No more b-o-t-t-l-e

You know you've become a parent when you start spelling words to each other. "Bottle" is a perfect example. Saying the word could illicit a very loud and strong response from Violet. And given that we've been slowly cutting her back over the past few months means that we've found goods reason to spell it to each other.

Scene: Violet getting upset or otherwise being fussy.

Chip t0 Amy: "Should we give her a b-o-t-t-l-e?"

Amy: "Sure, why not." (Because I know it will make her happy and she'll stop being fussy.)

It's been a big weekend for Violet. She has officially kicked the habit. Not without some fussing and crying, but she doing great and I'm really proud of her.

So, in honor of the momentous occasion, I thought these pictures taken by Chip just a couple of weeks ago are fitting.

Just because...

I don't have anything really new to report. I just had to post these pictures that Chip took last week while I was out of town. How adorable is she?!?!

Violet at the Playground

Violet is growing in leaps and bounds these days and nowhere is this more apparent than when we go to the playground with her. One day something is too much or too big for her and the next day she's mastered something new that she couldn't do before. Here are two examples of this. The first is Violet walking along the border of the sandbox. She saw an older boy do this and not to be outdone, Violet immediately set her sights on learning to do this herself.

The next video is of her going down the slide all by herself. Opa (my dad) came for a visit last week and he went to the playground with Violet and Nana (my mom). Later that night he's telling us how Violet was going down the slide by herself and Chip and I looked at each other like, "Yeah, right." But sure enough, we took her to the park today and away she went!