Our baby's growing up! 18 months come and gone!

Our little Remi Roo is growing like a weed and her personality is blossoming more and more every single day. She LOVES to dance, isn't shy in the least bit and is talking more and more. She doesn't even need music to dance. I can just "sing" a little ditty and she's boucing around like crazy. She's 26ish lbs. and...tall! We go to the doctor on Friday, but I wanted to post today...so the stats are going off of memory :) We love to ask her animal sounds and she will make the sound for us. It's so cute! She learned to say "trick or treat" and that is just as cute! She has a true LOVE for reading books...they are her favorite! She will sit forever just pulling them off the shelf, stacking them, opening them and turning all the pages. I'm so proud! She's also getting more and more into puzzles. Tonight, she and I put together four puzzles. She's so smart!! I'm just so happy to have her learning and growing so much! We're so blessed.

On Friday, we went to the Hoogah Boogah show with friends. Remi loved the show and kept us all laughing. She's quite the little entertainer. The kids didn't quite know what to make of the characters, but once the music started...Remi was SOLD! on the idea :) Here are some pics of our little boogah! :)

Pumpkin Pickin'

Yesterday we went pumpkin pickin' wtih friends and enjoyed all the other Fall festivities that come along with a visit to Westview Orchards. We started with the pillow bounce. At first she wasn't so sure...but once she got a hang of it, she LOVED it! She laughed and laughed and fell a ton, but just got back up and kept bouncing. We then moved on to enjoy some cider and doughnuts, which she ALWAYS loves! Then, the petting zoo. She's quite the little animal lover!! The goats were surrounding her and some kids would be scared to death...not Remi, this just made her smile even more. At one point, the goats were all over Randy and Remi wanting a taste of the food they were offering...literally, one little guy even climbing on Randy's back! THAT...was HALARIOUS!!! We then went on to the "straw mountain" - a 30 foot tall stack of hay bales, which Remi & Daddy climbed all the way to the top, a couple of times actually. We wrapped up our amazing orchard visit in the pumpkin patch!! Remi got attacked by a pumpkin stem and the stem won, which didn't even phase her. She helped us pick our pumpkins...all four of them :)

What a beautiful day and we enjoyed seeing Remi interact with all the activites. I feel like I say this all the time...but it's true: she's turning into the quite the little girl! And she's so sweet, we're so blessed to have her in our lives :)

Dixieland Delight!

This past weekend we were fortunate enough to fly south and visit our family in Alabama. Boy, what a great visit!! We flew out before the sun came up on Thursday and arrived home well-past midnight Sunday night. We took advantage of every single second with family this trip!!

We were able to visit with both my Nannie and Grandmother, what a fun time that was! They enjoyed seeing how much Remi has changed over the past 13 months and she enjoyed entertaining the crowd with her ever-growing vocabulary and oh-so-adorable dance moves! :) She's quite the little charmer these days!! She's talking nonstop and repeating most all words. Tonight she even said alligator!! She LOVES music! You could sing ANYTHING and she'll bounce to the "tune" :)

While in Sweet Home, we also got to visit with some of my long-time friends and their families. The kiddos had a great time playing with one another while the parents got to catch up since our last visit last September. We also celebrated my nephew Chandler's 15th birthday! Hard to believe he is driving now! WOW!

Here are some pics from the trip. Looking forward to upcoming Fall festivities and Halloween! We are also heading the Disney on Ice show on Saturday...so check back next week ;)










And what's a trip to Alabama without a pic of Remi and D-daddy catchin' a nap!