New Stuff III

More new stuff from Jillian in the last week or so ...

1. "Bye" : Jillian will say good-bye to anyone who leaves her sight, or when she is leaving the room, and there's times when she likes to say it with a big "BYE!!!"

2. "Toes" : When it's time to dress Jillian, she'll see her feet and say "toes!" Mommy likes to play with Jillian's toes, and she thinks it's pretty funny.

3. (Who's here?) : If someone is at the door or pulling into the driveway, Mommy or Daddy will say "who's here?" to Jillian, and she'll get all tensed up and excited, and then go running for the door. She loves the excitement of someone coming to visit her.

4. "Cheese" : Now, Jillian will say "cheese!" when she sees us pulling out the string cheese or a block of cheddar.

Spring Dress

Jillian went to church on Sunday, and got to wear her new dress, and the new red shoes that Mommy bought her. It was even nice enough to go outside and walk around for a while.

Photo Session

It was time for Jillian's 1-year photos yesterday. She was actually 1-year & 1-month old, but it was difficult to find a time to do them, so this was the closest we could get.

We took her to Rhonda Renee Photography in Woodland. This was a place we found out about from Auntie Greta. The photos tend to be natural and more modern looking. Rhonda was very nice and worked very hard trying to make Jillian smile, let alone trying to keep her under control. Jillian wanted to take off and play with all of the props in the room. We got a bunch of family photos with Mommy, Daddy and Jillian, and the Sweetie-Pie did pretty good through all of those. When it was time for the solo photos, though, all the man-handling was a bit much, and Jillian melted down. Turns out, she just wanted to get out of the room and go exploring. Hopefully, we'll get to look at the photos on-line in a week or so.

Sighting No. 31

Here's Jillian at 13 months old ... she's growing up fast!

Makeover

Here's another little clip sent in by Aunt Dianne, of Cousin Rielee combing Jillian's hair. Jillian went to visit Rielee today for some play time, something she loves to do.

The Protector

Jillian loves her babies. She has many of them (like this one, for example) and she carries them with her everywhere.

Jillian also takes very good care of them, when she's not throwing them around or biting their head. Yesterday, she was carrying one of her babies down the brick walkway in the backyard. She tripped and fell forward, but she didn't drop the baby ... she held on, and ended up skinning the back of her knuckles pretty good. It was a big owie for Jillian, but her baby was OK.

My-Sized Friend

The little bird feeder statue of the girl that sits out on the back patio is one of the first things that Jillian goes for when she's outside. If there's rainwater in the plate, she likes to splash her hands in it. She also likes to break off all the butterflies that are attached to the plate. And Jillian loves to have a conversation with the girl statue ... she just plays and jabbers at her the whole time.