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Going down the slide in the indoor kiddie pool at the Y watch it now! |
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She did this completely on her own, and it cracked us up, so of course she kept doing it. watch it now! |
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Sue Sue & Baloo sent us a Thanksgiving package with lots of goodies! watch it now! |
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Dan was showing Lana how she could lick her lips and get the sprinkles from her cookie to stick on them. So silly! watch it now! |
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Being so silly with her jingle bells (sorry about the shakiness - I was trying to get it before she realized what I was doing & stopped.) watch it now! |
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Lana has a lovey that she adores. I tell her that she is MY lovey and that it says so on her forehead. watch it now! |
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When we asked Lana what she was grateful for, this is what she said: watch it now! |
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On the way home from school the other day, I asked her what she learned and she said, "Jesus is God's Holy Son!" She has a little trouble getting it out while she's retelling it, but the first time she said it with such conviction. watch it now! |
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Lana's favorite part of the Thanksgiving feast was the cupcake! watch it now! |
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Lana was playing with her tea set, and I looked over to find that she was sorting her utensils. Smart girl! watch it now! |
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Lana put lovey in her shirt and said, "Look, Mommy, I have a baby in my tummy!" watch it now! |
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Just a moment from dinnertime on a Saturday night.... watch it now! |
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Our friends Bradley & Kelly have been talking about what they are thankful for each night at the dinner table, and when they ask Julianna who she's thankful for, it's always Lana! We are so thankful for Julianna, too. watch it now! |
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She's been practicing the pledge of allegiance - I can't believe how well she can say it! She completely rats me out at the end for bribing her. watch it now! |
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She's 2 and now when she is using the potty, she's telling us she needs her privacy!!! watch it now! |
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This morning before breakfast, she found a pad of sticky notes and made a train. watch it now! |
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Busy making the craft that Laura & Piper sent us....she was fascinated with the glue. Thank you, friends! watch it now! |
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She's got quite the arm on her...we really are impressed by her eye-hand coordination at 2. watch it now! |
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She's telling us about her candy, but I have NO IDEA where she's saying she got it from. watch it now! |
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Her favorite goody from the night was this "big, big sucker!" watch it now! |
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swinging and such...this is when we first arrived on campus. She kept wandering around telling me things - it's like she was showing me around the place she plays. I love how at home she feels here. watch it now! |
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Lining up her babies in the bed - she says she's "taking a line" watch it now! |
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When she doesn't want to give us a kiss, she tells us that they're all gone or she threw them in the trashcan... watch it now! |
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I finished my popsicle, and was chewing on the wrapper. Lana didn't like it. watch it now! |
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More talking about how we don't bite popsicle wrappers, or grass. She does tell us that we can bite food and popsicles. It's so cute when she gets so convicted like this. (and, yes, her dress in on backwards. It was Backwards Day at preschool.) watch it now! |
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Lana's cousin Jake taught her how to "shake her booty on downtown," among other things. watch it now! |
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She LOVED going under the waterfall at the resort pool! watch it now! |
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Sometimes she'll line up her babies, or Dan & I, and "read" us a book, making sure we can see all the pages. It's so cute to me that she picked this up at preschool! watch it now! |
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I LOVE how she has trouble saying "slushie" right now. I had to video it so I wouldn't forget. watch it now! |
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This is one of Lana's favorite parts of the day at preschool - marching around the room waving the flag! watch it now! |
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Lana loves for her Daddy to "stretch" her - he does this at night after bathtime, but she's started asking for it other times, too. So cute! watch it now! |
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Now it's Lana's turn to stretch Daddy - listen to that noise she makes! watch it now! |
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Lana loves to play this silly game she made up called "Hey, little baby!" She'll start crawling around, acting like a baby, and tell me what to say to her. It's so cute! watch it now! |
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She begs her Daddy to run while he's pushing her in the car. Here they are headed down the street.... watch it now! |
