Happy Halloween!

So Jamie out grew her Lamb costume so our super nice neighbors let us borrow this cute little Bumble Bee costume! Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!

"You BEST not mess with the pumpkin!"

Mommy and her Baby Bumble Bee Daddy with the little Stinger

Fly Bee, FLY!

Walk This Way

So Jamie has begun those first steps! She had mastered the "control fall" where she takes a few steps forward to the person she is falling too. Well yesterday, my parents were here and Paw Paw said "Jamie, it's time to walk" so I sat on one side, and he sat on the other, stood her up, and she took four REAL steps to me! She has been improving every time since. Here is a video of her giving it a go tonight... only a few little stumbles here and there. I think we may have a full on walker by her first birthday... or at least a "walk, walk, fall... walk, walk, fall" -er.

It's a Sign!

So Jamie has learned the sign for more!

(It seems she is making leaps and bounds in the eating department. ha-ha)

Feeding Frenzy!

So Jamie learned how to use her fork. In this snippet, it takes her a little while to get the food on the fork, but by the end of lunch, she had it down.... good thing too because once she started, she REFUSED to let me feed her. She clamped down and shook her head "NO!" We only had a few carrots go flying, but mostly, the food went in her mouth or on her bib (she would let me finger feed her food she dropped on her bib - but NO FORK! - kids!)

Birthday Season

So October/November is Birthday season for us. We have:

• My Mom
• Daryl's Brother
• My Grandmother
• our Nephew
• Jamie (also the same day as her Grandpa Bill)
• Me

This weekend, we celebrated our Nephew's birthday at this neat place in Acworth - it is part blow-up place, part sandbox, part play fort, part gun blaster. Jamie had a great time.... here are some pictures of the fun she had, trying to keep up with the big kids.

Fire Away Birthday Boy!

Come on, Dad!

This is the sandbox / play fort area

Jamie having some girl time with Nana

Climbing the slide in "Toddler Land" - a small jumpy thing Hanging with Dad Preparing to slideAnd then taking on the big slide with Dad Come on, Dad... let's go again! Fine, I'll go with Mommy this time.

11 Months Old

Jamie is 11 months old now. Time has flown by! Her personality is just so cute. She has a great sense of humor and is learning so quickly now.

• She will grab our noses and just laugh because it makes our voices sound different.
• She will go to put the paci in my mouth and then take it away and just laugh and laugh because she tricked me.
• She has begun throwing balls to us now and she will kick her big bouncy ball all over the house.
• She has begun to take a few steps on her own and can stand for a little bit on her own.
• She knows what you are saying if you ask her where the fan, light, daddy, mommy, train or ball is.
• She knows what it means if you ask her if she wants to eat, have some mi-mi (aka nurse), or go outside.
• She will put the telephone to her ear and say "Ooohhh" like she is trying to say hello.
• She babbles all the time and makes the funniest sounds.
• She points to everything when we go for strolls and just babbles on and on about the things she sees. I tell her what they are, but she has yet to say anything yet.
• She now HATES to have her diaper changed - it is a BATTLE!
• She plays with her toys so well now. She loves to play. We finished her play room (the first floor extra bedroom) and she loves to crawl in there and play.
• She loves to go outside. She cries when we bring her back inside. The pictures are from today when we went out. Daryl bought her the coat - SO CUTE! And Jamie can now wear hair bows! YAY!!! I thought it was chilly, but Jamie LOVES it (she likes it kind of cold - like her dad)

Shake What Your Momma Gave You

"Paci"ing Out

So I need to take some more pictures of Jamie, but in the interim, I have some stories, tricks, and Misc. about our soon to be 11 month old!

So this just happened and every time it does, I just want to bust out laughing. Jamie will wake up about an hour or so after she has gone to bed occasionally and she will be sitting up whining. I stick her paci in her mouth and she FALLS OVER - literally... she falls right over, sound asleep. It is the funniest thing ever. I have to guide her so she doesn't face plant or hit the rails.

Daryl took Jamie down to the basement play area we have set up for her for when she is older, but we have one of those Little Tykes play forts with a slide and Daryl wanted to see if she liked it. He slid her down twice, then sat her at the top and now she will scoot her little tush to the edge and then pull hard and down she goes, all by herself. so cute! I'll try to get some video soon.

Jamie is starting to stand on her own for a few seconds at a time. She does it only when she doesn't realize she isn't holding onto something. The second she realizes it's all her, she leans too far forward to get to whoever is near by and falls into their arms. She will take a few steps on her own. She mostly just uses her toys, kitchen stools, and anything that she can push, as her walker (since she doesn't have one). It looks like she is rearranging furniture.

Jamie has a sick obsession with our TV. She LOVES to push the buttons on the front, which is a no-no. We have tried pulling her away (she crawls right back) saying no firmly as she crawls towards it (she crawls even faster... really) the hand slap (she thinks it's a game and laughs at us - probably because you couldn't kill a gnat with the force we use) Sigh....

Jamie has started playing hide and seek - well, we hide, she seeks. But she LOVES it. She laughs the whole time.

All in all, she is becoming a really fun and energetic toddler.

The Partin's Had a Little Lamb....

So we FINALLY decided what Jamie would be for Halloween. After many generous offers to borrow outfits, Daryl saw this one at Wally World and could not resist. Jamie is the cutest Lamb the world has ever seen. Daryl dressed her in it yesterday to be sure it fit and she was so happy, I thought we should go ahead and get pictures, because our luck, she will hate it on Halloween and I HAD to have pictures for the blog! :-) Enjoy!

Punk Baby Mohawk

So yea.... she needs a little more hair, but hey - it's a start!