1 Year pictures

After reading the title, I know, you're thinking, "Have you gone nuts Kaleena?" Well, as a matter of fact I have. But, in spite of that fact, I do realize that Meili is not 1 year old yet. Oh, trust me, I am savoring every last minute of my baby before I have to start calling her a toddler. However, I decided at the last minute that I wanted to get Meili's 1 year pictures taken outside before it got too cold. So, one of my coworker's husband's, who is an aspiring photographer, graciously agreed to try his hand with our crazy little wiggle worm. After the first few outside, he said that she was doing better than other kids that he had worked with...I think he was regretting his words later that night :) JK! I think she did as well as can be expected for the fact that I had tried on about 7 outfits on her that day, and she didn't get to do anything she wanted for about 2 hours straight. Anyway, enough talk... Brady, Jillian, and Holly, thank you very much for all your hard work! We love them!

For the rest of you, enjoy...

This is more of an outtake, but how cute is that face?

How big is Meili? SO Big!

And, I AM HERE!

I love this picture, because Meili has a Pooh Bear like this that she loves, and she will just go up and cuddle with him randomly.

This is Jillian's family's horse, how cute is that?

Please don't grow up anymore baby. I can't handle it.

11 Months

So, for real this time, this is my favorite stage of Meili's so far. I swear, she gets more and more fun every month.

-I think it was toward the end of last month that she learned to get down the stairs by herself. That made life a lot easier for me because now she can go up and down all day, as much as she wants.

-She also has gotten better about playing by herself.

-Meili is chattering more and more everyday, and Josh and I like to pretend that she is saying whatever it is that it sounds like.

-She has gotten better at cruising around the furniture, but she really can't stand by herself, so I don't know if she'll start walking this month or if it will be next month, but probably pretty soon.

-One of my favorite things, is that she gets more cuddly the older she gets. When she is playing, every once in awhile, she will turn around and just come hug Josh or I. I LOVE THAT! She also has a baby that she hugs every time she sees it, and a Pooh Bear that she loves to cuddle with.

-While we were in Texas she learned how to clap, and that's the only thing, so far, that we can get her to do on command.

-I also like that we can feed her pretty much anything we're eating.

Yes, I've loved this month, but I'm sad that this is the last month before she turns one. She's so old :(

In this picture, I think Meili is saying, "Not now, Mom! This is so embarrasing!"

This is of Meili eating a donut. Yes, she is taking after both her mom and dad, and she LOVES sweets. I don't know how babies know what is good for them and what isn't right off the bat, but if we try to feed her bread and a donut at the same time, she will turn down the bread, and always eat the donut! I don't get it, but it happens every time!

There was a time that I said that Meili was pretty neat when she was eating. Those days are long gone!

I wish this picture wasn't blurry! Because I swear that's the cutest face I've ever seen!

Yes, she also likes ice cream sandwiches :)

And I gave Meili her first haircut today. Yes, that was pretty much as many hairs as I cut. And yes, there is more hair than that when I shave my legs. But it really was a huge difference, and I couldn't stop looking at the change all day long. Such a big girl!