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After her first initial taste of the HUGE sucker Sue Sue sent her, we put it up in the fridge, and she forgot about it. She was putting up her juice the other day and spotted it! watch it now! |
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Singing a mealtime song (she's figured out that she can watch the videos after I take them!) watch it now! |
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Outtake: I was trying to get her to sing the song in the video below, and she kept telling me she wanted to play... watch it now! |
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Aunt Kacie had a flat tire while she was here, so now Lana likes to fix the flat tires on her car! watch it now! |
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She loves putting "different shoes" on her dress up doll! watch it now! |
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A better version of her reciting Genesis 1:1. It kind of sounds like she's saying "Jesus" instead of "Genesis," but we've told her that the Bible is all about Jesus, so we can see where it might be confusing. watch it now! |
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In case you don't know how to eat an ice cream cone... watch it now! |
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Aunt Kacie did a little "teaching" while Daddy was at work before the game.... watch it now! |
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Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." watch it now! |
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(September 2008) Lana's teacher Mrs. Katherine took this video of Lana at school and sent it to me! Mrs. Laurie is the one you hear doing the song, and Mrs. Katherine is the one cracking up at the end! :) watch it now! |
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(Sept. 08) Telling her Daddy about her first day at preschool! It's kind of dark and a little hard to understand, but read the journal entry first and you'll get it! watch it now! |
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She kept telling us that her donut had lots of colors! watch it now! |
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eating her animal crackers from Mrs. Laurie & Mrs. Katherine watch it now! |
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She may not live in Alabama right now, but she's a Roll Tide girl at heart! watch it now! |
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(August 08) Her fingers are wrinkly, and she says that they're "scratchy." watch it now! |
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(August 08) an outtake of me trying to get a video...she makes me laugh. watch it now! |
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(August 08) Singing "Twinkle, twinkle, little star." I love the serious look on her face. watch it now! |
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(August 08) I found a recipe for "powerballs": yummy no-bake cookies made from oats, flaxseed, wheat germ, peanut butter, honey, dried fruit, lots of yummy things...she loves them! watch it now! |
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(August 08) playing baseball on the Wii - she loves to pitch! watch it now! |
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(August 08) Lately Lana has been pretending to write our names...I caught her laying on the floor doing it the other day and was able to catch it on video. watch it now! |
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(August 08) Who are those people on the refrigerator? watch it now! |
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(August 08) Here she's naming everyone...if you listen, you can hear her get ahead of herself...she says, "Aunt Nika, Mrs. Larry," and then she whispers "Sissy," then there's a long pause where she tries to figure out the mess up. watch it now! |
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(August 08) In the journal, we told you about how sometimes she will get going telling you something and it just goes on and on...here she's talking about the inside pool at the Y being closed. watch it now! |
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(August 08) dressed in her heels to go to the farm...we knew her Sue Sue would be proud! watch it now! |
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(August 08) Lana got a new scooter with her birthday gift card from Sis & Uncle Larry, and Brother and Janika. She always wants to ride the bigger kids' scooters, and this one is perfect for her! watch it now! |
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(8.10.08) Talking about the new bookbag she got for preschool with her birthday money from Mama Sue (her great grandmother) watch it now! |
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(8.13.08) Singing "I'm a little birdie"
She learned this song in music class at preschool last year, and still loves it! watch it now! |
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(July 08) Singing the clean up song...she must have learned it in preschool this past year. watch it now! |
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This is what happened the FIRST time I tried to video her alligator face. (Note: she was not permanently harmed.) watch it now! |
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Lana has gotten to the age where she thinks that if she can't see you, you can't see her. It's so cute! Watch her peeking at her daddy.... watch it now! |
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She might only be 2, but she knows what chocolate is and she loves it! This girl's a lot like her mama. watch it now! |
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This is her "milkshake coma." When she starts drinking her milkshake, she won't look at you or talk to you. It's all business until the last drop is gone. watch it now! |
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