We Miss You Daddy!

This is Dani and Daddy's spot. Ever since she was a tiny baby they would go on walks and stop on this staircase to watch the cars. Dani still stops there

Prayers

A couple weeks ago we taught Dani how to fold her arms for a prayer. She has recently begun to "pray" during her play with her dolls and toy kitchen. Yesterday during our visiting teaching conference she folded her arms for the prayer without being asked. I am just awed at how quickly she picked this up. What else should I teach her at this age?

Phone

Earlier today Dani begged Trent to borrow his phone. We let her call Aunt Jess at home, and they talked for a few minutes. Pretty soon she was talking to grandpa. She talked to him a few minutes and then decided that the baby wanted to talk to him-shown in the video. We thought that grandpa was just home from work for lunch or something, but no, he was called on his cell at work. Luckily he had a few minutes to talk to his granddaughter (and her dolls).

Dancing

This is about as long as her attention span can handle when she knows she is being recorded and she is anxious to see the video.

She's getting tall

I love to see Dani get up on her tiptoes and try and balance to reach up high. The reason I was able to get Dani to try a couple times to reach the light is because she didn't realize I had the video camera out. I love her response when she sees the camera.

For a few weeks now, Dani has been able to turn on and off the light in her kitchen as shown in the video. However, yesterday she realized she could open up the top cupboards and get all of the dishes out of them. She can reach and take things off of the table and is quite skilled at standing on her tiptoes to look and see what is up there.

Just Blue

Happy Easter!

We were very lucky to be able to visit Nana and Papa for Easter this year. Dani went on an Easter Egg hunt in their backyard. She found the petrified bunny to be much more intriguing than the eggs and candy spread around. Though once she found out what was in the eggs, boxes and bags, she would have been more interested in searching.

She enjoyed carrying around her basket with Dad. She sure LOVES having him around.

On Easter Sunday we got all the cousins dressed in coordinating dresses to take pictures. Dani, however, has two molars coming through and did not sleep much the night before. As a result she was very clingy that day. Dani's three cousins smiled so sweetly for the picture, but Daniella is in tears. The "mother's curse" my mother gave me has been fulfilled. And yes, just like my mom, these are some of my favorite photos too. I love the emotional dynamics of the smiling cousin and screaming Dani. She really does LOVE this cousin and was chasing her at a near run the night before this calling her "Kih-Ee" (Same sounds she uses for kitty, but it is an approximation of the cousin's name).

At least she did pose and smile for a few pictures. Perhaps I will be able to photoshop a smiling face onto her terrified one in the group photos. . .