Sweet

Right? Isn't she sweet? She is not so sweet in the middle of the night, when she does NOT want to go back to sleep, but mostly all the rest of the time she is sweet.

Bridget

She looks like my cousin Bridget here. I never think she looks like anyone and then all of a sudden, she does.

Funny Face

She wants to do everything the other two do. Anthony and Maria had just been on the trampoline before she got up there, she's a pretty good jumper, too!

Cute!

Cute, right? I am never sure if I should put pictures like this up so I will keep an eye on the traffic to this entry. And if it's a lot, I'll just remove it. So stay away, pervs!

Oh, Vivi

Gorgeous girl. I cut her bangs and I was worried it was a terrible haircut but now it's growing on me. And on her. Ha!

Sweet

New clothes

I bought V some new clothes, I don't have many 12 month clothes for summer for her. As is true for all three of my kids, though, by the end of the day they wear less and less. So this is just the shirt but she was also wearing a super cute pair of jean shorts. We went to a playgroup today and she was really good, then we met Mike for lunch since our kitchen is being painted and she did well there, too. Boring, boring right? All I say is she's so good and sweet. But it's true!

I can't stop posting pictures of this girl today!

ha!

Sunday Swinging

Jeez Louise

She's cute, right? She gets very red when she's out in the heat, just like her mother. She is switching from one nap to two and it's amazing how well it's going. It's also amazing that I would even be willing to THINK thoughts about sleep, much less type them out, but there it is. I'm a gambler, I guess. They have been getting up about 6:00 and we have been waiting until around noon to put them down. The problem is that Veronica's rotten sister doesn't nap for very long, and she wakes up screaming, so Veronica is always a little tired through the afternoon. But hopefully it will all balance out here soon. She is a sweet happy girl and we are as in love as ever.

That's right, Mommy...

...I am up on the table. How you like me now? *

*Adorable dress from Target, on clearance, $4.88!

Beauty

She turned 14 months old the other day. I haven't done her picture-a-week collage yet. I want to find somewhere to get it made online. It's so hard and I'm never happy with how it turns out. But Shutterfly and Snapfish and all of those will only do like 25 pictures, not 52. It's a pain but so are these damned kids, so as much as I'd love to type and type about how AWESOME this all is, I'd better tend to them.

Donut Face

Donut

It works out well because Maria only likes to eat the sprinkles off her donut and Veronica likes - well, the whole rest of the donut. Maria had dropped this one on the sidewalk and Veronica RAN out there to get it.

Jungle Cat

She had just fallen down. She takes it pretty well when she falls, except when she is tired. Just before I was vacuuming and I looked in the kitchen and there she was, taking that deep breath before she was going to scream and scream. I meant to take her up at 9:00 for a nap and it was 9:10, so she was kind of crazed. For Veronica, that just means I might have to rock her for a minute or two before I lay her down. These pajamas were a gift from Marita for V's birthday, they are size 12 months and they are starting to kind of fit. And by fit I mean stay on. :)

Lunch

Lunch, after the zoo. Veronica was her good self. She couldn't really go in the splash park, but maybe next time, if I take just the girls. She mostly rode in the stroller but she seemed to have fun. She's our sweet thing, as usj.

She is the sweetest thing, ever. That tongue when she is concentrating on something! She is super cuddly! She talks and talks the nonsense, as if it's a real conversation! I can't stop with the exclamation points!

Chair

This was Anthony's chair and now Veronica likes it. It has to be pushed up against the wall, though, or every single kid I have falls back and hits their head. Not cool, Pottery Barn. Not cool.

Sweetness

What would we do without Veronica? We'd never know what it's like to have a simply happy baby. Thank God for her.

Happy!

Little Vivi, happy at last. Ha, just kidding. She is always this happy, practically. I was making faces for Anthony and she was really getting into it. She ate some pasta with red sauce tonight, she is our most adventurous eater, by far. The girls are **whispering** sleeping a little bit later, I am praying it is a trend. She really is a sunshiney baby, she is always content to sit with you and laugh and be sweet. Finally! :)