She's a B-I-G Girl!

Delanie continues to enjoy summertime! And, now that she is a full fledged walker, we are putting her in all those cute summer dresses! With her growing mass of curls, we attempt to do her hair, but hair accessories typically only stay in for five minutes. Delanie is starting to get the idea of "posing" for the camera, as evidenced by this photo!

Here is Delanie doing her version of the sign for "water" in her adorable ladybug dress (Thank you Papa Dave and Nana).

Unfortunately for our animals, Delanie is going through an aggressive stage with our pets. She tugs tails, pulls ears and pokes eyeballs. She has taken to chasing Bailey (our ornary cat) into a corner using her play lawn mower, then trying to ram right into her. With the dogs, she climbs on their backs or stomps on their tails, then laughs in delight when they jump up out of fear. We hope this stage will pass quickly and it is just an exploration into "cause and effect," not a future career in World Wrestling Federation!

And, despite her sometimes aggressive nature, she loves all three of her pets, no one can make her giggle more than her dogs or cat! (Thank you to our groomer Anda for dressing our two dogs in VT bandanas!)

Then there is the other side of this wonderful little girl - her new obsession with baby dolls. She has adopted two new babies since our last post. The first, pictured here, is Mommy's old half-naked Cabbage Patch Kid doll. Now, for a woman who grew up in the 80s, handing down a CPK is a dream come true! The other adoptee is a baby at daycare that actually belongs to her teacher's daughter, Georgia. Georgia accidentally left her doll in her mother's classroom. Well, Delanie hasn't been willing to part with it yet! So, the baby actually has joint custody - she spends each day with Delanie and goes home each evening with Georgia.

She shows such care and attention to the babies, offering goldfish crackers or wrapping them in blankets. One is always with her, and there is even a seat reserved at the dinner table. She has started brushing their teeth with her toothbrush and brushing their hair with her hairbrush. She makes sleeping noises after she puts one to bed on her old Boppy pillow. And, anyone who knows Delanie, knows that she never has a shortage of things to say, so she narrates the entire sequence of events for her baby!