Country Girl

We spent the weekend in Hallettsville last weekend and Jillian loved it! She is such an outdoor girl and loves to get dirty. She picked beans in the garden with Granny and Grandpa...


Played with the potatoes that Grandpa had dug up...
Then helped put the next batch of potatoes in the bucket


She worked really hard at picking up the potatoes and I have a really cute video of her doing it but for some reason it will not load. She was like a little weightlifter - every time she reached down to pick up a big potato she would grunt like it was so heavy!

The next day she helped Granny make cinnamon rolls
Notice how curly her hair is - there is something about Hallettsville that makes it even curlier - it is never that curly here.

And I couldn't resist her first picture with pigtails. I think they are so adorable but I am too much of a perfectionist and she is too much of a wiggle worm to make them work. When I look at them all I can think about is how her hair is not parted perfectly down the middle and they are not even. Maybe when she gets older, she will sit still long enough for me to do it.

April Happenings

We held a bridal shower for Karin who is getting married in Vegas this summer. Afterwards we had her bachelorette party which included a wine tour to 3 local wineries. We had a blast!

Jillian attended her first birthday party at a jumpy place. She wasn't too sure about the jumpy castle but I tried to show it to her. She enjoyed everything else at the party and had a wonderful time playing with her friends from school!



Jillian has begun making lots of faces lately - here are a few of our favorites that we have actually been able to capture on camera


Jillian has become Ms. Independence - she want to get on and off of the couch constantly. Unfortunately she cannot quite get on by herself so she needs help to get on and will throw fits if you don't help her. More on her fits later.
Here are a couple of cute pictures that I could not resist. Jillian loves her sunglasses and she is even starting to leave them on for short periods of time when she is outside.
She still loves Bandit! She constantly says DOG and has started bringing him his treats when he gets in the kennel. Here she is giving him hugs on cue for the camera.
For some reason I can't move the videos so they are side by side. The first video is a demonstration of Jillian's fits. Any time she hears the word NO or we don't help her or give her what she wants. This is what she does. I think she is in for a rude awakening! The second video is of Jillian's new word that she started saying this week.