Easter and More

We had a busy, but fun, Easter weekend. About a week after my last post, Bethany went to one nap a day. It didn't seem like she would anytime soon, but she surprised me. Easter was a long weekend for us, and it's all catching up to her today. So hopefully we'll be back on track now.

She still walks with support: either she'll hold onto your fingers or walk with the walking toy. She loves her squeaky shoes that squeak when she walks. That sometimes encourages her to walk. I guess she does like to walk places now. She just demands that I walk her there. Once she grabs your finger, she doesn't let go. I think all the pictures tell you what else we've been up to.


I was playing around with my camera settings and took this one day. I think it turned out nice.

She thought it was quite funny when we put the bucket on our heads. I was surprised she was willing to crawl around considering she couldn't see where she was going.

See, she enjoyed it.

I left her playing in the pantry while I put away groceries. I figured she couldn't get into to too much trouble. Well, I found out she could reach the shelf that had the puffs on it.

The obligatory Easter egg picture. Bethany didn't help dye eggs. Mommy and Aunt Amanda did it while Bethany was taking a bath. Next year she'll be helping.
She's likes to feed herself with spoon. I have to dip it into whatever she's eating, and then she puts it in her mouth. It's not the cleanest process, but she's learning.

Easter morning finding eggs.

She was pleased with her new toy.

The family on Easter.

Bethany is opening her basket from her adopted, Grandma Diane. It's a good thing she didn't get through that wrapper to the chocolate. She didn't think the foil tasted good, and didn't want anything more to do with it.

Elijah showing Bethany how it's done.

We also got to experience Uncle Jeremy and Aunt Cherie's petting zoo.

Bethany petting the cat.

Bethany had her first encounter with baby chicks. She liked it so well, she grabbed right for it and almost pulled it's head off. It was jerked away, but her little lip started to stick out farther and farther until she started crying. She didn't know what had happened.

The baby chicks. WATCH OUT FOR BETHANY!

Here was a chicken she couldn't hurt.

I've been trying to update for a couple of days, but it wasn't letting me post pictures. Finally, here we are.

Bethany is doing lots of cute things, and I've been saving up stories. I've been trying to teach her to be gentle and nice. She doesn't like her hand grabbed so I can show her, so I've taken to petting her hair softly and saying, "Be nice." She was playing with some breakable candle holders so I was telling her to "Be nice" with them. She kept putting her hand in her hair. After a couple of times, I figured out that she thought "Be nice" meant something to do with her hair.

Bethany was visiting Aunt Amanda one day. She had been playing with Aunt Amanda's cell phone because it's a Verizon Chocolate so it's pretty hard to push the buttons. When Shane and I announced it was time to go, she crawled over to Aunt Amanda's phone and promptly put it in my purse. Shane took it out, and she proceeded to pick it right back up and stick it in my purse. She really wanted to take home that phone.

She's doing some baby sign language. She can say more, milk, and all done. It's nice to be able to communicate with her a little easier.

The past couple of days we have discovered that Bethany is not ready for only one nap a day. I thought maybe she was because her two naps were getting shorter. She didn't have a morning nap on Sunday or Monday. Last night (Monday) she woke up at 4:00. I think she was so tired, she just couldn't sleep well. She took two naps today, and she will be for a little while longer.

Here's some pictures to show you what else we've been up to.

Bethany was helping Daddy work one day.

Bethany playing with her Grandpa B. She would hand him something. Then she would want it back. Then she'd hand it to him again. Good times.

Watching the cookies bake. I've tried teaching her what hot means, but we have such a good oven that the outside doesn't get hot or even warm.

Our little musical baby.

She finally starting using the walker. She's getting pretty good. It seems like she could start walking any day now.
She wanted blankie and to walk, so we came up with a compromise. I didn't see her get into the basket. She must have wanted some toys that she couldn't get to. She got in and out by herself.

One day when I was feeding her, she kept putting her hand up to her ear and jabbering away. It seemed like she was talking on the phone. So cute. Too bad her hair smelled like hot dogs for the rest of the day.