I decided yesterday to make this dress to wear to a wedding we're going to in Atlanta today. I copied the idea from a blog I check out periodically. It was a standard pattern that I added the ruffle and sash to (copying the blog modifications...). The other blogger said she had seen the exact dress in a boutique for $300, so I'm pretty happy with my $40 replica!
We played with playdough for the first time this week. She didn't eat it until we'd been playing for a good 15 minutes first! 
Nadia with Buster Bear on August 15 - 10 months! 
Look at that great smile! Even with her eyes closed, this is still my favorite! 
Her hair is getting curly! Tonight after her bath I hadn't combed her hair yet and it was curly all over - back, front and top! 
As it's getting longer, it's getting more curly to it! Love it! 
Nadia with one of her "big" girl friends, Kaitlyn, at the Greenjackets Game for Onederful Wednesday. 
Playing with her buddy Jackson who is just 2 weeks younger than she is at Andy's ball game. We'd take a blanket and toys and between all the moms with preschoolers, it was like a playdate at every game. This season Andy's team made it far into the playoffs, so we spent every night for a week at the ball field. Nadia would clap every time the crowd did! 
Nadia's first day of school! She has the same teachers this year and several of the same friends from her class last year, but they are in a new room, with "bigger-kid" toys since now they are so big! Now she is the first room down the hall from my office instead of two doors down. I checked on her several times during the day, and she was as happy as could be playing away! 
Yesterday, on our day off, we went to Savannah for the day. We met up with Mitch and Erin at Monkey Joe's. It was wonderful to see them and catch up. Nadia had THE BEST time on all of the inflatables and slides. She climbed and crawled and slid and pulled up and climbed and crawled some more for an hour and half! When we left, she was exhausted! 
Monkey Joes has a toddler area for children under two. Most of the time we had it all to ourselves so we were able to get in and play with her! 
Nadia loved going down the big slides in our laps! As soon as we'd reach the bottom, she would climb over us, turn around and try to climb back up the slide so that she could go down again! 
After Monkey Joes we went down to River Street, walked down the cobblestone streets, watched the making of some pb&j taffy and ate a delicious seafood dinner before coming home. It was a great day off!
Today I remembered that a small inflatable had been donated by another one of the ministers to the Preschool Ministry. The only problem is that it's only designed for one or two kids at a time, so I can't ever use it at our events. I decided to bring it home and borrow it for a while, so now Nadia can play in an inflatable right in our living room! She loved the balls too!
First pony tail!
Playing with Uncle Jor in her pony tail!
Sound asleep on the living room floor. She just laid down beside me and positioned herself so that my hand was on her back so that I wound rub her back. When I stopped rubbing, she started squirming for me to keep rubbing. She just drifted off and took her nap right in the middle of it all. 