I had to share this adorable video of our Baby Girl. She's showing off her verbal vocabulary. Her new word today was 'snow'. Please pardon her mashed potatoes all over her face and hands. She just happened to cooperate with me while she was eating her lunch.

Also, this was an adorable picture that I took a couple days ago. It has been pretty warm the last week, so we've been spending time outside. Baby Girl tripped on the sidewalk and bonked her little head. She cried for a minute, but was just fine. But it left a nasty looking scratch and bump.

Today we had a snow storm. All day it snowed big beautiful snowflakes. Fortunately, the ground was warm enough that we didn't have any of it accumulate. Baby Girl and I were out walking in the snow and it was so fun to see her reaction to the 'nooooooo'. She kept trying to grab the massive snowflakes. She kept giggling and looking all around her at the snow. I had to stop and smile. She didn't even notice the cold or the fact that she was getting wet. I had to resist the urge to hustle her inside and let her enjoy the moment. So, instead I showed her how to stick out her tongue and try to catch the snowflakes with her mouth. It was adorable to see her dance in circles with her tongue hanging out! What a beautiful day!

What a wonderful Valentine weekend! We had a great weekend. I arranged a baby sitter for Friday night and told Morgan that he needed to plan a romantic date for us! I like to tease and pester Morgan about being romantic, but he always comes through and delivers. So, we put Baby Girl down for bed around 6:30 (yes, she goes to bed at 6:30 every night. I LOVE it!) and our babysitter came at 7:00. We got all dressed up for a night on the town without a baby! It was wonderful! Morgan took me to this very romantic little Italian restaurant. It's a locally owned place located in the Historic district in our city. Morgan made a reservation, and it's a good thing he did because the place was hopping. What a quaint little place! They even had live music. We sat down, got our menus and I was a little surprised because a lot of it was in Italian! All of the titles were in Italian, but luckily the descriptions were in English. Morgan ordered the 'Bucatini Con Salsa Rosata' and I ordered the 'Gamberi Con Slasa Besciamella'. I must admit that my dish was better than Morgan's. It was delicious food! For dessert we got a scoop of Gelato. It was a wonderful place and we were stuffed to the gills.

We had a great weekend together. On Saturday, we got a bunch of errands done and the house clean. Morgan even took Baby Girl on a little outing so I could have some alone time. It was fantastic! It's so cute to watch Morgan with Baby Girl.

Then to top off the Valentine weekend, Morgan gave me some beautiful red roses. They were a lovely surprise! I am definitely a lucky girl!

No appliances broke on Valentines; I think the curse is over.

Baby Girl got some magnetic letters and numbers for Christmas. She loves them! I put them in a little metal box. One day, I showed her an 'H' and told her that it said 'ha'. Well, the next day, she pulled out the 'H' and said 'ha'! I was shocked that she remembered. So I started showing her more letters and sounds, and she would remember. Then Morgan started teaching her some. She loves playing this 'game'! I think she wants to learn more, but she can't say all the sounds yet! Not too shabby for a 16 1/2 month old!

Yes, that's right. We have a Hula Dancer in our midst! She's such a funny girl! So our keyboard has prerecorded songs that you can play. Baby Girl loves this feature. We've recently discovered a song called "Aloha Oe". I taught her how to do a little hula dance, and she loves it! It's so cute! You can see her waving her arms and dancing in circles. Several times a day, she asks me for "bap" (help) at the keyboard, and I know she wants to hear "Aloha Oe"! What a silly child!