Summer Lovin'

At Papa's birthday bbq hanging with her BFFs, Savannah, Siobahn, & Anthea munching on rice krispie's treats (a big hit all around!)

Playing with baby Sunny ...
Just a minor tiff, resolved shortly thereafter.

Happy Birthday Rory Jane!

Rory had such a great birthday weekend with all her family and friends and 2 parties!

She decided on the "no-hands" approach to eating her cupcake, but rest assured that only lasted about a minute.
At the kiddo party, digging with her buddy Cypress (2 1/2) for "dinosaur eggs".

Enjoying a tasty popsicle treat~

The overall feel of the day:

The Peacock Park

Rory loves roaming around Mayfield Park with the peacocks, as long as they keep a distance. Here she is out on the trail.

First she heard it, then she saw it.

Behind on updates

We've been having so much fun this month that we've gotten pretty behind on posting the adventures of Rory Jane. Here's to playing catch up!

Some of our favorite friends came to visit us:

There was much fun and playing (see sprinkler video below):

We visited Meme's house for Easter:

There were tons of goodies & egg hunting & lovin':

During our down time, we've been working on her skills: Art skills, dish washing skills, potty skills (no pictures, much success), plant shopping skills...a girl's gotta have skills!

Sprinkler Fun

Please enjoy this video of Rory's new pastime.

Baby Besties

Today is Rory's bestie Nya's 1st birthday. We pay tribute with a series of adorable pics of them doing just what besties do.

We've had a very busy, but very fun & exciting weekend. Saturday we went to Savannah's 3rd birthday party at the park. We got to play we some good friends that we don't see nearly as often as we should.

Rory regressed a little bit after watching me hold other tiny babies all day.

Today we went to the Children's Museum and took far too many precious pictures of this amazing little girl to post tonight. Here are the highlights:

Upside down mirror

rubbing a frog

tending to the hens

a fish eating her hair

making Mama play guitar

Rabbit Ears

Rory wanted to show everyone her new hair-do: "Dya" ears! She doesn't even mind the process of putting them on. When they're finished she calls herself "Rory Dya", which is so adorable. Soon to follow will be pics of mad scientist Rory, when the hair bands come out.

In other news, Rory has grown an inch and a half since Christmas! She is getting so big and so is her brain; she's recognizing shapes, numbers, and letters now. Quite the gifted child we have.