Week 40

This week it's starting to feel like Spring around here, well, kinda.  On Saturday it was snowing like crazy, but Sunday we spent a few hours outside playing on the swing set, scooping up poop, and doing yard work.  Daddy even let me crawl around in the grass for the first time!  Mommy says I'm much less afraid of grass than my sister was when she was my age.  The other first for this week was that I'm starting to stand without holding on to anything.  And, I'm slowly starting to push things.  I'm not fast at it by any means but I'm getting closer and closer to walking.

This week's fabric came from Mom's Aunt Peggy.  I guess that means she is my great aunt.  She picked it out because she loves to study the stars.  Maybe now that it's getting warmer out I can go outside and see the stars at night too?  My bedtime is pretty early though!

Week 39

Hi!!  Tomorrow is my 9 month birthday...can you believe it??  This week my new trick is shaking my head no.  Well, not really no, I don't quite understand when to use it...but boy is it fun.  I just shake my head back and forth really fast and everyone thinks it's pretty funny to watch.  I'm chatting more and more everyday and getting new phrases.  Like Baba, LaLa, ect.  Abby love to tell Momma all of the new words I'm saying (even if she thinks I'm way more advanced than I really am - like Abby, Lily and Ruby), but she's a great encourager and tries to get me to say Go Pack, Go almost every day.  I'm also getting pretty good at this moving around thing.  I can go from one thing to another, like the couch to the chair while hanging on tight.  I also started pushing around things with wheels like Abby's little wagons or her dump truck.

This week's fabric is from Mommy's friend, Deb.  She has sheep that she sells at the fair each year and she thought this fabric might be fun.  Mom says it will be a great addition to the quilt she'll be making for me!  We both thought it was perfect for around Easter time...did you know people eat something called lamb butter??  How strange.

Week 38

You guys know who that guy is on my fabric?  I guess he's called the Easter Bunny and he has my sister all excited.  Something about eggs and candy?  I don't know.  What I do know is that I'm 38 weeks old and becoming quite a crazy little lady.  Guess what I learned how to do this week?  Climb stairs.  Oh yeah, you read that right...climb stairs.  I climbed myself right up onto Abby's bed this weekend AND right up near the toilet using Abby's little potty stool.  Mommy says I need to SLOW down.

This week's fabric came from Bubby too.  Easter is so early this year that I got two holiday fabrics back to back.  How fun!

Week 37

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!  We McGrath's really enjoy our Irish roots.  Did you know the other name Mommy and Daddy had picked out for me was Molly?  With a name like Molly McGrath you'd know I was part Irish for sure! This weeks fabric came from Bubby and is perfect for St. Patrick's Day week.

What's new with me?  Well, I just spent my first 10 days away from Mommy and Daddy and boy am I happy to have them back.  I'm not sure who is happier, them, or me....but we are all glad to be back together. 

While they were gone I really sped up my crawling and walking along things.  Mom thinks I'll be walking in no time.  And, I started "talking" too while they were gone.  I've got words like DaDa, LaLa and sometimes MaMa, but I don't really associate them with anything yet.  Mom and Dad love hearing me babble though!

Week 36

Yea, this week's post is a little late, Mommy's been very busy.  She's WAY far away in a Hawaii.  Luckily, she took this picture a little early, before she left so we're still on track here.  Yesterday Mommy forgot to post because she was on a helicopter ride AND took surfing lessons.  On the schedule for today - a 11 mile hike!  She says she's on vacation, but I have a feeling she and Daddy will be really tired when they get home.

So - what's up with me?  I've been staying with Grandma and Papa for about 5 days now, and will spend the next 5 with Bubby and Grandpa. I sure miss my Mom, but this is fun too. 

This week's fabric came from my great Aunt Jane.  She's Grandma's sister and she lives in Colorado.  It's a little hard to see in the picture, but those are cute little grey mice.  It's getting really hard for Mom to get pictures of me that aren't blurry because I move A LOT these days. 

Grandma wasn't sure if Mom got a weekly picture for me this past week so she also took this one for Mom, just in case.  It's a special one because the fabric is actually my Great Grandpa Milts shirt.  He went to Hawaii one time with Grandma, Papa and Mom, and he loved it so much that he spent a month or so there for a few years.  I wish I could have met him...he seems really cool.  Anyways, this fabric is his shirt and Grandma thought it would be a fun picture since Mom and Dad are in Hawaii right now.

Week 35

You know what today is?  My 8 month birthday.  Goodness, it's going quick.  I've been up to quite a bit since I last checked in.  Mom started letting me try real food like Abby eats.  I've had waffles (a Ritterbusch special) and eggs this week.  I also made my first finger (well, foot) painting at daycare AND started walking along things....very slowly!  I don't fall down much anymore, I know how to carefully sit back down once I'm standing and I sure do love standing up nice and tall.  I can see so much from up there!

This weeks fabric came from a very special friend of Mom's.  Her name is Marsha and she picked it out because it's pretty and pink and she just knew I'd love it.  Mom loves it too!  She says it will be perfect for my quilt....she's going to cut those castles and princesses out very carefully so you'll be able to see them in the quilt.

Week 34

Guess what I figured out this week...my tongue :)  Now that I've figured out that I have one, I pretty much love looking like a giraffe with my tongue sticking out.  I figured it out a few days ago and Mommy and Daddy think I'm pretty funny now.  I've got yet ANOTHER cold this week, Mommy and Abby too.  Who knew you could get so sick!?!?  I've got lots and lots of snot and eye boogers to go around, but it's not slowing me down too much.  I'm pulling up like crazy and love standing.  I feel like I can see so much from up there!

This weeks fabric came from Mommy.  It's much prettier in person with little gold stings throughout.  No special reason for it other than Mom thought it might look pretty in my quilt.  I wish you could see it better in the picture, but that's life I suppose.