Welcome Spring!

Our well-deserved Spring has finally arrived. We're still a bit cool but glad we're not under any snow! Thea is doing very well. Elmo is her favorite Sesame Street character. She enjoys playing outside these days especially. She is starting to recognize her letters. She loves pointing out the "beekaballs", i.e. basketballs; every ball falls in that category in her world. Thea loves to color in her Elmo coloring book and take Josie for walks. And we can't just wear one bow, we have to wear all 10 in our hair!!

Lots of New Words!

Now 20 months old, Thea is quickly picking up lots of new words, is piecing words together and becoming more and more independent overall. She's a Sesame Street addict and loves playing at the Mahoney State Park activity center. We're looking forward to Spring; hopefully it will arrive AND STAY very soon!

Merry Christmas 2009

Mother Nature visited us for Christmas and left 10 inches of snow, 4-foot drifts and 40 mph winds. Our Christmas plans to travel to Colorado got snowed out and we were disappointed we missed seeing the Stricklands. We look forward to celebrating with everyone next week though! December has been a busy month -- getting ready for the holidays and lots going on at work. Thea has been healthy and happy. Her new favorite words are "ho ho ho", Santa, cheese, cookie, clock, hot, baby, Thea and papa.

Fall 2009

Thea briefly sported a giraffe costume for Halloween. She hung out at the park with Miles, her friend, this past Sunday and got together with her grandma and grandpa in Wahoo on Halloween.

Booty Queen

It has been a while since we've last posted. Thea is getting more teeth, getting faster, getting taller. She has a few more words -- ball, cookie, night-night, to name a few. Here she is eating her favorite -- Pirate's Booty! We have been enjoying long walks and hoping for a few more days of Fall before winter sets in. She is also pictured here in a beautiful kimono given to her by mommy's friend, Tomoko, from Japan.

Thea is Toddling!

And she's off! Although she's been cruising for months, she's really gone out on her own this last week. Watch out world!

She's also had fun with her friend Miles, her cousins on the 4th of July and going for walks in her stroller almost every night!

Thea's First Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY THEA! Thea had lots of fun with family and friends at her 1st birthday party! She wasn't so sure about the cup cake, though.....

Besides trying to walk and becoming more successful every day, Thea is crawling up stairs, eating lots of new things and enjoying her summer! She says "duck" and "dog", plays peek-a-boo and likes to read books to herself. We've been walking almost every night -- this Nebraska summer has been mild! She LOVES going out in the neighborhood in her stroller.