Sweet, Funny, and Just Pathetic...

I feel like everyday I have several funny Lofton stories.  She is just so funny and I don't want to forget anything.  So...here are a couple of things from this week that made me smile

1) L now says "hold you" with her little arms reaching toward you when she wants to be held.  it is just so sweet when my fiercely independent daughter wants to be held that the answer is always yes!

2) I have put Lofton in time-out like 3 times for coloring on furniture while she stares at you and says "no no"....this morning she ripped out a page of her coloring book which is SO no big deal.  i gently said, "lofton, don't tear your book baby."  a few seconds later i looked over and she was sitting in her time-out spot.  so funny.  she then walked over to the torn page, handed it to me, and said "trash". :)

3) Lofton went to her cousin's build-a-bear bday party this weekend.  This morning she went running to her bear as well as a winnie the pooh yelling "bears!!!!" followed by big hugs.   she then pulled up her bear's sweater and looked at me with total concern and confusion saying "belly button???".  she just couldn't understand why that bear didn't have a belly button.

 nobody better lay a finger on this highly-sought-after-mommy-won't-buy-caprisun!

 one of the big kids

in less fun news Lofton has been fighting a cold and a cough for about 3 weeks now. we finally went to the dr. b/c she was wheezing and we were given albuterol with this tiny ($65!!) mask. we were told to give it to her before bed. terrible idea!! i did it for 3 nights and decided she wasn't better or worse (but definitely becoming a little psychotic) and called it quits. it made her completely nuts for several hours. she was exhausted, but could not go to sleep until 9 or 10 at night. i realized that we hadn't experienced any sleeping issues since she started talking and the sounds of "mama, hold you! hold you!!" coming from her room were too much. i'm not a cry it out kind of mama, particularly with a sick baby. at least i got some extra snuggling and she doesn't have an ear infection :)

 the funny

and the sweet....

Fall Fun!

Little bit is getting bigger by the day and loving every minute of the fall.  she actually gets to play outside!!  she often points to the door and say "out!", "swing!",  "roll" (which means stroll) "scarecrow", or "hop hop" (with her hand bouncing up and down b/c there appears to be a bunny boom in our neighborhood...)

after dinner is often spent using sidewalk chalk on the back porch or running in the front yard searching for "dOgs".  L says "dog" with a long "o" and it is too cute!  less cute words include "sock" which she thinks starts with a "c" and "fox" which is a 4 letter word.  hey, she spends her entire day trying to name everything she sees so naturally a few are going to be the Lofton original version!

 this was on what I like to call "mommy tuesdays" where L and I spend the morning playing and I sneak away to work or run errands during her nap

 she has eaten every meal like this since her feet would reach the tray.  it's adorable

 first pony ride at our neighborhood block party.  she giggled and said "neigh!!" the entire time

 weeknight cousin time.  running around with a piece of pizza and a chocolate chip cookie=perfection for miss priss.  she did say "night night" the whole drive home :)

occasionally she stops talking and colors instead

xoxo L Pie!

what we've been up to...

we have been busy adjusting to our new little life, but i clearly have not been busy taking pictures or blogging.  so here are a few things that have been going on (in reverse chronological order b/c i can never remember how to upload them correctly...)

 fall weather with a cute cardigan.  big bruise on the forehead because she DOVE head first off of our bed and onto our cedar chest.  so scary.  she is just so fast and i'm positive that whoever invented those little kid leashes (which i think are terrible) had a little one with L's activity level.

 well hello mr. scarecrow

 playing at willowbend mall before getting some pictures snapped at janie and jack.  we got a "free" pic session after spending $75 :)  i love those little bishop dresses.  makes her look like a baby doll

 my little artist.  she is all of a sudden completely obsessed with coloring.  she grabs the paper and hands you a crayon requesting "melmo" which means "please draw elmo"  when i hand her a purple crayon she repeats "purple" which sounds adorable

 swinging at mimi and pop pop's house.  i think she's saying "weeee!"

 these are a few of her 1yr pics from http://www.andiehamilton.com/ if you didn't see them on facebook

 first time to leave my girl.  i flew to kansas city for a whirlwind 24hr trip for aimy tran's wedding.  look at all of those cute doctors :)   love these girls and it was so wonderful/such a tease to have a few sweet hours.  we forgot to book a second hotel room so for sure 5 of us stayed in 1 room like we were in college.  too funny :)

it's my logo for my first REAL JOB!  i think it turned out pretty so just wanted to share.

big things in Lofton's world

1) hugs and kisses.  she now says "hug" and sticks out her little arms and hands out hugs and kisses USUALLY when we request them.  occasionally she'll say "no" and laugh.  pretty sure she's running the house

2)coloring-like i meantioned lofton loves to color.  for a total wild child she sure will spend forever coloring.  just sometimes that involves the floor, or her leg, or a baby doll...  our nanny colors with her everyday and she even strips to her diaper and finger/toe paints on the driveway

3) she says everything.  seriously i have no idea how many words she has because she repeats almost anything she hears.  this week new words include "shirt and pants (while pointing to each), scarecrow, purple, color, big bird, cake (her name stickers on her sippy cups have a cupcake on them), apple" and i'm sure a million more. 

4) when i'm holding her she'll periodically say hi and give me a hug and a pat like "i'm so glad you're here".  melts my heart.  dewey and i talk about what a doll she is almost every night

5) she says "no" to herself whenever she does something she's not supposed to.  not that it keeps her from throwing food on the floor.  constant battle.  i see some parent/teacher conferences in our future...

love love my family!