11 Months at 48 Weeks

My little gorgeous girl is becoming quite the little monkey.  She has started climbing on top of everything.  She climbs on top of her rocking toy and stands up, her Daddy says she is getting ready for her dirtbike.  She also enjoys climbing on top of her push toy.  She has also learned the new trick of flicking her lips with her fingers to make a buh buh buh noise, it is really cute.  My baby girl has also started eating a lot more table food these days and she has really been enjoying some Gerber meat sticks and Raviollis.  Shelby also enjoyed a visit with her Nana this week as well as her Great Aunt Sandy.  

On Saturday Mimi and Popa came and visited as well.  The Gorman girls, their Mimi and I all hung out on Saturday while the boys went to buy dirt bikes for Josh and Mike, this of course took all day.  On Sunday Shelby and I went swimming with Aunt Paola while Daddy of course went riding.  I was off on Memorial Day, thank goodness, and so Shelby and I went to an End of the Year Party for my school, where we swam and played.  Chad of course was riding again.

Fish Face at 47 Weeks

Shelby is full of funny faces these days.  This week she started making this hilarious fish face that makes everyone laugh.  She has also started shaking her head "yes".  Most kids seem to start off by saying no, but not my funny little girl.  

She had a lot of fun this week as always with her girl cousins.  The girls come over and stay with us on Wednesday night because Josh and Angie are hosting a bible study and they all just have so much fun.  This week they all got to take a bath together for the first time.  They all enjoyed splashing me of course.  This past weekend Shelby and I had a girls night and went out with my friend Melissa and her two kids.  Chad had left to go to a race in Austin, so we got to spend some time together.  Shelby missed him so much on Friday night that on Saturday she did not want to go to sleep and ended up fighting me to go to sleep from 9-midnight.  On Sunday after recovering from a long night before she got to go swimming again, but did not want to let me go because the water was a little on the cool side. She still enjoyed it though.

Loving Her Mommy at 46 Weeks

What an eventful weekend my baby girl had!  We had a regular week of going and going followed by our crazy weekend.  On Saturday we were all up bright and early to enjoy time together with Derek and Jenny at the YMCA Trail Run.  Chad and Jenny ran the 5k and Derek and I walked the 3k.  We had borrowed a back pack from Uncle Josh for Derek to carry Shelby in, but she ended up not liking it at all and I got to carry Shelby for the entire 3k walk.  On Sunday morning I got to celebrate Mother's Day by having Shelby dedicated at church.  She was so good up until they put us in the back row about half way through the service and then she lost it and screamed the rest of the time.  It was funny.  You can see it online at www.fotw.org and click on Baby Dedications Sunday 9:30 service.  Pastor Kerry even made a comment about a future music minister.  After lunch with the Gorman's and Pawpaw and long nap, we went swimming for the first time this year.  Shelby really enjoys the 1 and a 1/2ft. deep pool in the neighborhood, she can even touch the bottom.

Team Gorman @ 45 weeks

Go Daddy Go!!! Shelby cheered her Daddy on Saturday as he ran in another triathlon. She and I were at the park for the event at 6:30 in the morning to cheer him on. Shelby squeezed into her Team Gorman onesie once again to show her support for him. She was too cute, at the finish line she was clapping and saying Dadada over and over. Unfortunately that was the one leg of the race we missed him on. Later that morning we attended her cousin Ansley's 3rd birthday party. Shelby got to visit with Nanny, Grandma, and the rest of the Gorman clan. She also got to play with a few of the babies that were there. Saturday was definately busy because we also got to redo our back flowerbeds that had been worn down from Dixie and Dudley running the same paths over and over. Shelby got to enjoy the beautiful weather as we worked. It must be nice. Shelby also got to spend a lot of time with her Nana this past week. My mom came up to keep her on Wednesday and Thursday. They had a lot of fun together and my Mom always tells me how Shelby reminds her of me as a child because of how active she is. She is a ball of energy these days, so much so that I cannot put snap up PJ's on her anymore because it is too much of a battle, but we enjoy all the energy she has to give.

Shaking her booty at 44 Weeks!

Shelby is a definitely a mover and a shaker now. She has learned to dance, it is so sweet. You tell her to dance and she will start rocking back and forth shaking her bottom. She has also really started playing Peek a Boo. She has figured out how to put the blanket over her face and pull it down while she smile and giggles. I pulled out the last of Shelby's Christmas presents that I had left in the attic, because she had received so many we have slowly pulled them out. She got a new toy that she can steer and rock on and then another that she can push behind. She loves the push toy. She pushes the toy and walks pretty steady behind the toy until she runs into something and then she fusses for you to turn her around and she goes again. It is the cutest thing. She also had an adventurous weekend. We went to Deer Park to visit family and Derek and Jenny Purvis, even though I think Chad really just went to see Derek's new drag racing car. Shelby and I visited with Nana and Paw paw and of course did a little shopping. We then returned home and got to visit more with Mimi and Popa who spent the weekend in Spring helping Aunt Paola and Uncle Bryan get ready for their new addition. It was another week of fun for my baby girl!