What's New...

We haven't had much to right about lately, but we do now!
We went up north to the Pink Castle this weekend. Flora was a happy little camper. She loves being outside and, lucky for her, she has inherited Tom's non-itchy mosquito bites, so they didn't really bother her.
Flora's 6th tooth finally popped through earlier this week. We could see her gums bulging there for quite some time now, but it finally broke through! It doesn't bother her much. Can you see the little corner of it?

Flora has also taken a liking to coloring. She started her coloring by "helping" me with the grocery list. She would use the pen to "cross off" the things we already got. So I bought her some big crayons and she just loves them. As you can tell.













As for Rainy, in case you were wondering, she is getting along well with Flora and the other "kids". Flora has started to call her by making a "tsk"-type sound(like I do) and calling, "Nainy!" It's pretty cute!

That's all for now!!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all those moms and moms-to-be out there! It's great being a mom and watching out little sweetheart grow!
Flora and Tom brought me breakfast in bed with eggs, toast, and fried taters. Flora decided to help herself to my catsup and grabbed a handful. They also got me a new wind chime for the front porch.


We also got something else today... a KITTEN!!! We named her Rainy because she looks like a little fluffy rain cloud. She is about 2 months old. The dogs are very curious and she just hisses at them. Zoey is a little interested in her, but Q.P. wants nothing to do with her. They both have just been hissing at her. They'll all be settled in in a couple weeks.

Happy May Day!

I know, I know, May Day was 5 days ago.  We were too busy to post that day, because we went to a May Day celebration!  It took place in Oshkosh in Menominee Park.  It was mine and Flora's first May Pole Dance.  And it only rained a little. :)

Flora and I went to visit my friend, Liz, in La Crosse on Friday until Saturday.  We went out for lunch and then went for a hike in Perrot State Park.  Liz made us a delicious supper and breakfast.  Then we were off to go back home.  

Today we ate lunch outside and took a long walk, enjoying the gorgeous weather!  We even had the cats outside, on a leash and harness, of course.

Have a great day!!!

Getting so big!

Hi everyone, sorry it's been so long. I have been busy planning a baby shower for my friend, Val, so I haven't had much time to sit down and write an extensive entry about Flora.
So here it is...
At her 1 year check-up, Flora weighed 20 pounds 8 ounces(44th percentile) and was 31 inches(95th percentile). The doc also said she looked great and we won't have to go for another check-up until 18 months.
Flora is discovering so much. She figured out that she can open the drawers in the TV amoire and the bottom kitchen drawer all by herself and explore their contents.

She is also broadening her vocabulary. She has been saying "baby" "da-di"(Guthrie or Daddy, if you ask Tom) and "na-night". She says the latter when she crawls up the stairs to go to bed and when she lays down in bed.
Flora has also been developing her dressing skills. She tries so hard to put on her socks, shoes, pants, shirts, and hats. She will get angry and cry if she has her mind set to do it and we do it for her. She will even go as far as taking her shoe off!

We have been getting out side when it's nice(also another reason I haven't posted in awhile) and going for walks when ever we can. Yesterday shoe got to play on her slide and seems to like it.

Flora has started to stand on her own and has also taken a couple steps! She still prefers crawling as it is faster for her, for now. We are pretty excited about her walking, but know that means a lot more climbing and chasing!

We have been going to a pop-in play group at The Mom and Pop Place on Monday afternoons. It's pretty nice to let her loose to play and I can have a cup of coffee, without worrying about her disturbing anyone or anything. She also gets a chance to make some new friends(and Mama does, too).

I will be putting more videos on my You Tube channel today.  If you click on the thumbnails on the right under "Flora-vision" you can watch them.

I have also put a new album on the right called "Spring 2008".  I have to start using my Picassa albums, because Tom's ran out of free space.

Happy Birthday Flora!

Here's the video of us singing "Happy Birthday" to Flora: