Quick note to anonymous (see comment below) – I get most of the girls clothes “previously loved” on eBay!  Most of it is Gymboree, because they have outfits by “line names” (such as one line is “prima ballerina” and another would be “puppy love” or “european holiday”), and so I can do a search for outfits by actual name and size… easy, eh?  Occassionally I will get new Gymboree, but it has to be super discounted and a coupon on top…  Some other brands that I adore (also on eBay) are JM Originals (their dresses), Naartjie (a South African brand), and Keedo (another South African brand).   I really have fun with the girls outfits, and I am glad it shows…. but I am also happy to share that it is almost all previously loved, which not only recycles, but also keeps costs down.  And I sell it back on eBay when we outgrow it, to other like-minded mamas.  Hope this helps!

Our first trip to King of Prussia mall.  Grandma, myself, my birth mommy Val, her sister-in-law Stacy, and baby Ryder are in this picture.  Mommy, gammy, Steph, Emily, and Ava are off somewhere…

Val and gammy spoil me!

We picked out the biggest lollis they had at the candy store!

We share so well together!

Mama Val is a pro at feeding on the go!

This is when everyone knew we were ready to go home!

We are learning ballet.  We taught daddy too, mommy has a video of it!

It makes mommy’s heart sing when we show how much we love each other…

Gammy’s work had a toy train exhibit that we could enjoy 

high-five grandma!

The camera caught us in a sweet moment.

At the Christmas craft show I got a lot of help sniffing the candles.  I am very interested in aromas… maybe I get this from mommy? (www.SweetScentsCandles.com)

I am helping Pink Teddy on the potty.  I am very serious about it.

Gammy showed us off at work… she was so proud!

We are still too young to pay attention in church, so we like to read and play with toys.  (and fuss!)

I taught Keira how to pick out single notes (and not pound on the piano).  We really sound pretty together – truly!

Here we are at grandma’s house.  Next we rocked in our rockers in front of the tree for a while…

We had some of our friends over for a pizza party.  We will do this again in 3 weeks because everyone has so much fun.  Mommy and grandma think we were VERY good about sharing our toys…

We had 1/2″ of snow and it was *fun*.  I do not remember the snow from last year, so it was new to me.  I ADORED it.

Jessie dog came and bit off a branch of mommy’s fig tree and then ran with it.  I did the same.

I took my little sissie for a sled ride.  I did this a LOT, mommy was impressed with how strong I was.  She was winded after pulling Keira around the block…

A girl and her dog.

Ms

I fell asleep in the sled!  and it was still snowing all around..

I saw Ava do a face plant in the snow, so I did it too.  Then I began to roar and crawl like a lion in the snow.  Mommy laughed.

I am my gammy’s granddaughter, for sure.  I am still dripping wet from my bath and I just *have* to go put on my bling bling.

This is how we play Skee Ball.  Truly not “regulation”…

We can make any slide have 2-way traffic.