Potty Training Time!!!

I am ready to use my big girl potty now! Mommy bought me pretty panties and a pink potty seat for the big toilet. I love to follow mommy to the bathroom and I tell her peepee on the potty when she sits down. I help her flush the toilet too and I always say "bye bye peepee" My favorite book is Once Upon a Potty and I choose it every night for my bedtime story, it makes me giggle when the girl thinks her potty is a hat! I don't like to wear wet diapers, when I peepee I take my diaper off myself and bring mommy or daddy a new diaper to put on me. Today when I woke up I brought my mommy my panties and ran to the bathroom to show her that I want to sit on my potty. So mommy told me "no more diapers" and let me wear my big girl panties. She is making me sit on the potty every 20 minute or so, I get to play with my bathtub toys when I am on the potty. I have not had to peepee yet but I am sure that it will be fun when I do, then I can say bye bye to my own peepee! Mommy says I might have a few accidents but that is ok because it takes a few days to learn new things sometimes. I am happy to a big girl, I want to be just like my big sister and she doesn't wear diapers so I don't want to wear them either! Mommy says when I peepee on the potty I can have a sticker on my chart that she hung on the wall. She even said we would get a potty seat we could take with us when we go places so I don't have to sit on a nasty potty seat in public!! Well, mommy says it is time for me to sit on the potty, gotta go!

Puddle Playing.

These photos were taken a few weeks after we got home from Bahrain in late June. It has been raining for a few days and a small puddle had formed in our flower bed. We were coming in from grocery shopping and Skye saw the puddle and wanted to explore it. Naturally I let her, I love watching little kids discover new things. She played in the puddle until all of the water was splashed out of it, she even picked up a dead beetle and said "ewwww" but she wasn't a bit scared of it. She is really growing up now and loves to explore everything she sees!

Easter Fun

Wow, it sure has been a long time since I said "hi" to everyone! I am growing up so fast, learning new words, eating new things, and learning new activities almost every day!
These pictures are from Easter, we went to an egg hunt, I was scared of the easter bunny, what is up with that guy anyway? Who ever thought a giant bunny costume would be cute? I found 4 eggs in the egg hunt! one of them had tiny crayons inside of it! Then we went to Fuddruckers for easter lunch.......not very traditional but we do what we can!

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I love to sweep the floors!

....and color with my new crayons!

and of course I read my sisters magazines!

Daddy lets me help him with the computer.

I am eating a mini hamburger and it isn't cut up! (of course a few moments later I tried to stuff half of it into my mouth so Mommy took away and cut it up)

I am a year and a half now and I think I am a very big girl. I love to to do big girl things like learn new words and try new activities. Today I learned how to say "go, Lexi, cute" Mommy gets very excited when I learn new words, she claps and makes happy sounds so now when I say something new I clap and make loud sounds too. My climbing skills are getting better too, I have been climbing up and down on and off of the couches and bed for a while but that got boring. I decided to make things interesting this morning......mommy put my toy basket next to the couch so I climbed on it like a mountain and went over the arm of the couch. I was very proud that I did it but Mommy said I would get hurt and made me get down. I do get hurt sometimes, I was doing spinning around the other week and I fell right onto the , corner of the coffee table and got a bruise on my cheek. There were little rubbery things that Daddy put on the corners of the table to protect my little head but I ripped them all off and used them as teethers. I have 4 molars now and am getting 4 more teeth in......I've been getting new teeth since December so I like to chew on everything. I also like to be a big help to Mommy and Daddy, when we get groceries I ride on the trolley from the car to our apartment to make sure all the bags don't fall off, I help Daddy with the computer, I run away with tiny screws and poke things with the screwdriver and sit on Daddy's leg and read instructions. I love to help mommy cook, I get out all the stuff she needs like cereal and oatmeal and cookies, tons of tupperware, pots, pans, and measuring cups then I spread them out all over the floor so she can see them clearly.......I also love to help Lexi with folding the laundry. She gets them all folded in neat stacks and I throw them all on the floor, I'm not sure how it helps but it is fun to do! I also have new places that I love to go, the park is the best place, I get so excited when I see it or even if I see a slide for sale in a toy store. And when we stop at the park and Mommy lets me out of the car I run and run as fast as my short little legs will go, I always ride the little animal thingys first, then the slides and I love to say "weeeeeeeee" when I go on the slides then I dig in the dirt for a bit and then I ride the swings then I run and run and run on all the paths and in the grass. I don't ever want to go home!!! I also like to go to Fudruckers and eat the tiny hamburgers they have for kids, I can eat like a big girl now even though Mommy still likes to cut my things up tiny for me, she says my bites are too big.

