My Baby, Isn't A Baby Anymore

Yesterday, Amanda got a big girl's hair cut. She looks so cute! Doesn't she look so much older... Like a BIG GIRL? Whahhhh!!! My baby girl is growing up way too fast!!!

This afternoon, Amanda decided now that she's sporting a new Big Girl's hair style, she needed to play the role of a Big Girl in a broader fashion. To debut her newly founded independence, Amanda chose to climb out of her crib after she was done with her nap. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Not only does this mean naps are pretty much thrown out the window... It also means we had to take down her crib this evening. :( My baby, isn't a baby anymore.

After dinner we went out a bought Amanda a toddler bed. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I'm one of those nervous Nellie's who is scared to put my VERY petite, 24 pound toddler in a big twin size bed that is way too high off the ground for my comfort level. We purchased a simple, white metal toddler bed frame that is a VERY safe distance off the floor... Without Mommy having an anxiety attack at night, thinking she'll fall out of bed... bonk herself unconscious, and we won't know it until the morning! Yes! I am that much of a nervous Nelly!

Now back to Amanda's new bed. We played up the whole 'Big Girls bed' all night long. She anxiously watched her Daddy put her new bed together! It was so cute. Once it was put together we got her favorite blankies and babies all situated and she was ready for her first night in her new bed!







Now you're probably wondering 'how are things going?' So far, so GOOD! We put her down, said our prayers, exchanged lots of hugs and kisses... and I haven't heard a 'peep' from her. YAY! WOO-HOO!!! That was over an hour ago, and we only have 9-10 more hours to go! Hopefully she will stay in her new bed until morning!

My Little Donkey Whisperer

On Monday Amanda and I went to Crow's Nest Farm in Manor, TX for her speech therapy session. That's right... Speech therapy at a farm! How fun is that?!?! Crow's Nest Farm is the cutest, most educational farm I have ever been to. We went on a tractor ride, saw a cow milking demonstration, learned a bit about agriculture and took a walking tour of the farm.

Tinaya, Amanda's speech therapist thought it would be fun to take a little field trip to see if we could get Amanda talking... or at least get her to talk to the animals. At first Amanda didn't say much at all. She gestured and pointed at the animals a lot, and blurted out many "ooh's and aah's". She also preferred to make the animal sounds than say which animal it was... UNTIL we she met a Daisy. Daisy the Donkey!

No joke! Amanda fell in love with this donkey at first sight! Daisy was trying really hard to reach for some grass outside of her enclosure and Amanda noticed this. She then pulled up some grass out of the ground and began feeding this donkey! At first I freaked out a bit, thinking the donkey might bite her! But Daisy was sweet as could be and gently took the grass from Amanda's closed fist. We stood there (in the blazing, hot and humid sun) for over a half an hour, while Amanda fed Daisy. It was so cute! Amanda 'talked' to Daisy the whole time too. It was hilarious! It took a lot of convincing, but we finally got Amanda to say "bye-bye" to Daisy and we went on to see the rest of the animals. She didn't take much interest in the rest of the farm animals after meeting Daisy, but when it was time to go she did turned back and said, "bye-bye Donkey". So cute!

WARRIORS!

A few weeks ago we headed up to Dallas for a quick visit. I had plans to meet some friends for lunch at The Cheesecake Factory, while Soowan, Micah and a couple of his buddies were going to go to Dave & Busters next door to play. We arrived at the mall early to do a little shopping, and while browsing around I made an awesome discovery! Micah's favorite author of the children's book series 'Warriors' and 'Seekers', Erin Hunter was doing a book reading & signing at the Barnes and Nobles at the mall! Micah LOVES these book and has read almost all of them! I couldn't wait to tell Micah... and when I did he was bouncing off the walls!

At the time of this great discovery it was a little before Noon, and Erin Hunter was to begin her book reading/signing around 2 o'clock. The was already a heap of people in the bookstore waiting to see her as well. Micah wanted to forgo Dave & Busters so he could meet his favorite author. At first we thought we were in a bit of a pickle because we already committed to Micah's friends to go to D&B for the afternoon. We were not too sure they would want to sit around in Barnes & Nobles for hours over playing video games at D&B. To our surprise when Micah's friends arrived, they too wanted to skip D&B and see Erin Hunter as well! Apparently they LOVE Erin Hunter's books too!



The boys ran into the bookstore, got their wristbands and each purchased a book to get signed. They waited almost 2 hours for Erin Hunter to arrive and stayed perfectly quiet while she read a chapter from her new book. After the reading, these 3 boys gleefully waited ANOTHER 2 hours to get their books signed. They did this with no complaining and COMPLETELY WILLINGLY! We were all blown away by their patience and ENTHUSIASM to me an AUTHOR! I know when I was 10 years old, I could care less about meeting an author, let alone reading for fun! But then, I've never been a big book person.

After 4+ hours of waiting the boys finally got to the head of the line and had their books signed. It was worth every minute of waiting to see the expression on their faces when it was their turn to meet Erin Hunter. PRICELESS!!!