Warmer Weather

Here is Miss Marlee enjoying her slide outside last week.  I love days that the weather will allow us to play outside.  It sure beats being stuck inside! This girl would stay outside all day if I would let her.

Birthday Party

We went to Hudson's Birthday party in Fort Smith a couple weeks ago.  Hudson has so many toys at his house and Marlee was in heaven, as always!!  She showed us her "I do not like to share" side when Hudson wanted to get in the wagon with her.  Oh, boy!

She had a blast in the bounce around.  We are so fortunate for a Ma that owns a preschool so that we are able to borrow one of these from her for the summer.  Marlee will be so excited to have one in her own backyard!!

16 Months and 2 Weeks

• Weighs 21 pounds, 1 ounce
• Wearing 18 month clothes and a size 3 diaper
• Is saying Momma, Dada, Ma, Pa, cat, dog, bath, bubbles, tree, ball, banana, what's that, plane, Papaw, turtle, teddy bear, duck, Mamaw (not Memaw), bye bye, hi, purple, yellow, blue, turkey, show, itsy, snack, juice, hat, bed, bow, no, Elmo, moon, shoes, blueberries (bee-bee), and pretty much tries to repeat anything we say.  I am probably missing some with this list.
• Turtle is by far my favorite word that she says.  She actually pointed to my belly the other day and said turtle.  I guess it does kind of look like a turtle
• I also love when she holds her hands together and says "Itsy" because she wants us to sing The Itsy Bitsy Spider
• Is really getting into her puzzles.  We keep them in a drawer in the living room and she will go in there and tug at the drawer.  Of course we have to get them all out at once and then we practice putting the pieces where they go.  She is really good at putting the pieces in the right place (although I oftentimes have to turn them so they fit).
• Still loves to read and has started "reading" books
• Can bock like a chicken, bark like a dog, moo like a cow, throws her arm up for an elephant, scrunches her nose like a bunny, makes a mouth like a fish, choo-choos like a train, and makes a siren for a fire truck
• She can show me her eyes, ears, nose, mouth, tongue, teeth, head, face, hair, belly, belly button, hands, fingers, feet, and toes.  We are working on shoulders and knees because she loves the song "Head, Shoulders, Knees, & Toes", but so far she pats her chest when I say shoulders.  I guess it's hard to get your arms to bend that way.
• Has four top teeth, four bottom teeth, and three molars
• She has been putting her hands together when I say "Let's say our prayer." for quite some time, but now she has stared clapping after our prayer.  She loves to celebrate.
• Remember when I said that she doesn't eat Frank's food anymore?  Well, I lied.  She's back on the dog food diet again.
• She gets really cranky if she is rushed in the mornings.  She likes to lounge around until she is ready to start her day.  And she doesn't like to be talked to.  And doesn't really like anyone talking, period.
• She is really testing our limits lately.  And we started time out this week because of it.

My Little Bookworm

I took this video the morning before we went to the doctor to find out she had a double ear infection.  I was cleaning up breakfast and heard her jabbering in the living room.  Here is what I found when I peeked around the corner.

And here she is on the way back from the doctor.  Sleepless nights can sure catch up with you.

Marlee and Frank

One of Marlee's favorite things to do is give Frank a treat.  She will run around the house with his treat and giggle until he catches her.  She has started doing this with her own food, too.  Silly girl.

Sliding with Memaw

This girl loves being outside.  She also loves Monday's with her Memaw (which she can almost say btw.  She likes to say Mamaw).

Another Day at the Park

I took Marlee to the park one day after school (sometime in the last three weeks...ha!).

She found a stick,

spotted an alligator,

squatted to pet the alligator,

played peek-a-boo behind the slide,

spotted the swings and ran full speed,

and then spotted a plane.

This all happened in a matter of a few minutes.  I have at least one person a day say "she sure is busy!".  I certainly have my hands full, but I don't blame her.  There is just so much to see and do. ;)

Easter 2013

Whew, what a month!!  We have been out of town for the last four weekends (a trip to the horse races with friends, Easter in Fort Smith, Hudson's Birthday party in Fort Smith, and a trip to Missouri to visit my grandparents).  With all of that travelling and a double ear infection for our sweet Marlee Mae, I have hardly even had time to rest my feet...much less blog.  I am going back to Fort Smith this weekend for Jess' baby shower, but after that, the Gradys plan to stay put for two weeks...and then we will head to Dallas to visit friends.  We are busy people these days!!  Anyway, brace yourselves for a lot of blog posts dating back to March 31st.

 

I was surprised, but our sweet princess loved the Easter bunny.  She recently learned how to scrunch her nose like a bunny so she kept grinning at him (although I actually think it was a her) real big and showing him her bunny face.  She even wanted to go back and see him later on.

 

Side note: My little tomboy is not a big fan of bows. She points at them in her room and thinks it is funny when there is one on her head and then she rips it off. I actually got her to wear a bow to the mall (because she forgot it was on her head) and right when she sat down on the Easter bunny's lap, she felt of her head and threw it off. We will keep trying. She has so many bows that would look so cute in her hair.

 

Marlee loved her Easter basket

But was so concerned about the thunder outside

She got a new book, a new Einstein video, some egg shaped sidewalk chalk, a marshmallow chick, some farm animals for the bath, a red bird that chirps (there is one at her school that she loves), and a wooden toy thing.

We went over to Terra and Drew's house when we got to Fort Smith Friday night and Marlee got to play with Evie and Lucy (although I don't have a picture of her and Lucy).  She quickly discovered her favorite 100 words book at their house.

Marlee spent the day Saturday with her Ma and Maggie

They did lots of exploring,

cat chasing,

swinging,

and even took a trip to Chuck E Cheese (where she showed off her moves)

After church on Easter Sunday, we went over to Jami's house for lunch and an Easter egg hunt.