November 19

Another month has flown by with our sweet little girl!  We have loved all of our adventures together! Even though we have started into November, we are still experiencing great weather here in Texas, so lots of outside play time (although I will be happy when it begins to cool down and FEEL more like fall and winter)!

     

     

Double swinging with her god sibling, L, at a birthday party!

     

Doing a great job on her new bike!

     

Park time!

Working on her tetherball skills!

Still going to church in a sundress!  In November!

But we also like our inside time too!

     

Doing better each time with the new structure at My Gym!  It took her a bit to adapt to the three year old class, but she's doing well now!

TV watching and book reading with Bubby!

Now that it is November, we are also heading into some significant and busy days...first up, voting!

Happy Voting Day!  Happy that I got to take both my munchkins with me to vote.  Proud to live in place where we can make our voices heard!

However, Little Sweetie is done with these warm days.  And I think we are all done with this election!  She's ready to move on to colder days and...

     

...Christmas time!

Sorry, Little Sweetie.  We've got a big trip to Minnesota and then Thanksgiving before we can even think about wrapping you up as an American Girl doll and gifting you for Christmas.  But I agree that you'd be the cutest doll ever!

Height and Weight

Still just over 36 inches tall and coming in at 32 pounds, although her love of sweet treats may put her in higher weight category soon!

Getting beignets with Momma!

Here, Momma.  Let me help you blow out your candle.  And then I will help you eat all of your cake!

My favorite cookie baking helper!

Personality

Still my sweet and goofy little girl!  She's getting to be quite the comedian and enjoys being silly.

     

Batgirl is ready for bed!

Developmental Milestones

I continue to be amazed at the words she has ("Momma, that blanket is so 'colorful'!") and the fine motor skills she's cultivating.  She is doing well at learning time during the day and even asks for it sometimes.

The finished result of the cupcake she painted for her birthday (and mine).  She held attention and did such a great job during project.

     

Some days, learning time is awesome.  Like when she correctly traces all her numbers.  Or she draws a topographical map of an island ("The volcano is in the middle, Momma, and the pups are walking along the beach.").  Or when she designed a new tractor that will "get the food out better."  Or when she sits diligently at a sticker projects and strengthens those tiny finger muscles...

But some days it looks like this too!  Proud of this creative and fun-loving girl!

Fun Tidbits

It's just a daily occurrence of fun with this silly girl!

See you next month, 

LSM

Little Sweetie's Momma

O-H!

I-O!

After Little Buddy's diagnosis, we sat and made a list of things we wanted to do with him or that we wanted him to experience.  Being big Ohio State fans, we wanted him to experience a game in the Shoe.  He loved watching the Buckeye on TV and was always excited for Brutus Buckeye to make an appearance.  We knew this one was a long shot, but we were hopeful.  What dad doesn't want to take his son to see their favorite team in action?

Well, this weekend, we got to make that dream come true thanks to some amazing supporters!

Hanging out at the airport... not to go to Minnesota for once!

Kisses for daddy from Little Sweetie before we fly!

She may not be as experienced a flyer as her brother, but Little Sweetie did great on the flight!

Because of flight prices and schedules, we actually flew into Cincinnati instead of Columbus.  That meant we got to spend the night with Aunt D, Uncle C, and J!  It was wonderful to see them!

      

Enjoying some basketball fun at Aunt D and Uncle C's!

     

     

More backyard shenanigans.  Such beautiful Ohio weather!

Daddy having fun with Little Sweetie and J!

Unfortunately, after a day of play, Little Buddy had a rough night.  We decided to rest in Cincinnati for the day to see if he felt up for the game that night.  The bright side was that Little Sweetie got to go to J's birthday party while the rest of us rested.

This moment captures about all of the sleep Little Buddy managed to get that night.  :(

This girl did sleep great, so she got to have lots of fun at J's party!

Thankfully, by 2 PM we were all feeling more energized so we headed up to Columbus and checked into our hotel.  We got to have dinner with Mimi and Pop-Pop and picked up our tickets from our dear friend and supporter, Ms. K, and her family.   

Hanging with Pop-Pop before leaving the hotel.

Tickets secured!  Here we go!  (Little Sweetie wasn't feeling the group picture, lol.)

And then it was time to go to the game!  Originally, when we had looked at this date as a game option, it was supposed to be an afternoon game.  It then got switched to a night game.  After Little Buddy's rough evening the night before, we weren't sure how much of the game we would make it through, but we were up for seeing what we could!

He was very excited and proud to walk with Daddy to get to the game!

Here we are!

Love that we got to see so many of our friends and WILLPower supporters!

Walking up to our seats.  I admit, I got pretty misty-eyed at this point.  It's such a natural thing for a father to want to enjoy a football game with his son as they cheer their favorite team, but this is a father-son moment we weren't sure that we would get to see.

He was entranced from the moment we arrived!  He loved watching the band, the players enter, and Brutus Buckeye!  Poor thing even cried each time that Brutus left the field!

Just a beautiful night!

     

Love these two!  (and Brutus too!)

We didn't stay the entire game, it was getting too late for the kids, but he loved every moment he was there.  We are so grateful for these memories together.

Actually fell asleep in his carseat on the way back to the hotel!  This never happens anymore, so you know he was SUPER tired!

 

Giving his new Brutus a hug before bedtime.  Good night, Columbus!

As we flew out this morning, the airpot had a board where you could leave a message about from where you were traveling.  I had to leave a little #WILLPower for people to find!

That's all for now, 

LSM

Little Sweetie's Momma