Such a big girl am I!

Can you even believe it that I will be 14 months old tomorrow?!?! How did that happen? Being that Mommy is home for another summer with me, we've been having lots of memories of last summer when I was a tiny baby. When Daddy would leave Mommy nursing me in the chair when he went to work in the morning and come home to find her in the same place doing the same thing in the same clothes with the same not-a-hairdo-so-much-as-a-mop-of-hair-do. And when Mommy and Daddy would be amazed at all the little things I did, like looking at them, having a social smile, laughing, rolling over. And just look at me now-I'm the one playing Mommy and feeding my babies.

As many of you know, we've had some pretty serious rain around these parts. Our family has been lucky to escape any of the real severe weather. My cousins keep asking if I'm scared of storms, but so far to tell you the truth, I don't even know what a storm really is. It probably wasn't what Mommy and I played in the other day because I'm pretty sure even as cavalier as she is at times, she wouldn't let me play in a real live storm.

Here's a good shot she got of me sitting by our garden. All this rain has really helped the flowers grow big and pretty. I like to help Mommy when she "deadheads". But since I take the live ones, I guess we could call it "picking flowers".

We caught a good video of m playing in the rain. Don't worry, Mommy took me in right when she stopped the camera, got me all dried off and into my pajamas and snuggled me until I was dry and toasty warm. Unfortunately, Blogger seems to be a little slow tonight and the video won't load. I'll see what I can do about that later in the week.

Sorry I don't have any weekend pictures to offer you. On Friday, Mom and Dad went to Omaha to go to Tim's surprise birthday party, thrown by his wife, Tara. (Tim and Tara are my boyfriend Morgan's parents.) I got to stay with Grandma Jan and Grandpa Bob. Daddy drew the short straw at work and had to be at a show on Sunday so it was a real quick trip and Mommy and Daddy were back by Saturday afternoon. That was alright though because Grandma Trish and Aunt Steph were in town for a baby shower for Cousin Sam. So we all got to go to dinner with Great grandpa Larry Saturday night at Lucky's 13 in Mendota. (Grilled cheese with three different cheeses?!?! Now they know how to feed a baby!) The unfortunate part of all this is that nobody seemed to take any pictures of me to post on my blog. You'll have to use your imaginations.

Grandpa Steve sent a book home with Mommy this weekend and I did a little preview of it this morning. I sat in Mommy's lap so she could read to me, which Mommy thought was really fantastic and a good sign that maybe I'll start liking stories but this one didn't trip my trigger. One sentence into it and I was off to explore again. Better luck next time Mom.

Megan and Nate were here today for our first day together. While I was napping they built a Lego tower all the way up to the ceiling. Those crazy kids. I think we're going to have some good times!

I've learned that it's important for a girl to accessorize. That's why I wore party beads in the bath tonight.

Here's a picture of me back in January eating a rubber duck. Some things never change...

Here I am at it again today!

Well that's all I got today. Hope you enjoyed the update and I really hope you're enjoying summer.

Love and hugs!

TaterBug