Summertime 2012

first willie show

first dance class

first professional haircut

first day of school

yeehaw

(little bea's first pony ride)

(jackson & bea on the ponies)

we had two very special visitors this weekend. uncle mickey and cousin jack! 

we all drove out to the texas hill country and uncle mickey bought bea her first pony ride. 

she was a natural in the saddle and even shouted a joyous "yeehaw!".

photogenic phamily

hop on over to another blog to check out some shot's from our family photo shoot.

sabrina bean did a wonderful job capturing our little unit. beatrix can be a bit camera shy and bean's style allowed our little one to have fun and feel comfortable. it comes out in the great photographs.

Beatrix's No. 2

(A tower of her very own!)

Beatrix is two! We had a wonderful visit from the grandparents. They brought party dresses and party favors and party cakes. Granddad built this wonderful tower that we love. Daddy bought her a play castle the girls colored and painted. And momma made a yummy spead of popcorn, fish cakes, dolmas, and fresh fruit and veggies with dips.
The girls (Shakti, Irina, and Bea) played with the castle, drew with chalk and blew bubbles till they dropped.

Better Late than Never...

Happy 2011!

Merry Christmas from the Family

(Beatrix on Christmas Day)

(Visitor on Christmas Day)

Beatrix, Daddy and Momma spent Christmas Eve at home with a big pot of Borscht.
Christmas Day Grammy, Granddad, and Great Gma Sally showed up with loads of gifts. Including a "strange" jolly man in a red suit.
The day after xmas, we all enjoyed an outing to the Austin Children Museum.. B and Daddy loved it so much I am almost certain we will be visiting again.

Keely and Marsden stopped by in the evening with some goodies, including a perfect sized wooden desk with a heart seat for B and boozy fruit cake for Momma.

Nana, Aunt Lisa and the cousins paid us a visit on the Tuesday after xmas. Despite the wet weather, the kids ran around in the backyard a bit and we all enjoyed a late lunch together.

Beatrix loves her family very much and it is always nice to spend time with everyone.

As you can see we have been quite busy since my previous post...
We celebrated Beatrix's first birthday with family and pizza on St Valentine's Day. A week later we moved to our new house only a block away from the house Beatrix was born in. The neighborhood is great and the neighbor's have been welcoming. We went straight to work planting a kitchen garden in the big backyard as soon as we moved in. Easter brought us 4 chicks and they are living in their new house built by Christian from left over scraps from our neighbor's sculpture the Cathedral of Junk.
Beatrix enjoys the new yard and loves her chickens. She will make the ASL sign and say something that sounds a lot like chicken along with a "bok bok".

Happy New Year!

I can't believe the invitations for Beatrix's first birthday party went out today. The year has gone by at the speed of light....
We had a great holiday season with a lot of family.
Thanksgiving we spent the afternoon with Nana, Aunt Lisa and the cousins in Glen Rose, TX. It was a pleasant road trip on a beautiful day.
Christmas was a non-stop family, food and gifts. Santa visited grammy's house and left a load for the little one.
We rang in the New Year with Nana over a pot of black eye peas and cabbage.
The Bea thoroughly enjoyed herself!

She has been completely mobile for about a month now. Walking, running, twirling, and now climbing. She is really picking up her signs, and can sign about 5 signs give or take.
We had a rough patch with the potty for the last five months. She had been putting her focus on getting up and moving; but, now that she has conquered that, she has taken interest in her potty. She has even sat on it and did a poop on her own!