Elizabeth Anne laughing at Daddy

Although the lighting is not good, this is my favorite video of us. I got her laughing at me so hard she had tears in her eyes.

Little Things

She makes me read her books over and over and over, I don't mind

She sings along with Snoopy her ABC's

She can throw a ball, a bow, a brush, a remote, food, my cell phone, .....

She dances

She cuddles with me when we watch her Baby Einsten DVD

She claps and waves bye-bye

She points things out to me and tells me what they are - hey, she knows what she is saying

She pulls out Chase's hair and hands it to me

She tries to say Thank You

She sleeps with her knees tucked under her stomach

She giggles at me when I chase after her

She likes to run when I stand her up and hold her hands

She turns her head sideways and down when I say "aaawwwww"

She ALWAYS smiles for the camera

So I have started blogging again..

Wow.. 4 months and not one post. Frankly, I just got tired of it. But I have decided to start blogging again.

Not because of my HUGE fan base (all 10 of you), but simply because I hope my children will read this one day.

Little things happen every day with Elizabeth Anne that I know I will forget one day and this is the best way to capture those memories.

I will start catching up on those later, but for now take a look at how my little girl has grown!




Since my last post (when she was 7 months), she is now eating real food, crawling with ease, pulling up, cruising on her own, pointing out familiar objects (cup, apple, dog, etc), and bossing me around!

Time is flying.

Roll Tide!

In case you missed it!

New York!

I took Lauran to New York for our anniversary! We had a blast! It was a first for both of us so we tried to do as much in one weekend as possible.

Here are the highlights:

First impression - EXTREMELY BUSY! If you have been you understand. This city moves. At first we were overwhelmed, but we got the hang of it after a while. We took a twilight cruise right when we arrived - which was the best thing we could have done. We saw the whole city - Empire State Building, Wall Street, Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, etc.. Unfortunately, our pics didn't turn out!!

The London - our hotel rocked! I highly recommend to anyone. Here is our view

The service was excellent. The restaurant was great. We loved it! Walking distance to everything.

Central Park. is MUCH BIGGER than I imagined. We spent the morning just walking through the park. Very cool.

Hairspray! A fantastic show. I could spend the whole weekend going to shows.

Shopping - Lauran enjoyed it. Me...not my thing, but we had fun.

Celeb Sightings - Sat right across from Chris Kattan Famous for "Monkey Boy" on Saturday Night Live, and the Night at the Roxbury.

We had a blast and will definitely go back.

Elizabeth Anne is advanced

Elizabeth Anne was pronounced "advanced" at our last doctor visit. Advanced socially and physically according to the doctor (of course the obvious advanced beauty is a given)

This was wonderful news to Lauran - but it makes me nervous. I am not sure I can handle a super beautiful, super intelligent, super gifted daughter. It's too much pressure for a Dad!

I was hoping for just cute and sweet, and a little above average - now I have advanced.


I can tell you that I do love my "advanced" little girl!

Blowout!

In our second game of the year - we got embarrassed! 15 - 1! OUCH!

We played a Mexican team who were extremely quick and were great ball handlers. I have to hand it to them, they were pretty good.

Highlight of the game: Our only goal was scored by our keeper when we played with an open net with a minute remaining!

Let's hope this isn't a trend for rest of the season.

3-0

We lost our first game of the year last night 3-0. Played Barcelona, a pretty experienced team.

We could have beaten them, but we are so out of shape we had no energy in the second half. We were also missing 4 offensive players - so no subs and no attack.

The highlight of the night is when I got flattened by a guy running full speed.

Once we get a couple of games under out belt, we will be pretty good.

Buy stock in whoever makes Aleve.

Bossy

Elizabeth Anne has discovered something new. The louder she yells, the quicker we move. That's right, she's figured out how to be bossy.

We were sitting at the kitchen table, her in her highchair.

MAAA!

"Are you yelling at me?"

MMMAAAAAAAAAAAA!

"You are aren't you" (We are laughing at this moment)

Red faced and fists clenched, MMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

"Ok, ok" (We picked her up, doubling over in laughter)

Ahhhh. (She smiles)

I think this may be a sign of things to come.

Beautiful Girls

I am blessed to be surrounded by two absolutely beautful girls. My wife, and my daughter. (see the new profile picture)

Lauran doesn't like it when I brag about her. Elizabeth Anne loves it.

But they are my beautiful girls.

How did I do it? Prayer. No doubt about it.

I love being Lauran's husband and Elizabeth Anne's dad. It's the best job a guy could have.

My sister-in-law told me the other day that she can look at us and really believe that things happen for a reason. I agree. It's true. My two beautiful girls are an answered prayer.

My advice: Never stop praying. And pray for BIG, WONDERFUL things to happen in your life. Sometimes it just takes a little while for them to be answered.