These are for you Melissa...

My sister Melissa gets impatient to see new pictures of her neice....I have to say I can't blame her...so Melissa here's a couple random pics of Selah just for you! Enjoy!

Life is great for a 1 year old isn't it?! :)

She did NOT appreciate me taking this pic of her on the potty..."Mommy puh-lease"

A day hanging out with Selah and Iliana

Unlike last Fall, I am now keeping Iliana only on Wednesdays. That makes Wednesdays one of Selah's favorite days I'm sure....Selah gets so excited to see Iliana and Iliana gets so excited to see Selah! It's great to see how little kids develop friendships....it's adorable!

Selah talking on the phone...not sure who she's decided to "call" this time

Iliana feeding her baby....Selah and Iliana both have a common LOVE for dolls....oh yeah...and Iliana did not want to take her coat off so she played in it half the day! :)

Taking a small break from playing in order to flash mommy a smile

Selah "the Mommy"

As many of you know, Eddie and I have been approved to be foster parents. It's something God laid on our hearts almost a year ago, but it took us until last October to begin pursuing it. We are now waiting for THE phone call. It could come anytime telling us that our foster baby is on the way to our house.

We've been talking to Selah quite a bit about the baby and trying to get her as prepared as possible. We have already set up the nursery for the baby, and Selah loves to go in that room and talk about the baby. She's started to take her baby dolls in the nursery and rock them, sing to them, have them go "night, night," and change their diaper. It's adorable! Today I was able to take a few pictures of Selah in the nursery with her baby.

Rocking her baby in my rocker....I LOVE this smile!

Selah said that the baby needed her passi....or boppy as she calls it

Rocking her baby again in her own rocker this time

Blowing a kiss to me!

The new and improved Potty Book

Eddie, Selah, and I spent last week in Indianapolis, and a lot of Selah's time was spent with our friend Tammy Dunn....in fact Tammy to Selah is "Mammy Tammy." Tammy surprised Selah with her very own potty book that has pictures of Selah all through it! It's adorable and Selah loves it!!! Thank you Tammy.....Selah has wanted to read it so many times we have it almost memorized! :) We love it!

Wondering why her picture is on the front of this book

...and on every page

Where's Selah?!

"Snowed in"

A couple of weeks ago I posted some pictures of the snow (and ice) that we got in SC. Due to the fact that it snowed, everything shut down....that's just the way it goes down South. So....we had a few days of staying home. To prevent cabin fever, we watched movies, played with Selah, played games, and ate a lot of food :)

Eddie and I played Jenga one night....it lasted forever....I took this picture thinking it was going to fall very soon and it was several more turns before it did...did I mention that Eddie was the one who finally made it fall? :)

One of Selah's favorite things to do is ask us to draw a picture for her on her Etch-a-sketch (however you spell that :) Anyway one night she kept asking for different animals...Eddie was quite the artist....these pictures cracked me up! Can you guess what each one is?

This one's not that hard....although I love the little stick figure body!

Any ideas?

The tail gives this one away

Love the ears!

Selah went nuts over this one...she loves "horsies"

Sadly enough after this night of drawing her etch-a-sketch had to be thrown away because it was coming apart....thankfully she has not asked for it (yet)!

It Snowed!!!!!

Our prayers were answered....it snowed!!!

This was the first time Selah had ever seen snow, so we were so excited to bundle her up and get her out in the snow.

So....how did she like it? Not as well as we'd hoped :)

All bundled up ready to go in the snow...check out this look on her face..is that mischevious or what?

First impression.....not overly excited....she also was mad that her hand was wet....needless to say she would NOT keep her mittens on

This is the only picture we took that she was smiling...and she was clinging to Eddie's leg the majority of time we were outside

Eddie trying to encourage Selah to walk around in the snow

Not overly excited to be walking through the snow

I am attempting to slide down the hill beside our house on our garbage lid....sadly it didn't work and as you can see Selah thought I was nuts! :)

The joy of eating as a toddler...

She is definitely a little ham! Wonder who she gets this from? :)

Eddie and I are so entertained at times watching Selah eat.

First of all, she absolutely loves food. I guess you could say that she came by that honestly...Eddie and I love to eat :)

Second of all she has the ability to inhale her food.....I truly don't know how she does it, but if she really likes something it is gone in an instant. Eddie and I are having to constantly remind her to chew her food....

The thing that is most entertaining is how she manages to get just about as much food on her as she does in her! Sometimes we let her have dinner just in her diaper so she doesn't ruin all of her clothes. There have been many times that we have taken her straight from the highchair into the bathtub....the picture below is a great example!

She has a nice little ravioli beard :)

Selah has always been one to decorate herself when eating...this was taken at a friends house when she was about 10 months old...some things never change :)

Had to throw in this picture.....Eddie and I thought Selah kind of looked like a chicken after she pulled the bow out of her hair!

Evening at the park

She's really got this smiling thing down pat! :)

Since it was such a beautiful day, Eddie, Selah, and I decided to head for a nearby park after Eddie got off from work. It's such a great park...in fact, the toddlers have their own part which is called the "Tot Lot!" How cute is that!

Ok...once again we have a few pictures for your viewing pleasure!

Daddy and his little girl having a moment

Selah and I hanging out in the tunnel

Selah about to go down the slide where Daddy was waiting at the bottom

God painted us a picture...a beautiful sunset right before we left the park

Daddy and Selah being cute right after her bath

Busy day...

Today Selah and I were pretty busy hanging out with some of our favorite people.

This morning my friend Erica and her little boy Bryson came over for awhile....as you'll be able to tell by these pictures, Bryson and Selah had a lot of fun.

Check out this room.....they destroyed it...what toddlers do best :)

She is a little ham!!

Selah's friend Bryson...isn't he adorable?!

Selah and Bryson were giving each other a hug....after I shot this picture they both fell over.....it was hilarious!

Tonight we had our friends Casey and Aaron and their kids over.....we had a lot of fun eating breakfast together......that's one of mine and Eddie's favorite dinners....pancakes, bacon, and eggs are great anytime of the day in our opinion! :)

Cynthia and me....Cynthia is Iliana's sister and she's a lot of fun

Ok...one last pic...I couldn't resist...

Ok....I know I'm biased but she has to be the cutest little girl in the world!!!

We're Back!!!

Does she look excited or what?! :)

Ok, so we are FINALLY back! To say that I've been going through Internet withdrawal is an understatment!! We are so thankful that we now have Internet at our house....thank you wonderful people who gave it to us as our Christmas present (you know who you are :)!!!!


I believe June was the last time I posted, and in six months, there have been a lot of changes! Selah is now walking....running more like it.....talking like crazy, feeding herself and actually getting more inside of her now then on her :) She is so much fun, and I'm really enjoying being a stay-at-home mom.

Here's a few pictures from today (although the one at the top is my absolute favorite!)....

Selah and her friend Iliana having a tea party....too cute!

They are excited!

I asked Selah to smile for the camera, so she definitely did!

Selah loves taking a bath...tonight was no exception