Lately..

...the Princess has been a little (okay, a lot) fussy, what with getting those new teeth and all. She's been a bit clingy and needy--it's tough being Perfectly Princess-like all the time, you know. So we've been standing on our heads--quite literally--trying to please her and get a brief break from the whining! Daddy was holding her the other night, and for the gazillionth time, she wanted up, then she wanted down, then she wanted back up--y0u get the picture. Finally, he just flipped her over his head, which she thought was absolutely hilarious!! He thought it was pretty funny, too, until she got ahold of his nose!! She's got quite the grip, that girl!! He had to pry those sweet, dainty little hands loose!!
Later, she decided she wanted down, at which time she proceeded to play a drum solo on the coffee table! Very musically inclined, that girl!! And she can dance, too!! Such talent!

Finally, she crawled back up into Daddy's lap, grabbed her bottle that he'd been trying to feed her for an hour, and kicked back to chug it down...guess she just had to make up her mind that it was time...

After the bottle, Miss Priss shared some veggies and ranch dip with her Daddy! She ate olives and tomatoes and carrots--or at least sucked the ranch off of them!! I don't know how two Slaydon girls are gonna share the olives and ranch...she's lucky she's so stinkin' cute!!

A Pompadour, A PawPaw, A Pudding Face, and A Party!!

What a busy day...

This first pic is just a glimpse of what the Princess looks like after a ride on the 4-wheeler!! She's got that wild, windblown look!!
We had a surprise visit from PawPaw Jerry today!! The Princess was so excited to see her PawPaw! They walked all over the place and PawPaw got lots of sweet sugar!

Every Princess needs a snack after a good afternoon nap! Miss Priss loves her chocolate pudding, as you can tell from the picture below! If only she could figure out how to lick her lips!!!

This evening, we went to Longville for Aryana's 4th birthday party!! Abigail had so much fun playing with her big cousins! She just wishes she could run around with them! Won't be long...

Happy Birthday, Aryana!!!

Happy 4th Birthday, Aryana!! Abigail is so excited to come to your party this afternoon!! We love you bunches!!!

Happy Grandparents' Day!

The Princess would like to wish all of her Royal Grandparents a very Happy Grandparents' Day!! She is so blessed to have 5 wonderful grandparents to play with, 1 precious Grandma up in Heaven, and 3 fun Great-Grandmothers!! She wanted me to tell you how much you all mean to her! And a very Happy Grandparents' Day to all the other Grandparents we know!! We love you all so much!!

Our newest trick...

Miss Priss can find her way into anything!! I was sitting next to her on the floor, and next thing I know, she's climbed up into her bucket and is grabbing for whatever she can get off the table!! She is FAST!! And strong! And way smarter than her Momma!! She's so independent and wants to do everything by herself!

She almost lost her balance for a minute, but she recovered pretty quick!! She just looked back at me like, "Did you see that, Momma?! I did it!!" Less than a month until her first birthday...where has the time gone???

We were sitting on the porch tonight cutting her monster toenails (those things go everywhere--no sense in cutting them inside), and the Princess had so much fun playing with her royal pooch!! I would call him over and she would say, "opppahh" for Hopper! She would jump up and down in my lap, squealing as he got closer! When he went in for the toe lick, she would screech so loud!! I'm sure all the neighbors were wondering what we were doing to her! If they listened long enough, I'm sure they realized she was having fun! We played this game for the longest time...she loves her some "Opppahh"!

Still trying to get those new toofers on film (or SD card, whatever)--wish me luck!! She just crawled to her room--gotta go see what she's getting into now!!

Daddy's Sweetheart

This little Princess loves her Daddy!! Her favorite place to be is in his lap, playing all sorts of fun games! She always tells him he's #1!!
The Princess has learned to clap whenever she does something funny or sweet. She gets this excited look on her face and just claps and claps, as long as everybody else does!! She is so proud of herself! I don't think self-esteem will be an issue...

My two favorite people...there's nothing sweeter than that!!

I love this picture below! She was laying facedown on Daddy's legs and was wallering (yes, I know it's 'wallowing', but I'm from the country...) around. I said, "Abigail, you're number one!" and she raised right up and gave me the signal!! She's definitely got us trained!! She will raise that finger whenever she wants us to tell her she's number one!!

Not that you can tell in any of these pictures, but the Princess is now the proud owner of 4 teeth!! The top two broke through together over the weekend! (Could be why we've been just a tad tempermental lately...) Can't wait to see that sweet smile with teeth on the top!! I'll certainly post those pics whenever the Princess deems me worthy to capture them!

This last picture is just too cool for words. I'll let it speak for itself!!

The last few days...

The Princess is victorious over her pizza!! She gets it everywhere, but she loves it!!

What a beautiful little Princess...who HATES her bows!! They don't last 5 seconds after Momma puts them in...oh, well. Who needs hair bows, anyway!?

Aren't we graceful?? She can only be ladylike for just so long...

Abigail had such a good time this afternoon playing with Uncle Randy and Aunt Beebee!! She sure has missed them and was so glad to see them today!!