Myla's First Weekend Trip

Last week brought some trials...I had a touch of bronchitis and did not feel the best.  Myla found the best thing to do is to pull all the ornaments off the Christmas tree.  Last week brought some fun.  I got to spend the afternoon with Uncle Bob and Aunt Clata baking and taking cookies to Pastor Bruce and then going to IHOP for lunch (pictures to come tomorrow).  Myla has been given "free reign" of the living room and our bedroom, so she crawls as fast as possible from one room to the other.  She always turns around and smiles at mommy when she thinks she is about to get away with something.  This weekend brought some great fun because we packed up the cars and headed to Brown County with Grandpa Dave and Grandma Donna!
Friday was great because Grandma Donna and Grandpa Dave were at school when I got out and I got to ride with them.  We started our trip and went to Five Guys for lunch.  It was such good food and daddy had never been there so he was really excited!  After lunch we hit the road again and drove to Edinburgh to visit some shops.  I really liked the shops that had clothes for me and Myla!!  I wanted to buy matching outfits for me and Myla.  There were great clothes everywhere!
After a few shops (we didn't stay really long because it was COLD outside) we got back on the road to get to our condo.  I was really excited when we got there.  The place we stayed HAD A DOORBELL!!  That was enough to put me in heaven, but on top of that we had a great deck.  Myla had her own bed, I got to sleep on an air bed...could it get any better?
So for a few days we ate REALLY WELL, relaxed and played!  Mommy and daddy had a great time getting away from Muncie and spending time with grandma and grandpa.  Myla did an AMAZING JOB.  We were worried since she has never really been away from home, but she slept all night in the pack and play, she took naps for the most part and even when she didn't get great naps she still remained happy.  She did a great job at restaurants and she kept us all entertained!!  It was just a really great weekend!
It was just what we needed before going into this very busy week ahead!  I will try to get you daily updates, but it might require lots of coffee on mommy's part!

Two for One

All the Christmas sales have inspired me to give you a two for one today....TWO POSTS IN ONE DAY!  Here is the second one.  I thought you might enjoy some pictures of me and Myla, who turned 7 MONTHS OLD TODAY!!!  I can't even believe how big she is getting!  Enjoy!

Tis the Season

Happy December!  I know we're late in wishing everyone a happy holiday season, but better late than never!  We've been having a good time in the Douglas place.  Thanksgiving was wonderful!  We spent the late morning and early afternoon at gran's house.  It was good to see Uncle Tim and Aunt Cince and Uncle Patrick because we don't get to see them much.  I actually got to sit on Uncle Tim's motorcycle and he promises sometime I can ride it!  I don't think he REALLY thought I would want to do it, but I certainly do!!  I am nothing if not a dare devil!  We missed Levi, Evan, Uncle Lawrence and Sara because Levi was sick, but we DID get to see them on Saturday for a dinner at grandma and pa's house!!!
Thanksgiving evening all the Sorrell side of the family came over to our place for a Thanksgiving dinner. I was really too excited to eat much, but I did have a roll, some yummy mashed potatoes and OF COURSE some dessert!!  We had a really good time!  Myla did a great job for her first Thanksgiving!  She even managed to squeeze in a nap between the two gatherings so she was pretty happy most of the time!
Daddy and mommy have been doing some shopping for Christmas.  Daddy even went out at 10:30pm on Thanksgiving to get ready for "Black Friday" shopping.  I am not sure what that is, but I do know my parents get pretty excited about it!
I have something so exciting to tell you!!  Last week someone came to our house!  She is a little elf who has magic!  We read a book all about her and how she watches us every day and then flies to the north pole (I call it the ice pole) every night to tell Santa how we acted and what we want for Christmas!  She also hides in a new place every morning when she gets back from the north pole and I have so much fun trying to find her!!  We can't touch her because she will lose her magic.  She can't talk to us because Santa has a rule about not talking to us.  BUT she does listen really well and I have been busy telling her what I want for Christmas!  I have also been busy being REALLY GOOD so she has good reports for Santa every night!  AND one of the coolest things is that I GOT TO NAME HER!!!  I chose the name Snowflake all by myself and I think she really likes that name.
What else has been happening?  Well, I got to spend the night with Grandma Donna and Grandpa Dave one night.  It was so much fun and me and grandma even went to see Happy Feet 2 at the theater.  I also got to go watch The Muppets with Grandma and Pa!!  I've seen way more movies than my parents have and I think it is kind of funny!  I've also already had a Christmas Party at Kidz Zone, spent a morning talking my Uncle Patrick into buying me a Princess Tiana Doll (that I love so much and play with her all the time), and continued learning to write my letters (I am up to the letter J).  I've also made my first snow angels of the season...WE ACTUALLY HAD A DAY OF SNOW LAST WEEK!
Myla is busy growing and crawling around and getting into EVERYTHING!  I don't think mommy has much time to do anything these days except to keep Myla out of the Christmas Tree!!!  We are so proud of Myla because she doesn't need her blanket to sleep in anymore and she is pretty much sleeping through the night!  She is doing a great job taking 2 naps every day (unlike me, she loves naps) and she is trying all kinds of food!
We're keeping really busy and definitely are enjoying this holiday season!  Mommy has made a deal with herself that she is going to start taking more pictures and she even put the camera on the table by her computer so she will remember!  That means hopefully I'll get some pictures on here for you really soon!

A Birthday Week

God has sure blessed us with another year of love from and for our Gran!!  We celebrated her birthday in style last week!  I dressed up, Myla dressed up and we headed to Gran's house for a ROYAL EVENT!  I took Gran a special Birthday Princess Crown that I instructed her was to wear all day long!!!  AND SHE DID!!!!

