Elizabeth is 18 months old!!!

Well, It is official, Elizabeth is still growing up!!! As much as I love to see her grow, i know the day will come when she is moving into her college dorm room as did college freshman this weekend, ah, those were the days!

Elizabeth is 1 1/2 years old!! She is quite the pistol!!!! Running everywhere, rolling off the couch, giving mama and daddy heart attacks everyday with her new "stunts". Oh the vocabulary, where do i start? how about "no" "no mrawney" (aka Brawny) "Eat,Eat" "Huks, Kistes" (hugs, kisses) and lots more!!!! those are the most frequent. However, mommy and daddy is slowly turning into "mom" "dad". I don't know how i feel about that, it's that growing up stuff again I guess. She has discovered ice cream. Wow, the look in her eyes when she sees that ice cream sandwich coming her way!!!

She has a pretty regular play date with Hayden, he is an older man of 19 mths. They love to play together, and his mom Melissa and I have become friends.

She is still quite the sleeper, 12 hrs a night without interruption!!! Her favorite thing this summer i must say has been the froggie pool!! She loves to swim!! Last but definitely not least, she loves to read!!!! And is starting to recognize a few letters, I don't know if it is just coincidence, or if she actually is, we like to think she is a genius, but i think every parent things their child is!!!

so, I hope everyone enjoys our new blog, as I will try to keep up with it faithfully and even get Brandon on there blogging himself!!!

Tulsa Zoo August 16, 2008

The three of us went to the Tulsa Zoo today, Elizabeth's first time to see some really big animals, other than on "Dora the Explorer" or "Go Diego Go". We pumped her up on it on the way there, we would say we're going to see the Tiger and she would say "RRRRRRRR" or for a pig "onkonkonk" and of course her favorite kitty "meeeeoooowwww" ! The first animal she was was a monkey, "OOH,OOH,OOH" So here is Brandon and Elizabeth monkeying around!!!






These tigers are at the front entrance, they didn't have the "real" cats out due to the heat.








This is mama and Elizabeth inside one of the buildings that had an aviary and primate exhibit, lots of "BRRDS" and more monkeys!!!













This was in front of the sea lion exhibit, they were so cool!! Elizabeth loved to see them swim around and go up the stairs to the platform, I think her exact words were "wowwwwww"










And finally after 4 hours of the zoo, Miss Elizabeth was out in about 2 minutes, exhausted from seeing all of the wonderful animals, eating lunch with the ducks, and ice cream to end the day. A few souvenirs later and a surprise for her in the morning of a stuffed Tiger, we had a fabulous day and will go back soon to hopefully see some really big kitty cats!!!