We have had a busy couple of weeks!! Sarah Beth is 15 months old so first and foremost, her new "vitals." She weighs 21 lb and is 32 inches long. She is doing very well. She has too many teeth to count and is cutting some molars so as you can imagine this has been a happy household! She is officially off a bottle as of this past weekend and we are working on cutting it down to 1 nap a day. This is going to be a work in progress I can tell! Time seems to just fly by!! She can now also say nite nite, boo (book), joo (juice) and bye bye with a wave. She has gotten good at blowing kisses which is great because she doesn't give out kisses too much. She has just learned her prayer hands but will only do them at night during prayer time. She runs and climbs and hides ALL the time. Her favorite game is chase so Dutch and I are up ALL the time with her now. The 3 of us play chase almost every night. I would not trade it for the world! She still makes "ugly" (mean) faces at people (including Dutch and I) from time to time and has just started with the occasional tantrum. She has learned to go "wet noodle" on us when we are trying to get her to walk somewhere she doesn't want to. Most recently she did it at the front door of a deli after church because she wasn't ready to leave. When I scooped her up she grinned from ear to ear! Last but not least, this character of a child now thinks when she climbs and I say no that it is a game. She will put one foot up on something wait for me to look and when I say no, she laughs and begins a slow climb laughing the whole way until I end up yanking her off of whatever she is climbing. She also likes to climb into my rocking chair in her room with books and pretend to read in it. 9 times out of 10, she will have the book upside down. This is precious!
Sarah Beth and I went to Tifton 2 weeks ago to visit Mimi and Papa George while Dutch stayed in Watkinsville to work. I had been promising to do this for a while and just got around to it. We had lunch with mom's friends the Doozies and breakfast with Dad's breakfast group. Both of which were at the bakery, (which is amazing if you are ever in Tifton for anything!)We also visited the pumpkin patch at the Agrirama. The above picture is of Sarah Beth playing peek a boo through a pupkin cut out at the patch. We also walked her through the corn maze. She had a ball!!! She could not decide which pumpkin to take home, so naturally Papa George bought both pumpkins she liked! It is amazing how much things change when a grandchild is in the picture!
We came home in time to take Sarah Beth to the fall festival. Grandaddy, Nana and Aunt Manda walked her around while Dutch and I walked around shopping and eating just the two of us. It has been so long since I have had a funnel cake. Dutch and I devoured it. I did give Sarah Beth a tiny bite as well. What is not to love about fried dough and powdered sugar?
We let Sarah Beth eat supper with Grandaddy and Nana this past week as well so Dutch and I could go out on a date. We did not think on a Monday night there would be much and were looking forward to eating in downtown Athens since we hardly ever go anymore. Of course the whole UGA greek system was downtown which led to us eating at Buffalo's on Alp's Rd after an hour of cruising downtown for parking. Dutch and I got a lot of bonding time in the car and laughed about our luck all night.
Grandy spent the day yesterday with Sarah Beth and we made our first pot of chilli for the cold season. We have had lots of grandparents time this past month and we are looking forward to watching Georgia beat Florida from the comfort of our couch this weeekend! Go Dawgs! Halloween pictures to come!!
Much Love, MB
