Lady Bug

No Papparazzi

Beans

We sang her a song called "Beans! Beans! Beans! Beans! Beans!", which was hilarious because Chris made up that song years ago.

Cheerios

This last photo is the look you get when you step out of line. Cheerios thieves beware, she inherited it from her mother.

Apples

Shameless

Yep, she's a shameless Daddy's girl. Have some pride, Baby!

Daddy's Girl

While I was editing the video Mary was chanting, "Dada!"

Attack

Here's three out of the hundreds of photos of Mary attacking my head.

Imgonnacatchu!

Progress

We've been trying to get Baby's schedule back on track ever since moving day three weeks ago. Here is a picture of a sleepy girl that does not want to be up before noon.

Sneak Thief

Dear Mary,

If you really don't want to be caught, try not to go silent right before you race toward my bookshelf. It's a dead give away.

Also, when you look up at me with those big guilty gray eyes, I have to punish you. You are the smartest baby that hasn't yet learned to play dumb.

Love,

Momma

Skills

Little Frankie has a new set of mad skills. She can kiss, sing, wave hello and climb the stairs. Her vocabulary is holding strong at Daddy, attack, and Momma, in that order. Just this week she's started sitting still for stories. Pat the Bunny is a runaway favorite.

For the future we're going to try to get her interested in some new foods. This is quite a production since we never did pick up that high chair. It sounds like a physics experiment - how much square footage can one cracker be spread across?

New Sweater!

Fast Baby