November 2014-Cousins & Autumn Weather & Growing Up Fast

Cozy coupe at Granny's-numerous rides down hill!



Almost headless "leaf angel"

Walking Sunday at Granny's

Silly faces with cousin Abigail & Annie!

Annie actually slept w/ Granny!



Baths at Granny's (but no "hair night"!)



Cartoons with cousins Jackson & Abigail



This Thanksgiving-10 yr old Abigail "favorite cousin"!



Practicing medical skills!



The 3 girl cousins! T'giving day at Roseanne's!



Hideaway pets-1st ride to school!



Listening to students read in Ms. Shelley's class last month



Beautiful girl & day at Mt. Laurel park after school

Patient concerned about what MD may be hearing?

Dec 2, 2014

Today is your Daddy’s 40^th birthday & Thursday will be your Mother’s 35^th birthday! While they went out of town for an early celebration you spent 3 days & 2 nights with Granny!  

A lot of things happened this month: Annie stopped crying at night & your Dad finished the fence in your back yard. We had lunch at Jimbo’s & I took you to gymnastics once (and we arrived early!). You are doing great at Gymnastics! We watched a lot of Dora the Explorer & Calliou & ate a lot of mac & cheese. The “hide-away pet” cats arrived & you love them! We solved the mystery of the lost shoes--they had been stuffed back in the shelf by the front door when you changed shoes to go out & play. We shopped with your mother at Toys R Us and had lunch at Johnny Rockets where you saw your sweet friend Georgia (who had a b’day party this month where you rode a horse named Lillie). One day it rained so much Highway 280 flooded and there were several days of unseasonably cold weather and I had  several especially sweet & delightful days with you. The last pre-Thanksgiving Day with you we discovered your silver shoes had been left at school. I put you & Annie in your wagon & pulled you to school to get them. As we passed the park on the way home you wanted to stop. Since there were lots of HMS students there and the weather was great we did. It was so much fun and you were so sweet. Annie drew a lot of attention which you really liked. And so many of the older students were so nice to you, which you also liked! You did a lot of swinging and sliding and you were sweet when it was time to leave. It was a special time at the park. Your parents brought you to the “Stuedeman” Thanksgiving Day  Gathering. You had a blast! You played outside at the neighborhood playground & inside with 1^st cousins Abigail (10) and Jackson (7) Green & Eli (4) and Maggie Rae (6) Brown and some other kids as well. Eli & Maggie Rae went to visit you at your house. The morning of  Friday after Thanksgiving your parents dropped off you & the 2 dogs on the way to their trip to North Carolina. You had a great morning playing with your 4 cousins before the Browns headed home to Mississippi & the Greens went to Demopolis to pick up Jacob who had been deer hunting. The weather was great & you & I played outside in the leaves with the dogs & had lots of Cozy Coupe rides down the driveway & played with Play Doh & swang in porch swing & took a nap together. You watched Calliou and after supper enjoyed your playtime during your bath & went to bed sweetly. Soon after you called out you forgot to poop! You told me you “tooted” and it reminded you that you needed to poop. I love the way you are so comfortable about using the bathroom & you do it so well. I can’t remember any “accidents” post initial toilet training! The Greens came back while you were asleep & you really enjoyed playing with Jackson & Abigail & Jacob again. Jacob pulled you all around on a blanket & the 4 of you played a lot without me until they left about 1:00 pm. Then we went to see the movie “Penguins of Madagascar”. You enjoyed the popcorn and paid attention to the movie, but it wasn’t a really great movie. Since we skipped a nap you were in bed asleep about 7 pm..after a fairly long “play bath”! Sunday morning I heard what I thought was the neighbor doing some early morning hammering but it was you banging on the crib rails with one of your animals! We had a great day playing outside in the leaves & walking dogs & many more Cozy Coupe rides down the hill before we went to your house. We had temporary crisis when we thought we lost Nanny pre-nap but you found her in the covers. Since you were late going to sleep I let you sleep until about 5:15 then you & I were outside on the porch when your parents returned before 6 pm. You were very happy and I headed home. Now it’s December & I’m looking forward to another month with Lyla!!