Sallie is Walking Video

I just posted a video of Sallie Rose walking on my Facebook, so go check it out if you haven't seen it. She was really excited! As was I!!

I never can get videos to download on here, sorry.

Walking Update

Three weeks ago tomorrow, I said that Sallie Rose would be walking in 3 weeks. Well, last night she walked across the kitchen from me to Susan. She did it so well and for so long, so I am considering that walking. She still won't do it on her own, but when we help her to start, she does it. Yeah Sallie Rose!!!! You big girl.

Guess how much I love you

Dear Sallie Rose,
You will be turning one year old in a little over a month. Time has really flown by. I pray each day that I am giving you the love and attention that you need to bloom into a lovely young lady. You have such a great personality and you do something new everyday that makes me smile. We have been so blessed to have you in our lives and I love everything about you. These are some things I love about you:
I love when....
you scream with joy at the top of your lungs, like when you see your toys in the tub
you smile and flash those big teeth
you let me rock you before bed and you caress my arm with your hand
you smile at me when I come in to get you from your naps
you dance to the music by just moving one leg ever so slightly
you try and clap your hands to "if you are happy and you know it", but you can't quite yet
you throw your head down on the ground in an attempt to throw a fit
you play peek a boo with your blankie
you try and feed me some of your food, you sweet girl
you race to the stairs and try to climb up them
you climb up the stairs as fast as you can, and you are great stair climber
you find your stuffed animals and you bury your face in them and scream

Oh, Sallie Rosie, I could go on for days, but I won't. I know you will continue to charm us and make us smile. I know you will be sweet and you will be sour, but no matter what, we will love you and you will always be our sunshine in the rain.

Love,
Momma

This is how we are training Sallie Rose to be a landlord

The Landlord

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Our friend Willie

I just found out that one of our tenants, Willie, has passed away. He was an older, simple man, who was always so nice. I just ask for our friends and family to pray for Willie and his sweet soul, as well as his friends and family. Kevin is really having a hard time with this, so please pray for him too. Willie always called Kevin Mr. Kelvin and Kevin really loved Willie. He was a hard man not to love. God Bless your soul Willie. We will miss you and your kind heart.

10 Months Old

Sallie Rose is now 10 months old. She is really changing. She has started really trying to walk and talk. She can hold one of our hands and walk beside us. It is so cute. She is really timid about it, but she is trying. I guess she will be walking within 3 weeks. Mark my word.

She eats everything we put in front of her, just not avocados or beans. She does not like avocados. We have tried 2 times now and she still spits it right out. Other than that, she eats waffles, toast, pasta, quesadillas, chicken, and Susan's cupcakes (MMMMmmmmm). Susan and I have been brainstorming for Sallie's birthday treats. Susan is a great baker and she has been experimenting with some fun, yummy cupcakes that we get to taste test. Love it all!!! Anyhoo, Sallie is a great eater.

I really feel like she is doing great on her talking. She sits in bed with me in the mornings while I get ready and she listens for the birds tweeting (not twittering). She listens very intentively and when she hears one, she will say "burh". Ya know, something like that. I really truly believe she is saying bird. She says Momma, but only when she is crying. She babbles a lot. She loves to sit in her room and just talks and talks, to herself I suppose. Well, I guess she is really talking to her animals.

What else? Did I mention she is adorable? Well she is. Ok really, what else? She had her first accident the other night from crawling. Kevin was with her and she was crawling and I guess she fell on her face and her tooth hit her lip. According to Kevin, there was blood everywhere and Sallie Rose was crying very hard. He managed to get her cleaned up and calmed down. She went to bed that night with a fat lip. It was really sad. I guess we should be grateful that this time was our first accident. Not fun.

The other big controversary right now is her hair. To cut or not to cut? I really want to let it grow out, but it is in her face unless we clip it back. She loves to pull the clips out so that has been a little bit of a struggle. I love her hair and want it long, but I am open to opinions. I might not take the opinions, but I am open to hearing them. :)

Here she is the morning of her 10 month birthday

In the kitchen walking with her walker

Being sweet before going to Church

Our other daughter, Casey, being very serious. Sweet Dog

Puppet Show

Susan told me that Sallie Rose loves the puppets at the library when they go to story time. So, I decided to make some good old fashioned puppets like we used to have when we were kids. She really liked them, for about a minute. They come in quite handy when she is getting her diaper changed. Their names are Wanda and Guiseppe. Guiseppe is what I wanted to name a boy, if we had one, and Kevin said no. So, now Sallie Rose has a puppet with that name.



Here is Sallie Rose in the car reading her book, as usual. She loves to read.