WE LOVE OUR GRAN!!!

Also last week, we got to celebrate Grandma Donna's birthday!  Unfortunately Myla was sick and so she had to stay home with mommy so she could sleep, sleep, sleep, but me and daddy went to party with Grandma!  Again, God has blessed us with a wonderful grandma who we love so much!!  We know she loves us so very much, too!  When mommy asked what to write about Grandma Donna's birthday on the blog (since she is my secretary and she didn't get to go to the party), I told her to write that "we had a fun party that was not ridiculous and we had CAKE that was so good."    

Yes, we are blessed beyond belief and are so thankful for all our grandparents, especially these two on their special days!!!

I Despise Peas (and Other News from Myla)

I am officially 6 months old now.  I am officially 19 pounds, 29 inches long and have officially had 5 shots at one time (including the flu shot).  I can officially sit up on my own (not for long peroids of time yet, but I am doing fairly well).  I have officially had lots of veggies to eat and I believe my favorites are sweet potatoes and green beans.  I officially cannot stand peas.  No matter how you dress them up, they are just peas and they are just not very good to me.  I have officially started sitting in high chairs in restaurants (McDonalds being my first and Chili's being my second experience).   I have officially had pears and think they are wonderful.  I am looking forward to the many new fruits that I will be trying now.   I am officially finished with my eye drops (after 5 days of having them every 3 hours for an eye infection).  I am officially all over the floor and rarely want to just sit and be held any more!
Yes, I am growing up so very fast.  Just like always, my family has been extremely busy this last little bit. Sickness, Upward Cheerleading Registration for Lynley, Gran's birthday,  getting ready for the holidays that are coming...there is so much going on!  In the midst of the craziness Lynley and I have had some beautiful hats made especially for us.  We REALLY like them!!  I like my beanie (and dad says I am ready to go to a poetry reading).  Lynley really likes her winter hat and wants to wear it all around the house.  I'm leaving you with a few pictures so you can see them.
Every day me and my big sister are having so much fun together.  I am the perfect little sis and she is the best ever big sis!!

CELEBRATIONS ALL WEEKEND

We had such a great weekend!  Lots of celebrating took place!!  First, I got to bring Boscoe the Bear home from school again.  That was so exciting for me and it started the weekend off just right.  Saturday me and mommy and daddy went to a gala!!  It was my first one ever and I must say I am a fan of all things gala!!
Mommy said we were going to a very special party for church because our church turned 75 years old this weekend!  I thought it would be like most other parties we go to, but I got to put on a beautiful, SPARKLY purple dress and mommy and daddy got dressed up and off we went!  Myla didn't get to go, but she did get so spend the evening with Uncle Lawrence, Aunt Sara and the boys!!
So we got the the fancy party and waited just a few moments to be seated by somebody else all dressed up!  Now, the fancy food I could have done without.  I mean, I like chicken, but not without ketchup...and apparently we can't ask for ketchup at fancy dinners!  The rolls were FABULOUS and the company was great.  We got to sit with the Mahoney family and that was great cause I get to see Amy every tuesday and so I sat between her and mommy.  I also got to go say hello to people at other tables before the program started.  EVERYBODY was just as impressed with my sparkly dress as I was!!!
After dinner we had dessert (that was good) and then a program about our church.  I did a really great job, overall!  Mommy was a bit nervous about me going, but I showed her that I can be a big girl!!
Sunday morning was another big celebration for the church.  The best parts were that I got to eat CAKE for breakfast and that my cousins, Evan and Levi, came to our church!!!  Levi even went to children's church with me!
After church me and mommy and Myla went to ANOTHER CELEBRATION for my cousin Randy and his new wife, Jill.  It was a good lunch (and I got more play time with Levi and Evan)!  I also got to meet some family I've never met before and some that I never see much because they live very far away!
It was a really good day with lots of sugary goodness in the form of cake and cake balls!!  Last night was Kidz Zone and then we came home after a good and long day!  Mommy was pretty tired and Myla was pretty tired...I said I wasn't tired but secretly I really was!!  The only sad part of the day was that daddy had to work and didn't get to go to any of our celebrations.
OH and I have to tell you the other celebratory thing....MYLA TURNED 6 MONTHS OLD ON SATURDAY!!!  And that means that she starts eating food now!!!  So today was a big deal at lunch!  She had her first vegetable.....GREEN BEANS!  I'm not really sure she is a huge fan yet, but I've told her that of ALL THE VEGGIES, Green Beans are definitely the lesser of the evils!!!!!

Busy Army Crawling

It has been a week since I've updated you and, yet again, it has been a busy week!  First of all, I had my school Halloween party.  It was so much fun and daddy even got to come!!  Then Saturday was a VERY FULL DAY!  Daddy ran his half-marathon and I even got to cheer him on with mommy, Mommy and Grandpa Joe.  The finish line was so close to my house that I was allowed to walk to it with Grandma Donna!  We were all so proud of daddy.  In the afternoon I went with grandma and pa to get ready for fall festival while Myla stayed home with Uncle Adam and Aunt Christy.  I know she had a good time.  I did, too!  Fall Festival was so much fun and I was even able to play with Levi and Evan because they came for a while!
This week has been full of dentist appointments (and I have great teeth), flu shots, trick or treating, children's team meetings, and Myla is army crawling all over the floor!!  Yes it has been full and we are heading into a busy weekend!!!  I hear next week is supposed to be a little bit slower...but just a little bit!  Here are some pictures from our last few days!