My first roasted chicken!

Ralphs had whole chicken on sale for 65 cents a pound....what?! So naturally I bought 4. (Three immediately went to the freezer.) Today was my first attempt.
How does she look?? Delicious!? stuffed with celery, butter and seasonings, and topped with the same. Tossed some potatoes and carrots with olive oil and parsley, salt and pepper, and let them roast on the sides.
So good. Why didn't I cook before? :-)

Park

Faye loves the park. She gets so happy when we go there.
Sometimes I think she is a tiny baby still, and then, like today, I watched her walk up the stairs on the playground and go down the slide all by herself, and I remember she is huuuge! She is a toddler. A little girl. Big and strong and independent. My little baby is now a big girl!

(this picture is a good as it gets-I pull out my phone and she instantly stops smiling or looks away, little booger. If you look at the PC, she IS smiling.)

Tiny girl shoes

Faye is definitely becoming a GIRL. Her new thing is she knows when she looks cute.  Bows, dresses, necklaces, shoes...the girl knows her accessories! Lately, she will bring me a bow and hold it to her head, and she smiles so cute when I put it in..then she rips it off! Haha When I get her dressed up all cute,I swear she knows.
Last night, we put on her boots (see them in the pic? Gpa Jeff got them for her bday...pink glitter leopard print!) and she cried when we took them off for her bath!
Today, it was her flip flops. They are finally to small for her feet but she can wear them and walk still. She was wearing them and when it was time to put her feet into pjs, (it's like 50 degrees outside, rainy, and we have no heat, so her feet were freezing) she freaked! Crying, carrying around the shoes like we had taken away her flair!
It's awesome. I love how independent she is and how her personality is coming out.
I have a feeling she will need bows and dresses and shoes a lot more in these next few years! Wish me luck! Ha

P.s. She plays in her shoe box for fun,usually they are strewn about a lot more afterwards!

First knee scuffs

My little pookie is growing up, and got some scuffs on her little knees the other day. It kinda makes me sad. I want her to stay little! :-)

Oooo bread

Sourdough. straight.from.the.oven. Heaven!

hiding

she likes to sit between the wall & the speaker or in the corners, under things, anywhere that is small and cramped and "secret." today it was the speaker. she kept bringing toys back there with her, too. she kept poking her head out smiling all big like her hiding was some great trick. she cracks me up!

auntie tawni

tawni, brad's sister, has a special spot for faye- she was here when she was born!! 

 last year she had a softball tournament in costa mesa. i was still HUGE and WAY overdue and pregnant. we thought for sure by the time she got here the baby would be born... but not so! we met her at disneyland friday night for dinner and talked about how we wanted faye to to come already! 

 saturday brad & i got up & ready for a loooong walk & then headed to the hospital saturday afternoon. brad's mom picked up tawni from the hotel she was staying at with the team & they all waited at the hospital while i was in labor. she slept on the floor of the waiting room until little faye came at 2 AM. she got to see her when she was like 20 minutes old!! really cool. 

so she was here again this weekend for the same tournament, so we planned faye's party so she could be here for it! we got to go cheer at her games and have her stay at our house with Brad's dad. We even all got Patten University gear!!

She was all passed out after lots of cheering and fresh air at the game!

Faye & Tawni are bffs- i love it.

Eating the Cake!!

She doesn't know what's happening!

 First taste of frosting!

 And let the shoving begin!!

 You picked off all the white chocolate pick circles. You loved them.

 Success!!!

you are awesome.  the end.

Faye 12 months

We tried to take a cute picture. You did not cooperate. It turned into a play with balloons-fest. 

I love you!

 

 

 

ONE YEAR!!!!

FAYE!!!!
YOU ARE ONE YEAR OLD!!!!!
Goodness that went fast. Seriously so so so fast.

You still wear 12 month size clothes. Your feet are still size 2. You have awesome highlights in your hair of dark and light, so the jury is still out for what color it will finally decide to be. You eat mostly everything but are starting to be picky. You stubbornly purse your little lips. You get excited to eat rice like we are giving you cake. It's hilarious. You WALK. So fast, it's crazy. You sing and dance to ANY music. You fold your arms to pray(most adorable thing EVER). You say Hi and Mama. An occasional Dada, and lots of LALALALALAS! You click your tongue and make any sounds you can with your mouth- popping, smacking, clicking. You think it's funny. You say "Weeeeeeeee!" when you are swinging or sliding or spinning around or when we throw you in the air.

You do things we ask like "pick up Oskie and give him to Daddy" and know exactly what we are saying. You pick up things from the carpet and now (well most of the time) instead of eating them you walk over and give them to me. It's AWESOME. You eat paper. I think it's weird.
You smile all big and cheesy with your 6 little teeth.  You high five and blow kisses. You wave bye-bye and give contact (pointer finger to pointer finger like E.T.) and give HUGE big hugs & kisses. You like to quickly pull my lip so it makes a popping sound. You think Peekaboo is the greatest thing ever. You sing to hymns in church and jabber all day long. You wear your backpack everyday to Rina's now- your mom makes you carry your own diapers, wipes and cup! haha! You like lots of stuffed animals, but you know the difference and wont snuggle to sleep with anyone but Oskie.

You have a personality. You are crazy and fun and happy but mostly still calm. You throw fits but we just ignore you and you stop after you realize its not working. You play by yourself with your toys most of the time, but are wanting our attention more than ever before. You put your foot up so we can put on your shoes. For some reason I think this is pure brilliance on your part. You like to carry around a piece of paper and a pen and pretend to write. I don't know how or where you picked that up, but it's great.

 We had a bonfire as your birthday party. Lots of friends & family came. We ate about a million hot dogs and Grandma Judd made you a white & pink polka dot cake. You seemed to enjoy the bonfire even tho it was a bit cold & windy. On your actual birthday we let you eat some more of it & you just picked off the white chocolate pink circles and only kinda ate the cake. I actually stayed home with you on your birthday and you basically just slept all day! You were worn out from all the partying all weekend with your family.

You are one big barrel of fun and we love you SOOOO much!! Keep on being you- your are awesome!

Love, Mom

Fairy Faye

 

 

For her birthday my mom gave Faye a Hello Kitty toothbrush from the dollar store and a Leapfrog animal barn thing that makes sounds and is magnetic for the fridge. Her two new FAVORITE things! She's been walking & waving the toothbrush around like a wand. She's awesome.
(p.s. her outfit i think is so cute, if i do say myself. She had a big bow & early ponytail too. It's all about the stripey leggings.)

clean baby

most nights brad does the bath & nighttime rituals since he doesn't get to see faye very much. her favorite time of day i think is when she is playing in the bath.

Baby Hudson!

our friends coco & brandon just had their first baby. oh gosh i LOVE HIM. he is the sweetest little munchkin. i could have held him all night!!