Update

I realize it has been quite some time since my last update. Life is busy and we are trying to enjoy the moments at home with our learning and growing girl. She has changed so much since her 1st birthday just 2 months ago. She didn't do much talking but she was certainly walking. Now she is talking up a storm and running! She runs everywhere at home and places we go. Her body goes faster than her feet can handles and she trips all the time. But she gets right back up and continues her fast pace. She is a rough and tough little girl. She bumps her head, falls, skin her knee and she will just look up at us and say "uh oh" with no tears. The weather has warmed up and she loves being outside every chance she can get. She actually cries when she can't (like yesterday during a thunderstorm). She loves playing with the water hose so I can't wait to bust out the pool or sprinklers so she can run around in her bathing suit. Her hair is so long and the ends are starting to curl. I lie her hair. It's beautiful and has natural highlights that give her hair so much attention from strangers and friends. She also does sign language.. We taught her a few things: water, milk, more, eat, daddy, bath (I've been trying to teach her mommy but she does daddy every time).

Words she can say: bird, dog, quack (for ducks), bow, mama, dada, hi & bye (which is never said without her sweet little wave), up. She does a good job at mimicking what we say. Like when we say all done she says "ah duh" or something that. She kind of says more but it's like "moh" and the other day we showed her a picture of Jason paternal grandfather who passed away and said "pop pop" and she repeated it several times in that moment but hasn't since she found the picture of him. She is very active and loves people. Here are recent pictures of my sweet girl. XOXO

Busy Bees

Things in the Hite house have continued to keep is busy. We are constantly doing things. We love going places and exposing Miss O to new and different things but also taking her places she has been before and keeping her active. The weather has been so lovely recently so we have tried to spend more time outside. Miss O loves being outside, exploring the yard and watching for birds. Yesterday there were about a hundred birds flying around our neighborhood... A tell tale sign that spring is so close. We spent one night away at the Great Wolf Lodge in Concord for my cousins birthday. Miss O loved it so much and was braver than I thought she would be. Most water parks have the big bucket that fills up with water to dump it down on people and age wanted to go there. I didn't let her get that close to it but there were plenty of waterfalls around and she fearlessly ran under them. She watched some of the big kids am running around to see how to do things. There were a few slides and she would go to the bottom where the gathered water was and wave to the kids who slid down... And play in the water. She had a fabulous time and it makes me happy that she enjoyed the water. Being a water baby myself, I kind of need her to love it so I can continue to enjoy it! We had a fabulous weekend with new toys, old friends, new places and experiences. Love love. xoxo

kiss. kiss.

So yesterday Miss O and I went to a baby shower for a sweet friend/ family we know.  They are expecting baby #4... something I can't even wrap my brain around.  Miss O is very affectionate and has really been into kissing lately.  The Mr & I just can't even describe how much joy we experience when she initiates the kisses.   Apparently we shouldn't feel SO lucky.  She loves kissing in general.  This picture was captured by the mother of the young fella.  I also witnessed Miss O kissing him over and over and over again (approximately 8 times) on the mouth! The Mr was not too pleased with this!! But I had to share. She has lots of love to give, this child of mine! :)