Pirate Baby

Over the years Ryan has accumulated several books about pirates. Angela loves them. They aren't baby books and some aren't even children's books. But she loves to sit on the floor "reading" the pictures for hours (okay 5 minutes--she is a toddler) at a time. Yesterday I was fanning her with a little black instruction manual. Angela grabbed it away, covered her right eye with it, and shouted a very-hearty-for-such-a-tiny-peanut "Aaaaarggg!!!" Then followed up with a deep little, "Ho, ho, ho!" (=yo, ho, ho). Some people have princess daughters. Ours is apparently a pirate.

Starting Again

I'm not going to lie. Life revolves around this little one. So blogging will too. Sorry. But let's be honest, she's the prettiest part of my life anyway. I'm not going to rehash the year (+) I was away from blogging. If I did I'd never start again. Instead I'm just going to pick up where we are now.

This little munchkin is full of words. She sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night just to practice the words she knows. Some of her recent ones include hat, Angela (said A-la-la, which I love), swirrel=squirrel, heady=hedgehog, and dillo=armadillo. Uncle B gave her a wooden woodland creatures set, hence some of the non-farm animal creatures. Another funny little thing she's doing is calling Ryan by other names. Dada was one of her first words, so maybe she is tired of the same old word. She sometimes calls him Wynie because she's heard me call him Ryan. Ha!! I didn't think that would start for a few more years. But lately she stated calling him Waggy. We have NO IDEA where this came from! It is hilarious.

In other news, we are going to be moving. Angela loves to go to the new house and run around like crazy. Nothing like going wild in a construction site. We have several "wocks" that Angela's collected from the backyard. I've already started packing (the close date isn't for two more months) and am trying not to be a ball of stress. Ryan would tell you that I'm not doing a very good job. But we are excited for a new adventure!

Anybody Still Here?

Just wondering if anybody is still here. I have grand aspirations of blogging again. :)