Conversations with Georgia

I spent several hours today staining the stairs that lead from our back porch to the backyard. After dark you decided you wanted to inspect my work, so you grabbed a flashlight and you and daddy headed outside for a look.

Daddy: See what a good job your mommy did?
Georgia: (shining flashlight on stairs) Yeah.
D: See how she was really careful and didn't get paint on the house?
G: (obviously more interested in playing with flashlight than admiring my hard work)Yeah. (begins aiming flashlight at the sky)
D: The flashlight doesn't do a very good job of lighting up the stars, does it?
G: No, that's because the stars are too far away.
D: That's right.
G: Daddy, do you think that star over there is the one that shines over God's house?
D: I wonder.

Conversations with Georgia

You and your brother were in the bath tub tonight when I asked you to turn the water off.

Mommy: Okay, that's enough water. Turn it off now.
Georgia: But I don't want to turn the water off. I want to wait until the water is up to my boobies and then turn it off.
M: (swallowing a giggle) okay.
G: Mommy, the water is almost up to my boobies.
M: (swallowing another giggle) okay.

I mean, really, how could I argue with that?

You Fell Asleep Watching Hannah Montana Videos on YouTube

My Favorite Things

Backyard Picnic!

Back Talk

Awesome Daddy Moment

You have always been a mama's boy. No matter how hard your daddy tries, you always want "mommy do it," whether "it" means making your milk, dressing you, putting you to bed, changing your diaper, buckling you into your car seat, etc.

So what you did last Sunday morning was especially sweet. You were playing upstairs while sissy and I ate breakfast. Daddy woke up and came into the kitchen to say "good morning." When you heard his voice you started sprinting down the stairs yelling, "I missed you daddy" over and over. When you made it down the stairs you darted over to your daddy with a huge grin and big 'ol hug.

It's my favorite daddy/Palmer memory.

Work It Girl!

Snugglin'

One of My Favorite Photos

'Mommy, Look at my Monster Jump!'

Spinning!

This little skirt is designed to be worn over a leotard. You like to tuck this shirt in and let your unders show through. Daddy actually took you to the gym dressed this way without realizing the skirt was translucent.

I Love Living on a Cul-de-sac!

Four Going on Fourteen

Golfing Guy

Four

We've been having so much fun with our four-year-old daughter that I forgot to blog about how you're now four. First off, your stats:
Height: 43" - 90-97%
Weight: 38# - 75%
BMI: 14.5 - 25%
And you got four shots, which means the rest of your four-year check-up was horrible.

Having a four-year-old is AWESOME! We play games, ride bikes, have conversations, read books. It's all stuff we've done with you all along, but now it's somehow more awesome.

You love to play outside: riding your bikes, watering the flowers, digging in the dirt next door, watching the houses go up around us. I'll draw a big race track in the cul-de-sac out front so you and brother can have races. You're finally warming up to riding your big girl bike with training wheels, but you don't want your daddy to watch you. You love our backyard. You play tee-ball, hide-and-seek and chase with daddy and brother. You like to pretend the backyard is your stage. You'll take your microphone out there, make up funny songs and put on concerts. We also frequently have picnics out there. Something about picnics makes you eat something other than pancakes, so I'm liking this!

You don't take naps anymore, so your brother has boycotted them, too. I was originally bummed about this, but it has turned out to be great. We don't have to stop in the middle of the day, and bedtime is earlier.

You still change your clothes countless times daily. It's no wonder I'm constantly doing laundry.

The funniest word in the English language is underwear. Uncontrollable laughing at the mention of the word.

Conversations with Georgia

Georgia licks her arm.

Daddy: What are you doing?
Georgia: I just wanted to see what it tastes like.

I guess that's reasonable.