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Skye. Her mommy and daddy were enjoying a tv show while Skye played quietly on the floor on the other side of the couch. All they could see was the top of her sweet little head and they couldn't believe she was being so quiet and playing for so long. Mommy wanted to see what had her little angel so pre-occupied, was it the new play food or perhaps a doll? Nope. It was the soft-spout sippy cup full of yogurt smoothie. Little sweet Skye bit a hole in the soft spout and had poured the contents of the cup on the floor and was in her stomach pretending to swim in the sticky, milky mess. She saw Mommy and Daddy looking at her and said "hi" and tried to run away but couldn't get up off of the slippery floor.





Of course Mommy and Daddy weren't very happy but Mommy just had to get the camera to capture Skye's first big mess. Skye couldn't let the milk be the only thing to get photographed, she loves the camera and had to get right in front of it and make her "cheese" face. Her adorable face almost makes you forget her milky shirt, diaper, arms, and legs.




Daddy went to get a towel and told Skye she had to help clean up so she stepped on the towel a few times then ran away with the towel dragging milky towel mess into the kitchen.



Then Daddy got paper towels and some cleaner to get the sticky off of the floor. While he was on his hands and knees Skye decided to get the paper towels and "help' some more. She unrolled all of the paper towels and rubbed Daddy's butt with them then she ran around rubbing everything else in the living room with them. Daddy had a very exasperated look on his face but Mommy thought it was kind of funny.

Playtime at the mall

Today we went to the City Centre Mall and played in the kids play area for awhile. Lexi played video games and did big girl rides with Daddy for awhile then they joined Mommy and I in the tot area. I had a lot of fun running around and climbing, jumping, running, and pretending to wash my hands in the play kitchen. I also went around and hugged a lot of kids, some of them cried and some laughed at me and hugged me back. I also wanted to show the kids their noses and eyes but Mommy told me to stop touching people on the face, they don't like it for some reason. I went down a big tube slide with sissy. When we got home we had some mail and it was the play food and dishes that Mom and Dad got me for Christmas!! I have had fun playing with them so far, they said they also got me a kitchen but it didn't ship because it is too big so they are finding out of the company with ship it fedex instead...I hope so, I really love play kitchens!

Some pictures from my travels

Hanging out at the Bowling Alley while Uncle Jason bowls in his tourney...I was less interested in watching and more interested in all the racing games!

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Getting a bath in the sink...the tubs have glass screens that go halfway across them so it is hard for mom and dad to give me a bath in the tub.....the kitchen sink seems to be a perfect fit for now though!



Eating a local favorite........and a new favorite of mine and moms..............the shawarma! This one is chicken..it has some yogurt sauce, chicken, a pickle spear, some cucumbers and lettuce and sometimes tomatoes on a flatbread thing...YUM!!




We finally made it to Bahrain after a few troubles with our travels. I am so happy to see my Daddy! I snuggled and kissed him for quite a while!



We had to wait outside in very cold, rainy weather in Washington DC. Our flight was canceled and they gave us a hotel room but we had to wait outside for the hotel bus thing. It was pretty miserable.

A local favorite becomes one of my favorites too!

