Eleven Months Old!

Elizabeth turned eleven months on May 26th, and in typical bad-mother fashion I did not take any pictures of her that day.  I did, however, snap these yesterday on the 27th:

 

She's starting to look like a little girl, rather than a little baby! We didn't think it was possible for her to get any cuter, but we were mistaken. 

Some new facts about the little devil darling:

• In addition to her two bottom front teeth, she has one upper incisor (not one of the front ones).
• She gives kisses upon request (most of the time), and they are sloppy. 
• One of her favorite things to do is to run at us and hug our legs, and to chase after us to try and grab our legs, giggling all the while. 
• Her very favorite thing to do is to paint the floor with her bottle. She turns it upside down and presses the nipple on the floor so that it leaks all over, then uses her fingers to smear it everywhere.
• We have to be very careful, because she's starting to model many of our actions and gestures.

She's so much fun!

Elizabeth's Expeditions

Hello, my name is Elizabeth and I'd like to welcome you to the first episode of my new travel show.  I recently visited a local playground.  I give this place four stars out of five--it loses a star because I had to be carried or lifted onto most of the equipment by one of my servants.

 

Here I am enjoying a structure with a bridge and steps and several slides.  Notice the servant hunched over behind me.  He seemed very concerned that I would fall, and the servant wielding the camera kept saying "Careful, careful" like everything was so dangerous. It's not like we were in a war zone.

 

Here I am, trying to enjoy the slide.  Note the servant's goofy grin as he tries to keep me from actually sliding down, supposedly for my own protection. They wouldn't let me slide down until the other servant put down the camera. I swear, these people are more like bodyguards these days. 

 

I tried to walk down this very colorful path to the neighboring areas, but I was informed by the servants that it would be best if I stayed in the area of the playground.  They really have no sense of adventure.

 

There was a structure that allowed one to make music by hitting together some metal things, and that was pretty fun.  I don't give concerts for free, however, so I didn't really participate.

 

Here I am on a sort of see-saw.  The goofy grinning servant is back.

 

 

This was one of those instances in which the servant was actually encouraging me to do something that I wasn't sure was safe.  That alligator did not look friendly. 

 

I really did not enjoy this part--the servant was playing around in that dirt and expected me to put my hands in it.  He kept saying that I needed to get used to this since we would be traveling to places with lots of sand this summer, but I didn't really want anything to do with it.

All in all, I did have a decent time--it was certainly better than staying at home!

Mother's note: She did have a pretty good time there--it was probably nice to do something out of the ordinary, and we'll be making more trips to this particular playground. 

 

 

 

 

 

First Mother's Day

So Sunday, May 13th was my very first Mother's Day, and it was perfect.  Michael went out and got this for our celebratory breakfast:

 

Not very healthy, but it was a treat! 

 

And I found four cards waiting for me when I woke up.  The top two are from Elizabeth (one was created at daycare, the other was one she ordered a servant to purchase). The bottom left card is from my Mom, and the bottom right is from Michael. 

 

And here is a shot of the inside of the cards from Elizabeth.  One of the servants helped her sign the bottom card.  Isn't the top one adorable?! It was a wonderful day and I felt very special.