Flying with Dada above the wedding photo

August 2011

June/July

Vi and Great-Grandma Bradburn at Rob's family reunion July 1st

Vi and her Wumpy, Rob's mom

Violet's first real ice cream cone...not so into it.

Here's our messy-haired cutie at Jordan Lake a couple of weeks ago.

Mimi and Papaw's front steps at the end of June.

Our little lady bug

is getting so big!
She is such a busy toddler, loves being outside, is stringing together 2 or 3 words,
and is just overall adorable. When it's too hot to get in the kiddie pool, she is
happy as can be if she has a "pen" or crayon in her hand.

Great-Granddad's 95th Birthday Celebration 5/21/11

With Mimi and Beckett

1st visit to Great-Granny's grave

With Great-Granddad and Papaw

Bubbles with cousin Beckett

Vi's Rainy Day Dance 5/27/11

February and March 2011

Violet's first time climbing the steps.

Crazy Spoon Girl in February (you can see where her left eye has a spot of green)

On Feb. 13th

On March 12th

1st stage of walking

Here's footage of Violet walking with Mimi and Papaw on March 12th. She has become much more steady on her feet in a few short weeks, walking while only holding one hand now. She loves pushing the stroller....I guess this is the end of my aerobic stroller walks.

16 months of age has been such a joy. Violet is saying so many words I can't record them all, joking with us, loves playing with clothes (is currently playing with my socks repeating "gock, gock" and dancing with them), and is almost constantly singing or humming "la, la". She can almost perfectly sing the melody of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Every time I try to video that she stops and chases the camera, but I will succeed one day and post it. She's a busy little girl, especially considering she doesn't walk yet, and loves spoons, bowls, and putting in/taking out things.