My how she's grown

Violet is growing up so fast I can hardly believe it.  She is talking a lot more lately and the other day she picked up a book that had a picture of Ice Cream on it and said "ice cream"  then she walked into the kitchen where Peter was making a bowl of something and said "ice cream"  it was so cute, we do have ice cream in the freezer so I almost gave her some but it was pretty close to bed time.  Violet has decided she really likes these sunglasses that I bought over a year ago, she hated them when we first got them but now she knows how to put them on herself and loves them.  She wore them in the tub today!

Here is Violet with her new pink poodle that she got from her Aunt Mary and Uncle Dave.  The other day she put herself down for a nap.  We were outside on the patio, I was reading and she was coloring with chalk when she stood up and walked inside, after a few minutes of it being a little too quiet I got up to check on her and she had gathered all her comfort items, which now includes the pink poodle and had climbed into her bed and gone to sleep.  What a funny kid.

We are starting to get baby things out.  As of Saturday it will only be 9-12 weeks.  I'm hoping it's more towards the 9 week end.  This baby is starting to kick me a ton and really likes to get going in the middle of the night when I would rather sleep.  Plus it is getting pretty warm, and that just doesn't mix well with pregnancy.  The swing came out and Violet is still in a reasonable weight range to get in it so we let her swing in it.  Her feet can touch the ground on the forward swing!  I was just thinking about how tiny she was when we first got the swing.  It was one of our first purchases after she was born.  In fact I think Peter went out and bought it the day we brought her home, he was so excited!  I found the picture of Violet in the swing when she was just a few days old.  She was so tiny we had to pad around her so she wouldn't tip over in the seat.

Here is a video of Violet in her exersaucer thing.  We are trying to figure out where to put all the baby stuff so we are getting things out so we'll all be use to them by the time there is a baby to put in them.    You can't see it very well in the video but Violet is sitting down on the highest setting this thing has and I bet she could kneel if she wanted to.