One of the cool things about Bahrain is the food. This local favorite is a shawai'ma or shwarma. It is a thick flat bread with either lamb, beef, or chicken, veggies, and a cucumber sauce. I love them so much. Whenever I see them or smell them I go bonkers until one gets cut up for me. Of course I would rather eat them whole but mom doesn't like it when I stuff half a shwarma into my mouth. Here I am enjoying a chicken shwarma, this one had fries inside of it too. This is kind of like the Bahraini version of fast food, kind of like their version of a gyro or burrito. And you can have them delivered, actually you can have any food delivered here. I can't wait to have another shwarma and lucky for us the place that was voted best in Bahrain is very near to us on the road that daddy calls "heart attack row" it is where all of the American fast food places are.............even burger king, dairy queen, and mcdonalds deliver here. We never eat at those places though, why should we when the local food is so much better!

On being an expat baby

Here I am in Bahrain. We came here to live with my daddy, he has alreay been here for a year. I like it here a lot. Everywhere we go I ooh and ahh over the things I see! In Bahrain one this is for sure, they love kids a lot in Bahrain and everywhere you go there are tons of fun things for the kids to do. In the big City Centre mall there is a massive kids area with games, a playground, rides, a huge merr-go-round, one whole part of the mall is all kids stores and toy stores even! The people are so friendly to me too, they always say hi to me then call other people over to look at me and say hi. And at Rics and Fudruckers the waitresses cleaned me up with wet wipes after I ate and picked me up and carried me around showing me off. I don't understand what they are saying but I am very young so I am sure I will come to understand a bit of their language as I grow. I like the food here a lot, mommy was worried that the flavors would be too different but I have enjoyed shawai'mas, lamb kabobs, beef kababs, persian chicken with rice, sweet melon juice, a wonderful gumbo made by my new Uncle Jason, and warm fresh flatbreads with hummus and cucumber garlic sauce which I really loved. Mommy says she is happy that I am so young because I will really grow up with 2 cultures and have a good start on living a diverse and open-minded life. I wanted to show you some new pictures of me but the pictures won't upload right now so hopefully I can do that later.

It's been awhile

It has been so long since I updated any of my blogs, a lot of things have been keeping me busy but once I get settled in my new home in a few weeks I will be back to updating reguarly.

Experiencing new things......

I've been neglecting the blogs lately, life has just gotten in the way. I spent two weeks with stitche in my right hand so that slowed me down a bit. I did take plenty of pictures though! I got this great one of Skye laughing at Lexi. Her face is hilarious. She is also learning to feed herself with a spoon. She likes eating with her fingers but always tries to take my spoon so I gave her one the other day and she did a nice job. She took her first steps yesterday, I wasn't quick enough with the camera. They were wobbly and she looked down at her feet each time, after 5 steps she reached out for me and I clapped and cheered. I also got her a little guitar the other day. The strings move and make noises too. She put held it the right way the very first time, I think she has her Daddy's talent! Ever since then everytime she even lifts her foot up she claps and cheears!! I have my video camera charged, hopefully she will take more steps soon!

More Movies

Just a few random movies of Skye. They are about a month old if not older by now so I will have to take some more to post soon. Enjoy!

Skye updates

I can't get the picture upload thing to work today so we'll just go with some writing.

Skye has 2 new teeth bringing the total up to 7, that is 4 on top and 3 on bottom. She has some funny new things she does. Well, it isn't very funny but her reaction is a hoot. She loves to bite me now and when I say "ouch!" she scrunches her face up, puts her hands on front of her and says in a real scratchy voice "owwwwwwwww!" Pretty cute even though it is painful, I am sure she keeps doing it because I laugh. She has discovered her toybox finally, it is in the living room and has been there for some time now but she never paid any attention to it. The other day she pulled herself up on it and started pulling stuff out of it much to my delight and surprise. She emptied the whole thing they crawled away to pick up a forgotten cheerio she spied under the couch! Today while at moms she discovered the stairs, a scary thing for any parent. I stood behind her to see what she would do and she actually climbed up the first step........oh boy, time to get a baby gate for the stairs! Skye is saying mama, dada, hi, and Rob so far, I am sure she will be a talking considering the family she comes from!

9 months of cute!

