a day in the life.

rise and shine! 7:30am and SO ready to get this party started!!

breakfast with puppy. english muffin with peanut butter, banana, blueberries and yogurt. mmmmm.

64 degree cold front!! we think we'll spend the morning @townlake!!

just frollicking about town with pups

top change time. i knew 60 degree weather was going to be short lived

snacking with mama @ auditorium shores

now down to the trail to watch all the runners and dogs go by!!

back home with time to kill before lunch...i think we'll take pups on a walk through the dorm!

lunching!

napping

awake and, of course, already managed to put on a pair of daddy's "no show" socks which are clearly knee highs!

uncle clutch is spending the night-- here we are on a walk to pick up dad from a consulting appointment at the business school.

SO happy to see dadda!!!

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home for bathtime. not sure what got into this girl during bathtime. you'd think i spiked her drink or something. seriously, at one point she starts speakng chinese.

earlier today-- we got a shipment of fall clothes in the mail and joy thought it would be funny to walk around with her beanie over her eyes....

and then decided that it would be a brilliant idea to try to eat dinner in a similar fashion.

totally ridic!

aaahh haaaa! what.a.NUT!

hilarious

playing with dad before bed!

saying goodnight to pipes

the eyes of joybird are upon us

she doesn't miss a beat. everything i do, even if just once. she remembers and repeats.

we showered together the other day and i had to give her a razorless razor so she could "shave too". and now at every bath, she pretends to shave her legs.

taking a phone call. a serious one, clearly.

putting some got-to-be-glued in her and babies hair like daddy

putting on mommies shoes.

dads under armour coupling as a scarf and a belly band of sorts.

this girl is a riot. she could play dress up all day long. not only herself, but she likes to dress mommy too. when she can tell we're getting ready to go somewhere she goes and gets my shoes and starts putting them on my feet. with such persistance too. she seriously starts picking up my foot and trying to cram it into the shoe. this morning she brought me my sandals and i said "joy, i'm not wearing sandals today i'm wearing my running shoes". one minute later she's pacing down the hall with my running shoes in hand. what?! how does she know this stuff? always amazed.

chore time but we don't mind??

i'm starting her early.

little joybird currently has three chores

1. walking piper before breakfast and before dinner.

2. laundry.

3. and picking up all her toys.

this video is an attempt for joy to overcome her fear of the vacuum cleaner. i figured if she got right down there with it and realized it wasn't going to eat her, she'd be cool. mission accomplished!

morning @ the domain with aunt meej and uncle clutch

a weekend with her bud and coco

15 months!

i LOVE LOVE LOVE this age!!!

stats:

weight = 20 lbs 12 ounces = 16th percentile

height = 30 1/4 inches = 38th percentile

my most favorite things that she's doing right now-

attempting to sing. so sweet.

she's fallen in love with "puppy" her little stuffed animal friend. she loves puppy so much that I'VE fallen in love with puppy. just seeing how happy this little guy makes her makes me so so happy. she will carry him around the house, is constantly giving him hugs and kisses, reads him books, tries to give him milk and food. it is the cutest!

she insist on feeding herself from a spoon. it's kind of annoying because it turns what should take 15 minutes into 45. no joke. she will put black bean by black bean, rice grain by rice grain on her spoon and then put in into her mouth. and don't even think about taking that spoon away and trying to help her. she's a big girl now...and she can do this ALL by herself.

THE BEST is giving her commands and watching her follow them through. i am seriously amazed at all the things she knows. i had no idea-- until one day, she just started doing absolutely everything i asked. for example "joybird, go get puppy (i think he's in your room) and get your milk and come sit in your big girl chair." she walks in her room, comes out with puppy, grabs her milk, and sits in her chair. OH MY GOSH. how do they know all of this?!?!?!!?!?

or "joybird, do you want to go take piper potty outside? we need to put on your shoes!" grabs her shoes, grabs pipers leash... unbelievable.

it is so motivating to me to want to teach her more and more and more...just watching her soak up this world (and at such a fast pace) is the most fascinating thing! it's so rewarding as a parent to see that all the things that you have been saying to her for months has actually sunk in and she gets it. oooh i love it!