More Cloud Dough 3.8.13

Jeralyn now points to the container holding this sweet bliss above our cupboards and says in her own rendition, "Cloud dough!"  That means, "Mama, I would like to sit on a towel on the floor to eat and play with cloud dough."  She loves it!

The "potty" is never too far away.

And this is what her face looks like afterwards.

Sunshine! 3.6.13

We had a few nice days this week and we took advantage of the sun by playing outside.

Purple girl 3.6.13

I just want to kiss those lips and cheeks!

I bought some Color Wonder markers/paper for Jeralyn.  She spent more time taking the cap on/off the marker than she actually did with coloring.  And now when we ask her what color something is she says, "Weh-Whoa" (yellow).  So cute!

Hello! 3.5.13

Me and my girl 3.4.13

Potty Training 3.3.13

And so a new adventure begins...potty training!  And she is doing GREAT!  She picked up on it fast!  No more diapers!  And yes, I'm one of those who wanted to start early.  I also followed John Rosemond's method in his book Toilet Training Without Tantrums.  This method fit us all perfectly.  Very simple approach.

Emma 3.2.13

We went to my friend Valoree's house for dinner this Saturday night.  She enjoyed playing with Valoree's daughter, Emma.

Bedtime Story 2.28.13

Friend 2.27.13

We met some friends at the Rec Center: Jessica, Zeke, and Kiya.  Here's Jeralyn checking out Kiya.  So cute!

Tower 2.25.13

She's getting really good at building towers with her blocks.

Playing Outside 2.25.13

Jeralyn still loves to swing, even when it's cold out!  It was NICE to see the sun this day.  It was right before this that we had 49 consecutive days with measurable precipitation.  So we welcomed the sun!

February 23, 2013

Happy birthday to my mama!

This was the second to the last day of Joy's visit.

Jeralyn reading to Grace...or Grace reading to Jeralyn. ??

Joy and I

Jeralyn has figured out that she can plug her ears.  And she does it at funny times!

Video: One 2.10.13

I've been teaching Jeralyn how to hold up one finger to say she is 1 year old.  I can't remember if she actually holds up one finger in this video, but she's cute to watch anyway.

Video: "Purples" 2.1.13

Jeralyn calls grapes "purples".  I guess somewhere she heard us talk about grapes being purple, so that's how she correlated it.

Video: Rec Center 2.1.13

We go to the rec center to play about once a week.  Half of the gym has balls, scooters, and other toys for them to run around and play with.  It's a lot of fun for Jeralyn and we have met some friends!

Friends 2.22.13

My friend Joy and her family were in Ketchikan for her son's wrestling tournament.  They stayed with us and it was so nice to visit with them!

One of the days we went to a kitchen/toy store called Simply Bella.  It's one of my favorite stores ever!  Jeralyn likes to play with the train set display.

This is out of order, but I caught her stuffing her pajamas with the fabric squares again. Silly girl!

After we came back from the kitchen store, we played for awhile at the house before we ate lunch.  I will post a video of her interacting with Grace and Alisha. It's cute!

She likes to walk around in Daddy's slippers.

The New Shelly 2.19.13

At the grocery store, there are some stuffed animals in the florist section.  We just happened to be walking over by that area and I spotted the Shelly's (stuffed animal turtles) on a shelf.  Without thinking, I pointed out Shelly to Jeralyn and she was like, "Sha-Sha!"  And then I took one off the shelf and put it into her opened arms.  I couldn't resist!  She hugged her new Shelly the whole time we shopped and I saw her kissing her at times too.  She just LOVES Shelly!  So now we have a back-up in case if something happens to the real Shelly.

Little Cutie 2.18.13

"Car" 2.18.13

Jeralyn really likes the little car we got her for Christmas.  This day I noticed she had a package of almond flour on the front of it that she had taken out of the lazy Susan.  I just had to take a picture!  I never know what she's going to find.

Kitty & Shoes 2.17.13

And after breakfast meetup with Tigger on the rug.

A new thing she has been doing is trying on our shoes/slippers.  She can walk around in them a little bit.

Valentine's Day 2.14.13

On Valentine's Day we went to the library for story time.  All of the kids were dressed in their Valentine's best. So cute!  And then we came home and had lunch.  I made a peanut butter pie with an Oreo crust.  I gave an Oreo to Jeralyn and she remembered what I had shown her before about twisting the cookie.  She really likes them!

I asked Quent to take some pictures of Jeralyn and I.  I asked her to kiss my cheek...

I pointed to my cheek and she pointed to her cheek.  Funny!

I just love her!

And him!

Our sweet family!

Awake! 2.13.13

This is our sweet girl after waking from her nap:

Valentine's card 2.12.13

Jeralyn received a Valentine's Day card in the mail from her Great Aunt Mary.  She loved the kitty and the flowers on the card.  She walked around with it for awhile after I read it to her, and then she sat down in her favorite place to read and studied it for awhile.  She loved it!  xoxo