Vidalia's Adventures

As requested by my mother.

I don't know how fun Vidalia thought this was, but Ryan sure thought it was fun.  :)

Hmmm....Let's see...Which card should I play?

Vidalia plays card with mom and dad.  She tries to grab them and sometimes (not usually) succeeds.  Man, it's going to be really annoying when that is her newest trick.  ;)

I'm going to win, but you don't know that yet.  :)

Newest New Trick!

Here are the links to the videos.

1)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqusi0h_r_U

2)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rIdDAYKIqk

3)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zmZY38IuPI

Too much cute in one little body!

Note:  Videos in this post.  Click this link pokedotarmstrong.blogspot.com if you have problems viewing them.

Typical Morning

Typical Dinner

Typical Hanging Out

NEWEST TRICK!

Birthday Bowling

The Monday after my birthday, Ryan had a surprise "fun plan" for me.  You may be thinking, "Duh, bowling!"  I can understand where you would get that idea.  (I did title this post birthday bowling.)  His surprise was to take me miniature golfing though.  So, we went to Champions and to both of our surprise it was closed.  It was a little confusing.  We walked in and looked around for a minute.  Then Ryan asked the girl working there where the miniature golf was.  She told us.  We went there and it was dark and nobody was there.  We didn't know what to think.  So we walked back inside and the same girl asked us if she could help us.  We asked her about miniature golfing and she told us it was closed.  Silly girl, you would think she would tell us that when we asked where it was in the first place.  Anyhow, we had gone all the way there already and it had been quite the stressful day, so we went bowling instead.  Pictures...

Why are bowling shoes so ugly?  I've always wondered.

These were our final scores.  We're pros!

Sleeping husband.  (And boxes that we stuffed in our bedroom when the missionaries came over from dinner.)  I refuse to throw them out until I figure out which ones I need.  It's probably a little annoying to Ryan.

Birthday Bowling Socks!  (Did I mention I was wearing flip-flops?)  Afore mentioned girl gave me a weird look when I asked to have the children large rather than adult medium.  I just hate fally-offy socks, you know.  

Good end to a fabulous birthday!

Thumb Sucker!

2 Milestones for Melissa

Melissa has reached two important milestones in relation to her age:

1) She is now half her mother's age.

2) She is now the same age that I was when we first met.

Nice.

Cute Little Guy

So, I think Vidalia looks really funny in this picture.  Just saying.  That's a fabulous look on her face.  I don't remember if she was sleepy or if I just caught her at the right time, but enough about her face.  This post is not about that.

This post is about my "little guy", Vidalia.  I know, she's not a guy.  She's a she not a he, but this is how it happened.  On Thursday nights men go to the church and play basketball.  Sometimes Ryan goes and sometimes he doesn't.  Last week Vidalia and I went with him.  She was wearing the sleeper pictured above (and below).  During a break in between games, one of the guys looked at her and said, "He's such a cute little guy!  What's his name?"  To which Ryan responded, "Her name is Vidalia."  For a second the man seemed stumped and didn't know how to respond, then he repeated, "He's such a cute little guy!"  I kind of thought it was funny.  My thought was, "I can't imagine Vidalia being a boy because I KNOW she is a girl, but I suppose that she doesn't look distinctly girly if you don't know."

Morals (there are several):

1) Perhaps my mother was right when she told me this was actually not such a gender-neutral outfit, which is too bad because I have quite a few of these "gender-neutral" outfits, but doesn't matter because I don't really care.

2)  There's a reason I have so many headbands.  I should use them in public, especially with "gender-neutral" outfits.  (To avoid awkwardness.)

3)  My baby makes a cute boy.

4)  My baby is a cute girl.

5)  My baby is just cute.  :)

2 Months

Vidalia had her 2 month appointment yesterday, so here's some info, for your enjoyment.

Weight: 12 lbs 8 oz (80th percentile)
Height: 23 inches (65th percentile)
Head: 16 inches (85th percentile, I think)

She also had her immunizations.  We felt bad for her.  She whined for the rest of the night (She usually has an aversion to crying.  She tries so hard to never cry and rarely reverts to it.  I know, we're pretty lucky to have such a perfect daughter!)

Surprise!

I don't know why, but I posted this on youtube.

Click here if you can't watch the video on the blog.

Sleeping and Playing

This video is much better for hearing her weird sounds.

Sleeping

Vidalia is cute when she sleeps.  She makes weird noises.  In the videos, those noises you hear are in fact her (even though it may not look as if it is).  Note that they are actually hard to hear, I don't know why.  She also is usually a lot noisier than these videos, it's just hard to know when she's going to do it.

We're currently trying to train her to sleep on flat surfaces, like a crib.  We'd have her sleep in her crib, but it's trapped in her room (since we have been putting all homeless belongings in there).  I guess it's about time to fix that problem.  :)

Cooking

I've been trying to learn how to cook things that both look and taste delicious.  Most things are not gross, but not extraordinarily delicious.

This is chicken alfredo pizza.  It was not gross, it was okay, but I thought it looked pretty, so I took pictures.

This is clam chowder.  I even made the bread bowls and it was in fact DELICIOUS!  I was so pleased.

More Pictures

At Vidalia's 1 month appointment (they do those in Nebraska, I found out when I called to set up a 2 month), she weighed 10 lbs 15 oz and was 21 3/4 in long.  That put her in the 80th percentile all the way around.  She so proportional.  This also means that although she is still big and growing, her percentiles are dropping.  Who's surprised?  (Not me.)  In fact, after her stats were taken, the doctor walked in, looked at me, and said, "Is your husband tall?"  Nope!  I just have a big baby (except she's so small).  :)

Vidalia's Blessing

On January 30th, Vidalia was blessed by Ryan in the Yankee Hill Ward.  It was great.  Apparently January 30th is Grandpa Ned's birthday.  That's pretty awesome!  Besides our little family, Grandma, Grandpa, Jer, Uncle David, Aunt Laurie, Rachel and Jenny were there.  I had never met them before, so it was pretty exciting for me.  (Although Ryan has indeed met them before, I think he was also pretty excited!)  I'm so glad that at least SOME family could make it.  It turned out really well.  We wish more family had been able to come, but it really was a great day just the way it was.

I made the dress and the bonnet (with my mother's help).

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  :)