Wednesday, May 20, 2009

17 months

Sipsey turned 17 months on the 18th. We have a little fireball on our hands. If the tantrums haven't started in your house yet, I certainly hope they don't, but I feel for you if they do. Sipsey gets mad at some of the slightest things. For example, in this picture, her foot was stuck on the step and wouldn't go down to the next step very easily.




She finally got it down but gave it a little talkin' to before it was all over.



On the other hand, Sipsey is very loving and affectionate and kisses her babies and stuffed animals and wants to take care of them. Here she is putting a diaper on her bear. She sat for longer than 30 minutes trying to get it to work.



And she even shares her milk with her bear.



She loves this tunnel at the park but for some reason she was giving her poker face at this moment in time.



And getting upset again for who knows what reason.



She's also very good at getting into everything. We bought this potty on a whim recently just to introduce her to the potty. She likes to hide things in it for now. And hiding things is quite common now, especially our shoes in her toy chest.



A few words at 17 months:
dog (buh-buh; a barking sound), baby (bay-beeeeee), bye-bye, bow, water (wa-wa), shoes (shus), socks (sooos), lovey (lubulubulubu), ow, hey, night night (nigh nigh), eye, nose, ears (eeeeee), eww (eeeeee), and no (nnnnno). That's all I can think of for now.


That's all for now! I can't believe this little booger is almost 1 and a half years old.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Graduation

I graduated with my Master of Public Health in Epidemiology on Thursday, May 7! My mom and grandmother (Dad's mom) came up to help me celebrate. Ben and Sipsey came along as well. Some may think we're crazy for bringing a 17 month old to a graduation ceremony, but she's been with me through my entire time in graduate school, so I really wanted her to be there. I'm so happy to be done with this chapter of my life. I started the program 5 months pregnant with Sipsey and now she's almost a year and a half! I can finally spend time with Ben and Sipsey without worrying about studying for tests and without writing papers after Sipsey goes to bed and on the weekends. God has provided so well for us during my time in graduate school with a new baby and the loss of my Dad. Now I'm praying that He will provide me with a job! Anyone need an epidemiologist?


Sipsey in the lobby. Notice the B-O-W in her H-A-I-R. Shhhhh...don't let her hear you talking about it. She'll pull it out!



Sipsey and me after graduation. Please excuse my matted curls on top. Those caps are not for people with curly hair (I don't really think they're for people with straight hair either!).



Ben, Sipsey, and me. Family photos are tough to get these days.



Mom, Sipsey, Granny, and me


Granny and me. Thanks for coming up to watch me gra-gee-ate!

Friday, May 1, 2009

Splish Splash

I think I know how we will be spending those hot summer days that will be here before we know it. I just might take a dip myself! Sipsey had a blast playing in her new pool last Saturday.











She loved her pool last year too! I tried to put the swimsuit below on her the other day and it was way too small, although it's an 18 month size. So thank you Aunt Laura for the yellow polka dot bikini. Sipsey would have had to go skinny dipping without it!