he stood, pulled him to the ground and rolled him over all so she could gleefully jump on him. When he then got up and stood up and had her on his shoulders, she didn't quite know what to do :) She's such a nut! We love her so much and to do a variation on what my dad used to say "If I could go to the little girl store and pick out ANNNY little girl I wanted, I'd pick one JUST LIKE HER!.... except maybe she wouldn't teethe so much ;)"

Shot number 2 :)

The Definition of a 'Silly Little Thing'

Ha HA! I have So many things to blog about.. Most happy, some sad, but all I can think about is this AdOraBle little girl! She cracks me up! I Love You Forever, P. R., my litttle Engi-NERD!! ;)