16 months old

My little princess is 16 months old today, where has the time gone!!  Her new thing is spinning around in circles just laughing and making herself dizzy.  She tries to do a somersault, puts her head down, almost like a downward dog in yoga.  Then I flip her legs over and she giggles and does it again.  She's just growing out of everything and wants to do everything by herself. I gotta start thinking of getting her a big girl bed soon. . ) :
Here are some pics from today reading Ten Little Ladybugs with her baby in her room.

Happy Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving, we went to Aunt Sue's in Indiana, another road trip for Aaliyah.  She did great in the car; sleeping in the hotel was a different story.  I was so glad Greg was able to come this year and he got off of work the next day, so we could stay over.  Of course we had to do Lighthouse Shopping and Aunt Sue watched Aaliyah so we could really shop; it was great!

First trip to Minnesota

This past weekend(widows weekend), we went to visit my friend Amanda in Minnesota for a fun girls weekend.  I went with Jenelle and Joy; the 6 of us had a great time together.  She lives just 20 minutes from MOA; we went to the aquarium, rides, had lunch and a cocktail, girls took a nap and of course a little shopping. 

 

Welcome to Sea Life

 

Aaliyah swimming with the sharks

 

Aaliyah, Maya and Joy.  This is where the kids could touch starfish or for Aaliyah just play in the water.

 She did not want to leave

 so much fun getting my shirt wet

 

Jellyfish!  She thought the paperweights on the right were cooler than the real ones.

 Her first ride!

 

We rode one of the pink ones, she loved it!!

 

 Kokomos Island Cafe had the 3 cutest little chairs....just perfect for the cutest little girls.

 More water!!  They just couldn't get enough. At Kokomo's waiting area was this pond; they would grab the coins and throw them back in.

 

Luckily no one fell in!  As you can see Aaliyah was soaked by the end of the day.

 

Coloring

Grandma Linda got some big crayons for Aaliyah and today I took them out to see what she'd do with them.  She had more fun dumping them out of the box and putting them back in.  And she put them in her mouth a couple times...so she may not be quite ready for them, but she had fun for a little while.

Fall Day

Aaliyah loves being outside, so the other day she played while dad did some raking.  It was the weekend it was 60 degrees!  Dad had to take the leaves from the front of the house to the backyard and Aaliyah had to come with some how....wish I got a closer shot, we still have to work on that!

First McDonalds trip

Aaliyah went to McDonalds for the first time last week with her cousins Lydia and Abigail.  She loved her chicken nuggets!  She got a littlest pet shop toy and enjoyed climbing up the slide.  We may just have to go back and play.