Fearless on the Playground

We are very lucky and have a great playground a few blocks from our apartment. Willa used to love to go there and swing for about 5 minutes and then we'd be ready to leave. Now, she has become very independent and runs around from jungle gym to jungle gym, playing with other kids and wanting nothing to do with Bryan and me. She is fearless. She climbs things that she is probably too young to climb, and slides down slides without hesitation. Its so cool to watch, yet a little unnerving...Here is a video clip of the little bean in action. 

14 Months

Our little bean is not so little all of a sudden. Its like she made the transformation from baby to toddler this past month. Time is really starting to move fast! With all of our holiday travels, I accidentally forgot to do a 13 month post (oops...). And she was really sick with a virus of some sort during her 14th month birthday (Jan. 17), so we never got around to taking an official "14 month" photo. These will have to do...here are some photos from this past week.

Stroller ride to the grocery store with Mom.

Eating blueberry bread that Aunt Patti made.

Bedtime!

Watching T.V. with Daddy.

Trip to the park.

Things about Willa at 14 Months

1.) She is talking more and more. She can say "Mama, Dada, Hi, Bye, Baby, Tea, Pie, Nana, Poppy, Papa, Kiki" and sometimes she surprises us with repeating random words that we say...Time to stop swearing in front of her ;)...

2.) She walks around all day...even running at times. 

3.) She is only taking one nap a day now. 

4.) She continues to be smiley, happy, and really funny. She makes us laugh all of the time!

5.) When asked to get something, she understands and actually gets it for us. 

6.) She is still doing naughty things that we are trying to correct. (ex) throwing food from her high chair, standing up in the bath tub, occasionally hitting and scratching, and screaming at the top of her lungs. Beside that, she is a perfect angel :)

7.) I think she is looking more and more like her daddy everyday. Good thing he is so handsome!

8.) She has 6 teeth. Her two front teeth have a huge gap that is very cute. 

9.) Her hair is slowly but surely coming in. She has two huge curls on the side of her head (Krusty the clown-style). 

10.) She is getting more and more affectionate. She gives lots of hugs and kisses lately. 

11.) Her favorite things are books, trips to the park, going to the library, being tossed around by daddy, being tickled, and taking sips out of adult cups.

12.) She is starting to get shy at times. At other times, she seems extremely outgoing. Sometimes it takes her 10 minutes to warm up to someone...then she is saying "hi" to them like crazy. 

13.) Whenever she sees kids 6 years old and younger, she points to them with a huge grin and says "Baby". 

14.) She knows how to point to most body parts when asked to (nose, ears, mouth, chin, cheeks, belly, toes). 

I know I will think of a million other neat things she is doing later :). Overall, she is just the coolest little person, and we couldn't love her more. 

Bathing Beauty

Misc. Holiday Photos

We are back in LA after a very fun and memorable time visiting family for the holidays. Here are a bunch of holiday photos that never got posted...Some from Charleston and some from Detroit. I will do a separate post with photos from our Cleveland trip. 

Willa and Uncle Charlie (Charleston)

Willa and Kiki (Charleston)

Aunt Julie, Willa, cousin Alexis and cousin Katie (Charleston)

:) Love this one

Willa playing with cousin Katie

Willa having a "tea party" with Nana and Grumpy's silver.

Willa loves crawling into Mommy's suitcase.

Willa and Nana at the Koss's house (Michigan)

Willa and cousin Gavin

Willa in her "Mrs. Benihana" outfit. This outfit was a gift from someone on the crew of one of Daddy's shoots- They had brought it back from Asia.

 

Willa at a wine tasting/art gallery space in Birmingham, Michigan

 

Cuddling with Daddy

Willa waiting to see Santa in Somerset Mall (Michigan)

She was not very fond of Santa, to say the least. 

Trying to make a break for it...

Grandma to the rescue :)

Family pic with Santa

 

One night we went to a Kid's night at a restaurant in Birmingham. Willa loved it! She was walking around like crazy and even dancing on the dance floor. 

 

Willa and cousin Grant

Willa and cousin Oliver

 

Willa cooking in the kitchen and Grandma and Papa's house