a.m. to p.m.

7 a.m.

7 p.m.

Trying to capture Rubi climbing on the couch, turned into Rubi making sure we capture how photogenic she is.

Here's a little video to start your day...

18 months old

On November fifth, Rubi turned 18 months old. Rubi can be summed up in one word...dramatic. Everything this little girl does is very, very BIG and LOUD. She has recently fallen in love with a pink tutu and a sock monkey. Her favorite expression seems to be "no". She loves following Mommy and Daddy around, shouting "NO NO NO", while pointing her finger sternly at us. This is now something Rubi routinely does when she is reprimanded. Her favorite "foods" are: fried onions, mushrooms, rice, plain pasta, & anything your eating in front of her (even if she has the same food on her plate, it's much more appetizing on your plate).



Rubi now makes "funny faces" (thank you yo gabba gabba). These faces occur while in the grocery store, eating at a restaurant, while she's quietly sitting in the backseat of the car...everywhere!

it's hard to believe that 9 months ago she looked like this...

Everyday with Rubi brings something new and hilarious, we're very lucky to have this little girl.

Halloween (i know im late)

Rubi's Halloween was spent trick or treating at Grandma's work. That is until a 7 year old spider man scared this lion right out of the building...

(above is the cowardly lion)

before Rubi called it a day...she stopped to smell the ehh bushes.

Visitors

Over the weekend, Uncle Kyle & Aunt Alana came to visit from Manhattan. Rubi was (as usual) a little stand-offish...that is until Kyle figured out that all Rubi needed was a ride in a space ship (which he did until his arms hurt).

Happy birthday Christopher!

Rubi and Christopher became fast friends, Christopher enjoyed piling leaves on Rubi, and Rubi was happy that someone was willing to chase her around (and to think early that day Christopher asked the question ,"how do i make girls happy", looks like he's got it all figured out).

I realize this picture is blurry, but our child it actually standing still begging for Christopher to throw leaves on her head...so cute.

Rubi playing well with other children *gasp*.

Rubi & Cayden waiting patiently for present time.

Happy Birthday Commander Christopher.

big mistake!

I will admit that we've been spoiled with Rubi's sleeping habits, if it's dark she'll most likely sleep. Occasionally it takes a little more effort to get her into bed...last night we lost the battle and Rubi lost her sanity.

around 8:30 Rubi decided she was not ready for bed....and for the first time, in a long long time we thought, hey lets let her stay up (big big mistake). In our attempt to tire her out, and let her make the decision to go to bed...she went in to totally different direction, this direction could only be described as...CRAZY.

at around 9:00 p.m she started doing some strange things. As punishment we've decided to show her prom date all of the photos from this particular night.

Like mother, like daughter.

One of Rubi's favorite pass times is walking in my shoes. She LOVES shoes. I think she would prefer going to a shoe store, over a toy store anyday.

yo gabba gabba

Rubi's favorite television program is a show called "Yo Gabba Gabba". She hands us the remote shakes her tush, points at the TV and says, "YO GA, YO GA". You don't even want the know the price we pay if we don't turn it on fast enough...there is a lot of crying a dirty looks involved.

This is a video of Rubi trying to imitate DJ Lance, who brings the charecters to life.

Tori turns 2!

This Sunday Tori, Rubi's cousin, turned two.

The birthday party was a great chance to let the girls get re-acquainted.

This is Rubi's other cousin, Jayda.

Happy Birthday Tori!!

Rubi's new best friend

Rubi gravitated toward her cousin Kayla over the weekend. Wherever Kayla went Rubi followed. It usually takes time for Rubi to warm up to family she hasn't seen in a while...but when Kayla walked through the door, you could tell Rubi knew a good friend was stopping by.

the ketchup MONSTER!

Our child, once again is on a hunger strike. On this particular strike Rubi will still eat...hot dogs, ketchup, sweet potato french fries, ketchup, rice, ketchup (she'll also lick everything you give her, and politely put it back). We've recently learned that Rubi thinks ketchup is a real food, and that she can eat large quantities and still smile. We're just happy she's eating more than just bread....but eating that much ketchup does something strange to Rubi (as seen in the video below).

first day of fall

Today was the first day of fall, and in NE PA that means sweaters, falling leaves and great weather for the park.

Neil and I took turns going down the bigger slides with Rubi, which she really enjoyed.

yes, we went down the slide...you could hear my screams all throughout laflin.

sick day...

Today Rubi wasn't feeling well, so Daddy stayed home with her. In the middle of the day, after lunch and a nap, Neil decided to take Rubi to the park....

when i got home from work, Neil let me know that he took her to the park...and he did her hair all by himself, and even managed to take some pictures.

(please don't make me go out like this, Dad.)

If Rubi never lets Dad touch her hair again, i wouldn't blame her.