A big green tractor & my radio flyer

Melynn loves, let me say LOVES being outside. This chick just wants to be outside every chance she gets. Which is great bc this is an outdoor kind of family I've married into & she's been born into. Here are some pics from our outdoor adventures

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My Pink Hat

Easter Weekend

Melynn enjoyed her Easter weekend sooo much! Mainly due to the fact she ate her weight x2 in food this weekend. Saturday morning she & I left for Alabama to visit our family. I most certainly did not forget my camera & only took pics from blackberry that didn't turn out too well..(insert sarcasm). Melynn had her 1st Easter Egg Hunt & picked up on the concept in no time at all. Cissy & Nanna followed her around holding the basket & pointing out eggs so she could put them in her basket. While Nanna cooked a great lunch ( as always) Dava kept Melynn busy toting her around the yard & showing her different things... I was so thankful for her help. This was the first big meal of the weekend for Melynn....people continue to ask me if I feed her...shes a baby trash compactor she just keeps stuffing it in. She loved Nanna's fried potatoes...as do we all. Needless to say she slept all the way home...& woke up hungry again! Go figure.

Sunday we went to church with Mimi & Papaw, Ge-ge & G- Daddy....Andy & I only got to see half of the service due to the fact we were switching off bc Miss Melynn wasn't having it...she would not sit still but what do you expect with a 13mth old. After church we had another great meal courtesy of Mimi & again Melynn ate like she had been starved since birth...she also had her first Easter Bunny cake. Mimi used to make one for Devon & I when we were little & I wanted to continue the tradition with Melynn. And per true Melynn fame tore into it like there was no tomorrow. Then Mimi hide some eggs & again Melynn took to like the champ she is. She also figured out there were cookies in these eggs...and had to stop & eat the cookies before she could proceed to the next.

I couldn't have asked for a better day. Melynn is at an age where everything is so new & great & re-learning things with her is a treat. She is such a great addition to all our lives & we are so blessed to have her.

~Grins & Horses~

Melynn turned 13mths old on March 19th so soon after just turning a year old! I say it almost every post but my baby girl is growing up so quick & she amazes us everyday. She is learning her sign language so well now being able to sign: eat, milk, please, & thank you. We're still working on more but she's a smart cookie so I know she'll learn so quick. She points at books & deer & tries to say both with usually only one syllable coming out. She's into everything & loves to be the center of attention & has such a temper probably getting that from me but at times it is so hilliarious. Her toothy grin makes me melt everytime & she knows it & uses it to her advantage. Next weekend our Easter Festivities begin & I'll post our little Sweet Peas in her beautiful easter dress. Love to you all.

Stats

Melynn vistited the doctor a while back & is growing like a weed! She weighs in at 21.9lbs & is between 31 & 32 inches tall! This is a long way from our little 6.5lbs one year ago! She is trying to talk & learn sign language. She's got the sign for milk down & has her own version of more. I think she sometimes says Thank you but its very similiar to blowing kisses so the jury is still out on that one.  In the language category we of course have "Da-da", "Momma" ( doesn't know who I am but can say it. Not to mention I think she calls her paci.."Momma". Awesome) There is "Uh-Oh", and shes trying to say "Milk", but its more of a "Mil"
She sprints all over the place & has seemed to develop some sort of go-go gadget baby arm thing where she can reach everything! Its crazy! She has no concept of "NO" so we're having fun with that & avoiding light sockets. Also the best part is that she is dancing! The music starts playing & her little booty starts a bopping! It is so cute. We laughed so hard the first time she did it!

Another funny thing about Melynn is that she is I guess afraid of grass......at least afraid to walk on it. She'll sit down in it & play with it...but will not walk in it. We put her down "standing up" & she freezes. Just stands there and doesn't budge an inch. She'll either stand there & cry or sit down & play with the grass. This one she's clearly ok I'll take some more & show you soon!.

Here are a few pictures from Melynn's Birthday weekend. My favorite is the tea party with Daddy. Its amazing what a man will do for his child & I didn't even provoke him! He is truly a great daddy! The pic where she is in the stroller will not happen again she got in & Andy decided to push her around in it...she looks very comfortable though. And she loves cards...I think she must see them as little books. Regardless she loves to tear the envelopes open & find the cards inside. She wanted to open the cards more than her gifts. Go figure.

Melynn's 1st Birthday!

As most of you know...bc some of you were here for the throw down we had........ Melynn's 1st Birthday was this past weekend. Nana Deb was gracious enough to let us use her clubhouse for our shindig. Melynn was in a great mood & dazzled everyone to the best of her ability. She received many gifts & we are reminded that we are so blessed to have such a wonderful loving immediate & extended family in our lives. Devon & I made 117 cupcakes ( yes we counted) & Aunt D made one gigantic cupcake for her niece to rip into even though I put so much icing on it she never quite reached the actual cake part. The pictures above are just a few from the great weekend we all had together. Melynn's 1 shirt is courtesy of Carey Haney ( Jitterberries) she does such wonderful work. You should google her & get your favorite little one a too cute happy to wear! She has a dress made by Carey too I'll post a pic of that one soon. The less than thrilled pic is before we gave her the cake, I just love her expression. Classic. The other pic is of her digging into her cake (icing) and leaning to the side I don't know what it is about that high chair but everytime she sits in it ( when we go to the Mannings) she does that. We go today for her check up & I'll give you all the stats on Miss Melynn soon. Until then I'll post a few more pics. Wish you all could have been here to celebrate but you were all on our minds! Love to you!