The past 9 months have just flown by as they always do when you have kids. Skye went for her 9 month visit today. She weighs 19lb 9oz and is 27" long. That puts her at the 50th percentile for weight and 30th percentile for height, which totally confirmed my suspicions that she is a shortie! She is pulling up on everything and cruising on all the furniture. Every once in a while she will let go and stand for a couple of seconds before falling on her booty. I call her my tiny terror because now that she is so mobile she gets into everything and follows me everywhere I go! She sounds like a police car when she whines and follows me around as I do housework or cook dinner. Man, only 3 months until her first birthday.....wow time sure does fly!

First Magic Kingdom Trip!

We took a very spontaneous trip to Disney yesterday. Aunt Jen and Uncle Rob got a villa down there for a week and invited us down for a day so we took it! We left Monday afternoon, got there around 2 or so and found a kiddie pool right outside the door of their room! Aunt and the gang were at Blizzard Beach so we had time to kill. I was so thrilled. Mom put some sunscreen on me and we played for awhile. When my aunt, uncle,and cousins got back from the water park we all got changed and went to downtown Disney. I loved the lights and music, I was dancing and talking to everyone. We ate at Rainforest Cafe and I thought the animals and thunderstorms were so cool! Tuesday we went to Disney! I had already been to Epcot but this was my first trip the the Magic Kingdom. I loved the monorail to the park! Once there I just looked around and loved everything. Mommy wore me around for awhile and took me on the Pirates ride, it was so neat! I was laughing and smiling the whole time! I napped in my stroller for a bit and when I woke up we went to Minnie and Mickeys houses! I sat in Minnies reading chair and hung out in Mickeys garage. Mommy got me a pretty Minnie Mouse ear hat and had them embroider my name on it. We got back really late at night so we stayed with Aunt again and came home Wednesday morning, it was so much fun. Ican't wait to go back with Daddy one day for our own family vacation!



The "gang" (minus mommy) in front of Cinderella's castle! I am so happy to be here!



Hanging out in Mickey Mouses garage with big sis and my oldest cousin!


I loved playing in Piglets house, can you see me?


Lex and I model our new Mickey Mouse ear hats! Aren't we the cutest?


Mommy even got them to put my name on it, what a special keepsake of my first time at Magic Kingdom!

Here I am getting my first taste of cottage cheese. It is very different, I don't know if I like it yet.



Well, I got a second bite and I really didn't like it any better than the first but then Mommy mixed some pear juice with it and I ate it like a champ.



I am going from a sitting position to a crawling position. I just can't get that right leg out from under me!


My right leg is still trapped but I am making forward progress.



That leg still isn't all the way out but it is out enough for me to move! Almost crawling for real now, the combat crawl is about to be a thing of the past!

First Beach Day

Today was my first (of many) trip to the beach. We plan on going a lot this summer, as usual, so we got our annual beach pass. Mommy loaded me down with spf 50 lotion before we left the house then sprayed me with spf 70 broad spectrum and added some spf 50 facestick. THEN she put me in my bathing suit, it has spf 50 built right it. She sat me under the umbrella for a while then I got to sit in my little pool for a bit, when it was time to eat she bundled me in a towel and a blanket and I took a nice nap. It was a very windy day and the umbrella started to blow away so mommy turned my pool on it's side and I sat behind it for shade. When it was time to leave I was a mess so mommy took me down to the water to rinse me off. It was a bit chilly but I dug my toes right into that wet sand and laughed everytime I saw a little wave come by. I liked it when mommy held me close to her and told me how much she has always loved the beach, I liked looking at the big waves and sandpipers. When it was time to go home I got to experience another tradtion. Apparently Mommy and Aunt Jen have always stopped for ice-cream on the way home. So we went to this place and got ice-cream. Mommy, Aunt Jen, and Maddy all let me have a little taste! I slept all the way home, it was such a fun and relaxing day!




Here I am at the ice-cream place on the way home!


My cousin was very eager to play with me!


Don't I look cute in my sunglasses and hat?


My first feel of the wet sand. I didn't even try to eat any, I just enjoyed playing with it!


After a bath and dinner, I am still a happy girl! I can't wait to go back!