A Giveaway at my New Blogspot

Dear loyal 'Brady' readers,

First, I just want to thank you for reading my blog! I've had a lot of fun posting and have really loved Blogger. But, I think it's time that I moved on to greener pastures. I've been wanting a Wordpress blog for forever, and I finally have one! I would love if you all followed me over, as I will be gracing the pages of this blog no more. I am very excited about my new blog, which I've titled, Brady Revisited (www.bradyrevisited.com). I hope to do some really fun things with it, and push the boarders of my regular blogging.

As incentive for you to check it out, (and just because I love you all) I'm hosting a giveaway, a "house warming" of sorts, for you! Here's a sneak peak at what it has to do with:
(And, no, the thing I'm giving away isn't LiLi.)

See you all over there!

~Erin

Thank Heavens for Little Girls

First, let me introduce you to my newest little niece, Brooklyn Pearl Mitchie. She was born January 3, 2001, 19.5 inches long, and 7 lbs. 2 oz. This is her at five days old.


Isn't she beautiful? I love her.

Second, can I just tell you how fun 1 1/2 yr. olds are? This is a great age. LiLi can now say:

• bye-bye
• ball
• bear
• uh-oh (first word)
• mama
• dada
• puppy
• hi
• thank you ("dank do")
• whoa
• baby
• banana ("na-na")
• apple
• ho-ho-ho
• no (her favorite word)
  

It's nice that she can communicate with more than just pointing, grunts, and crying. Although, it's a bit trying to hear "no" all day long. We have little conversations that go like this:

"Do you want to go with mommy?"
"No."
"Do you want me to put your shoe back on?"
"No!"
"...Do you want a spanking?"I tease, (she's never had a spanking in her whole life.)
"No."
"Are you sure?"
She's pensive for a moment. Closes her eyes, and shakes her pig-tailed head,
"...no."

LiLi seems to make up for telling me "no" with all of the cute things she does. She sings everywhere we go, and I mean everywhere. It's usually the tune to the "ABC's". She also dances to music. She's the best dancer I know.

Today we made Koolaid play dough. We used the pink lemonade flavor.





LiLi loves it. It was a lot of fun to make, it was cheap (the cost of a packet of Koolaid, $.20), doesn't stain your hands or clothes, and smells good. For the recipe check my cooking blog.

I'm also working on a little Valentine's Day Quiet book for her. (I live from holiday to holiday, can you tell? I always like to have something to look forward to.) Here's one of the pages:

I'll post the finished product. It will be nice to give LiLi something to keep her entertained at Doctor's visits, church, etc.

Christmas Past

I know that it's a little late to be blogging about Christmas, but I haven't had all of my pics and a computer together at the same time. I hope all of you had wonderful Holidays, we did! They were filled with fuzzy pajamas, family, an obscene amount of chocolate, and snowboarding & sledding. It was a great way to end the year.

Aren't they just so cute all bundled up? LiLi & her cousin Taylor were the best of friends this Christmas.


I'm excited for what 2011 will bring, I know that I'll get a new niece since my Sis-in-law, Lilly, was induced today! That's good, because I've been looking through photos of the past year, and they've made me baby hungry. Now I can live vicariously through her, at least for a little while. ;)