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she sits up

yep...she's now a sitter-upper :o) and thheee cutest sitter maybe ever!

my pailyn is so petite...people think she's more new than 5 months old...so to see her little self sitting up like a pro is just darn cute! see for yourself, i realize i'm partial.

doesn't she look proud :o)

check out that balance! looking up without going timber ;o)

her big kids are proud of her too!

sat up on sunday, july 5th...at 9ish pm...that's why the big sister & brother look a little rough ;o) pailyn looks fine, because a 9pm...she's just getting started, lol!

her pallet

so many of the photos i have of p are of her playing on her pallet. we skipped all the fancy thing-a-ma-jigs babies 'need' to play on or with. mom gave me a few blankets she had kept from when i was a baby & this yellow quilt is one of them.

it's a cool material that worked great during the beginning of the summer when the big sister was playing ball in the heat all saturday...the roo could get a little nap :o)

now it travels from the den to the living room with assorted rattles, her blankie & this particular time she was hangin' out with the 'pink monkey' :o) ...she plays so well on her pallet!

poor pink monkey...she's getting a slobber-fest!

i'm afraid the days are numbered in which i can count on a pallet to contain my roo. she's already showing signs of wanting & being able to crawl!

pics & notes from 7.2.09

good morning sunshine!

i love, love, love the mornings when i hear little noises coming from her nursery & i know she's stirring. sometimes i peak in & just watch her roll over & scoot around in there fiddling with her blankie or paci. eating her toes. chatting with herself :o)

then i let myself be seen & this is what i get:

i'm not a morning person, but this big 'ol grin certainly brightens my day! she takes a bit to get going too :o) if i don't give her much time to stir around before i make myself known it get this:

but give her just a few seconds & here it is:

on a side note. the gap bear onesie she's wearing here is from the big brother. he picked it out for his new sibling (before he knew whether she'd be a girl or boy) when he went on his annual orange beach summer trip with nana. ...the annual orange beach summer trip that got promoted to disney world this year! wow...this little onesie has been around just waiting for the roo for over a year. he's so proud every time i put it on her :o)

rockin' the accessories

much to her daddy's dismay...

we alter between cute itty bitty bow & a more commanding flowered headband look.

her daddy says she doesn't like such big accessories in her hair. she begs to differ...just look :o)

everything in the mouth!

bathtime!

that pailyn loves herself a good long bath! loves it!

we talk about it & she gets all stoked :o) bennett helping out while i get things ready

hurry up momma!

and into the water to splash! splash! splash!

she began this weeks ago & loves splashing water everywhere :o)

how darn cute is she!?!

and into the hooded towel. i'd love to see just how long she would be happy in the water :o)

lotion, a hair brush & some pj's...time to get ready for night.night.

she's since ditched her tub & moved into the kitchen sink...the same kitchen sink her big brother splashed in 8 years ago. my.

she's getting big on me

...and i'm not particularly liking it.

i love the new things she's able to do & improve upon by the day. like the reaching out for me when she wants me to pick her up. the way she yanks out her paci & tries to put it back in every way imaginable but the right way & ends up just chewing on the handle until her onesie is soaked with slobber.

i love that she's able to play on her pallet with a few little toys and her blankie all by herself...going from one thing to the next while i just watch her figure things out. she's curious. she's focused & determined. she's almost six months & i don't like that time goes so quickly :'(

she's just looking a bit too grown lately.

even the tongue doesn't debut in every picture anymore. it's still there, just not quite as often ;o)

my little shrimp, not even clearing the side rail of her crib. when i say she's getting big...it's not so much literally that i'm speaking of ;o)

(thanks amelia's momfor the roo-sized bows!)

somebody likes herself!

that roo has always enjoyed looking at the baby smiling back at her in the mirror over the changing table in her nursery. but lately, now that's she's reaching for things, she's making it known to hurry up & get me dressed so i can admire myself!

yeah that glass has to be cleaned throughout the day...she's very hands on!

hi mom!

now back to that cute little person :o)

when you're little,

and it's not quite full-blown summer yet & the pool water is still a bit cool from the chilly night before...well

...sometimes you've just gotta be the spectator!

 

(pics taken sunday, june 7th)

 

her hair had a reddish tint, just like bennett's did at about this same age. it has lightened up since & i don't think i see much, if any redness anymore.

 

 

and a video from earlier last week. not directly pailyn related, as she was napping while it was being shot, but it's way too cool not to share!

(video to be added here)

she really loves him

...and he doesn't think she's too shabby herself!

 

all it takes to get a beaming toothless grin from that roo is a simple hello & smile towards her. so easy a stranger can do it. but ben...ben gets bigger-than-beaming smiles & lit up eyes when he pays her the slightest bit of attention. i can just tell she thinks he's neat.

 

 

he's aware that she loves him big time & that makes him happy :o)

 

i like that she has a big brother...that, i think, is very cool!

she could have been elsie

you heard me. if the roo's name would have been left entirely up to me, she would be Delilah. period. Delilah was my mawmaw's name & aunt dedee's name...i really wanted to pass that on to you! i fought for it, pailyn...daddy was a no-go.

much thought went into a name...i was so all about Delilah that i really didn't even like anything else. until elsie entered my mind. cute. original. fun to doodle with a big lowercase 'e' ...so when i thought of it while out & about with heather one day, we discussed it...she gave it a thumbs up & i called nana (thinking she may like it & suspecting anything i said would be frowned upon by your daddy) "mom...how about elsie?!" mom: "elsie the cow?!" me: huh? ...yeah...i had no idea the bordon milk cow was named elsie. your daddy's reply? "i'm not naming my daughter after a cow!"

so that's the story of why you aren't elsie...heather fought for it hard til the end. and we all kinda like you in moo-cow apparel just to get a chuckle.

 

 

see check her out looking at the little cows! she would have like the name :o)

 

nah! she's pailyn all the way :o)