Feast Your Eyes.....

.....on this little number:


























She donned this "safari romper" under the sink with her cat. He also hid in her trash basket, which she liked.

Bigtime hiking

Today we went out to Paige's Grammy and Grampa J's house. Lily came out too. So we used our cool new backpack carriers and went for a hike. And by "we", I mean Jess and Veronica carried the babies. I simply walked, and was quite winded. It's under a quarter mile. Ha. I don't know if it's because I'm pregnant or just out of shape. Anyway, the babies loved it.

Paige and her new baby

My mom got Paige a new baby the other day. Yesterday she danced with her, and then decided she wanted to carry her around on her shoulders. She came up to me trying to put her behind her head, going "uh, uh, uh". So I put her up there and she was happy. She started walking around like that but wasn't holding on to her legs, so I had to follow her, keeping the baby safe up on her shoulders. After a while she did grab on to the baby's feet, and carried her around herself, hanging upside down, but still.

Stacks

Paige was pretty tired and grumpy today. She threw fits any time her cousins tried to share their toys with her, because she wanted them to herself. Her cousin Faith said "She's a yittew gumpy, a yittew." But she of course had lots of sweet moments too. Also, she stacked her tallest tower of blocks to date. Here she is during her first attempt:













And here she is with her best tower. Although she did try to go one higher, and was unsuccessful. THIS time.

Bootie in a Bowl

The other day, Paige did her first drawing. Here it is:

















TODAY, she made me pour cotton balls onto the carpet, so she could dance on them. She prefers dancing on cotton ball piles. She also spent quite a bit of time sitting with her bootie in Gia's dog dish.













Later on, she wanted to lead Gia around by her collar, but Jess had to help or Gia went so fast she got pulled to the ground. (Her hair is greasy in the pics today, but I promise she's clean. We did an olive oil deep conditioning treatment last night. Haha. Gotta have beautiful shiny curls.)













We also played with her animal flashcards today, and she showed me the tiger so I growled at her. She copied me, with her nose scrunched up, showing her teeth, and did a whisper/growl. So cute.

Dancing

First of all, a few cute pics from the last couple days. One of Jess holding her during a nap, still holding a graham cracker, one closeup of the same nap, one of her and Obie sort of cuddling, and one of her poking his eyes out. She likes to point out our facial features so we'll tell her "eye" or "nose", or whatever, but she does it to Obie too.


















































Today we were boring, but she DID want to dance with me this evening, wearing her onesie and tights, like a ballerina.

Headstand of Misery

Today we all took a nice long nap, but Paige had to have hers in her crib, and she NEVER wakes up happy when that happens. So when she got up I got her out of her crib, and nothing made her happy. Not even chocolate pudding, or her baby yogurt. Although she ate both, she cried the whole time. During the yogurt feeding, I even made the mistake of stopping long enough to take a drink of my squirt. It ended like this:













and this:













The headstand of misery happened moments before these two pics were taken, I just couldn't get the camera fast enough to capture it. But she DID do a headstand, sobbing all the while. I should probably clarify: Her headstands are pretty much the downward dog position, if you've ever done yoga. Feet on the floor, legs straight, waist bent, back straight, head and hands on the floor. So she ends up looking backward between her feet. I don't let her try actual headstands, yet. :)

Here are a few pictures of happier moments today. The last one is her right after we went through her hat drawer. That's what finally turned her day good again.