Looking at Pictures

sThis is what Dad and Chelsea were doing while waiting for the "Chelsea Speaks 2" video (found of facebook) to render on the computer. They were looking at old pictures including mission photos and pictures of Poppy.

What a cute expression! Chelsea was having such a good time hanging out with Daddy! They sat snuggled here for probably half an hour or more, looking at and commenting on photos.

So many comments! She especially liked barking, "ow wow wow wow" when she looked at Poppy pictures.

I love how Chelsea starts out sitting pretty much upright, but after awhile she leans way over onto Daddy and then by the end, she was nestled snuggly between Daddy and the arm of the chair.

Here she is tucked in the side. She moved herself around and seemed completely comfortable and at ease with it. What a cutie. Not very ladylike in a dress, but oh well. :)

I love my family!

Funny Stuff

We visited Auntie Jennifer in the ceramics lab last Saturday. Look at all her cool projects! They are even cooler when they are finished and glazed. Chelsea had a fun time getting dusty and dirty, but she didn't care too much about playing with the clay. We thought she might like it. But no. Oh well. Maybe in a couple years.

Here is Chelsea after stuffing her face as full as possible with cereal before getting down from the chair. Goofy girl. She always has to fit in as much as possible. We don't take her food away, I don't know where she got the idea of eat it now or it disappears.

More fun in the tub! Here Chelsea is peeking around the edge of the curtain. She HAD been flattened against the tub peeking up from underneath, but she saw the camera and I didn't get a shot of her little eyeballs peering up. It was pretty cute.

Who knows what this means?! She's just being her usual goofy silly self!

Here she is in the ceramics lab pretending she's driving a huge ship. Or something. I don't really know what she was imagining. I can't wait till she can tell me in coherent sentences what is going on in her little brain! Words are coming more and more! We are going to try to get her talking in another video tonight after Rick gets home and after my primary meeting.

Here's what I mean about her being silly and goofy. She heard some music on the TV and so she started directing, then it's funny how she zones out for a minute. I asked her if she wants to get out of the tub. She says no and dives back into the tub. I have no idea what made her say Shh. Then she talks and slides around for a bit. Goofy!

Today

Amazingly, there is still a surviving balloon from Chelsea's birthday party in May. Not this blue one. It is red and significantly smaller, but still, it lives. So we dug out some fresh ones and Chelsea is starting to discover the joys of "boons." She's really good at going up and down stairs and I think our stair barrier might be on the verge of crumble. Yay! We haven't taken too many pictures recently, but we got a couple cute videos. I put a video on facebook since it was too big to upload on blogger. Many of you who read this blog have already seen it, being part of facebook yourselves. If not, you'll just have to trust me that it is really cute. She says many words now and the facebook vid proves it!

General Conference

Chelsea and Tash played through General Conference.

We still attempt pigtails occasionally, despite the fact that they NEVER stay in very long. I love how they stick straight out! I guess mommy's hair used to do that when she was little, too.

Jump, Jump, Jump! This was taken just today while Daddy was on his lunch break. Look how BIG Chelsea is!

Awww. Daddy is so much fun!

Still giggling at Daddy. And yes, he is laying on the kitchen floor.

This is her new favorite book because Abby Cadaby is on the cover. Elmo is still right on the top of her list also, but she says Abba Abba Abba quite often too. I like how she points out the cheese. I'm not sure what she said when she pointed to the hat, and she sort of said pizza when I asked her what the pizza is. She usually says it a little better. She says all sorts of things. Recently she started saying bath, Beth, she called herself "C" once, popcorn, Oscar, and I can't even think of everything right now. She's coming along so fast!

Her aunites taught her to lay down and pretend to be sleeping. She says shh shh shh as she lays on the floor or a pillow. Adorable! She makes Oooooo noises when she plays with her toy ghost. She's figured out how lids work on toy dishes. She slurps when pretend eating but not when really eating (most of the time). She feeds her baby dolls and gives them kisses on the lips. She loves her books the best of all her toys, even Tash, though she might be a close second. What else. It's hard to list all the cute new things she does nowadays. There's so many things! She pretends to talk on the phone and says hello like eh oh, over and over. Lately she's been walking and dancing on her tip toes. Dancing sporadically. She directed all the songs during conference, occasionally dancing or swaying also. She says Hi and it sounds just like Hi. Bye is still buh buh, with a wave every time. Well I think I could go on for a long time, but it's time for Mommy to go to bed. Chelsea actually went to bed on time tonight and I think she will be up early.

Oh and she likes to knock on doors, even if they are just in a picture in her book. And she likes to point out your ears, eez, even if she has to dig through your hair to find them. There's so much more I am thinking of, but I will have to save it for later!