Sit on your bottom!!

Well my friends, it looks like I officially have a toddler on my hands.  Within the past two weeks, Haneilia has learned to climb onto every piece of furniture we own, excluding our bed.  She is also a full blown little girl as well. Emotions and antics in full swing. But I have to say that this is probably my favorite age.  She is becoming more independent, which can be good and bad. But it's a healthy part of their growth as well. Sigh.
Yesterday evening was a sweet time with her. We were in my bathroom and she got under the cabinet, which i usually don't let her do, but did anyways because I was occupied at the moment (if you catch my drift).  She found a long beaded necklace of mine and came to me to put it on her.  She flitted  around the house for an hour or two wearing it, chewing on it and taking it on and off.  That, along with many other moments, was when I realized my little baby is not a baby, but she is a little girl. Such an important epiphany.  An age where you begin to nuture the femininity in her little heart, ever more so than before.  I use the phrase "Ohhh pretty" all day long.
As girly as she is though, she is still a toddler.  Fearless, to say the least.  Climbing onto the kitchen table chairs.  Getting down and making her way onto everyone around the table, then finally climbing the last one in the set and 'setting on her bottom' after I have told her to over and over.  I probably say this at least twenty times a day.  Oh, how she would love to be able to stand in the chair.  I can only imagine how accomplished she feels after making that climb, only to be told to sit on her bottom.  But mommy always knows best and she listens very well.  All this to say, it's true what people say.  It's when they start walking that things change.  They really do.  But the greatest part of the change is when they run to you with arms up and say "mommy!!" or when they try to literally climb up your legs because they want you to hold them.  It's an independent choice they have made.  "I want my mommy and I'm letting her know".   And that, my friends, is a choice I will always have to trust her to make when she needs to, because I will always be waiting.  Just like someone much bigger than us is doing the same.

I caught a few moments of my little adventure princess in action.  They are super cute and I'm sure you will enjoy them. 

Ohh pretty!

Greeting Daddy at the Door. Love.

Getting up

Sitting on her bottom:)

Getting down

Accomplishment

The Family Vacation Planning Woes

   So we are planning this week long trip to San Diego in July.  Fun right?  Nope. We decided to make this trip about three weeks ago.  We are really excited about going, but it would be easier if we had wings on our backs to get us there or our own private jet. Option one would be way cooler. Anyways, I've been on the computer looking for plane tickets for an hour and I'm getting no where.  Who really wants to spend $800 dollars on two round trip tickets when you could do alot of other things with that money?  Like keep it:)
   But family is family and Williams' family happens to live in an amazing city across the US.  Plus, they have never seen Haneilia.  And who wouldn't want there family the opportunity to be able to meet the most amazing kid on the planet?  So we are stuck in between a rock and a hard place.  Do we buy the $800 tickets or do we buy buddy passes from my wonderful brother who works for an airline and take a chance on getting two seats on the plane or being booted onto standby.  Ugh!!!  So we shall see what happens.
Having a kid totally changes the way you travel too.  Needless to say, we have to bring our whole house with us when we go.  I don't think the inlaws have a spare crib, car seat and stroller for that matter.  So we have to load all that with us too when we head west.  It should be pretty interesting.