It's Maisy!!

Lia has a fun book that she enjoys about Maisy. In the book ("Where's Maisy?"), Maisy hides and you look under several flaps before someone knocks at the door... you open the door (flap) and .... "It's Maisy!". When you get to this part of the book Lia always says... "It's Maimee!"

Well, today, Maisy was at the Barnes and Noble storytime. We went down, sat (read squirmed) through story time and then got to meet Maisy IN PERSON!!!

Lia kept saying... Maimee... Maimee... I mean, Maisy is BIG in her world right now!
Here's a picture of their meeting. We didn't get Maisy's autograph...do rat's give autographs??

Bubba (my big book)

This is Bubba...it's my big book. (Lia really does call it "buuba")

I like to turn the BIG pages and look at the BIG pictures. There are a lot of pictures in Bubba and I know some of the words. There's a ball (ba), flowers (pritty), duck, shoes (shuus), owl (it says hoo, hoo), cow, (it says mmmm), lion (it says raaar), and the puppy (oof, oof , of course).

Anyway, I love my Bubba and I LOVE when my Daddy reads to me from it. Someday I think I want to know all the words!

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes....Knees and Toes

This is Lia's new favorite song and she freezes everytime you start singing it to touch her knees and toes. She's gotten really good at identifying her parts, but I need to add some more to the list. Here are a few other favorites right now....

Tongue (Daddy has one too!)

Nose "no, no"

Elbow

Toes (of course)

..and has anyone seen my bellybutton. I know it's down her somewhere!

Things I love....Puppies and G!

We went to Nashville to visit G and Papa and meet Mommy's friend Ms Em'ly and her husband Mr. Dave. Ms Em'ly and Mr. Dave are having a baby in October so we celebrated together in Nashville. They are so much fun and this was the first time I had met Mr. Dave. Mommy says he's kind of silly sometimes, but I think he's lots of fun. We also got to see their dogs... Tucker and Maddy when we took them to the park. Tucker and Maddy are very cool dogs and even have a blog of their own. (the dogs blog)


Tucker is a little more calm than Maddy and let me sit next to him....


and pet him....

and even give him a kiss....

I had a lot of fun at the park with everyone. Hey, you look kinda funny from here!


Mommy, Daddy, Ms. Em'ly and Mr. Dave went out for a double date (in G-Mommy's convertible) on Friday night and then we had a fun breakfast on Saturday. We all got the new baby it's first bag and all the stuff he or she will need to be on the go.

Here's a photo of us before we left to go back to Atlanta....


Thank you, G and Papa, for letting us stay at your house...it was so much fun. We love you!

Ms. Em'ly and Mr. Dave.... I can't wait to come visit after you have the baby...I love babbeez, too!

Try again...
Ok, I didn't realize that it was so hard to comment on the blog, but I have fixed it now...
so, who's out there.... holla back??

Is anyone reading this?

I know there are a few of you out there... Brendon, G, and Nana.....that are a little addicted to this blog, but I was sitting around the other day wondering who else checks out the posts. So, let me know who you are, O' readers of the blog - I'm very curious.

~The Petty Poster

Long skinny feet

Since I have been walking more and more, Mommy decided to get me some sandals. This is the first big girl pair of shoes that I have and I think I like them.

But the real suprise came when the lady at the store measured me and said I wore a size 5. Mommy didn't think I was a 5 yet b/c my feet are skinny, but they are REALLY long too. Guess I'm growing everywhere!

Check out my new shoes...

And one of my pretty blue eyes...

Happy 4th of July (a little late)


With the 4th in the middle of the week this year it was a little low key. We did go over to Haley's house and cook out and play in the baby pool.



Haley chillin' in the pool


Pattin' my Petty


Noah sporting his sunhat and shades...

Walking Machine

Since her first steps last weekend Lia is taking more and more. For those of you that won't believe it until you see it...







Ending with "A- Poof" as she slams into the pillows. This is a little game that Lia and Daddy play and she thinks pillows are called "A-Poofs" now.

Snackin'

"Hey Mom, we are out of DP...can you put it on the list?"


(announcer voice)
"No babies were actually given Dr. Pepper in the taking of this picture"

but we did give Lia a lick of a popsicle...yummy!!

Visit to Charlotte

What is summer without a fun roadtrip?!?!?
Mom and Dad loaded up the minivan and we headed to Charlotte for the weekend to see the fam!
from L to R - Uncle Geoff, Auntie Mac, Aunt Cindy, Great Jeff,
Papa B, (me), Nana, Daddy and Mommy


We went to the pool at a friends' house and played with the "ba" (ball)


I wore my sunglasses (only for a minute)


and played in their waterfall...


They even had a bucket there to talk into...


I love buckets - heehee...


Back at the house Daddy helped Papa B mow the lawn and
I got a ride on Papa B's



Oh, and just a little thing.... I took my first steps!!!! Everyone was so busy watching they didn't get a real picture, but when I walked over to the glass doors Mommy snapped this one....