fun in the sun.

Rubi riding off into the sunset, on her barbie bike.

(this slide is much higher than it looks, which clearly explains the terror on my face.)

where in the world is Rubi?

I'm sorry i haven't posted anything in awhile, but we have an excuse...we're house hunting. It has consumed our lives. In fact, the most recent picture of Rubi is from an open house.

i promise to start posting again, even if it's just pictures of Rubi in a complete stranger's home.

park weather

The weather this past week was so nice we were able ( finally) to go to the park.

Visitors

Denzel and Alex came by to say hello over the weekend...needless to say Rubi really enjoyed the visit.

Uncle D shared some of his best dance moves with Rubi, Rubi then showed Denzel she really didn't need help in the dancing department.

second hair cut

Finally, the time has come Rubi needed a second hair cut (it's been almost a year since her first). So, again we went to the expert Aunt Nancy.

As you can see, Aunt Nancy knows a thing or two about cutting the hair of a two year old...like i said before expert.

It was quick and painless, I'm not sure that Rubi even knows she had her hair cut.

22 months?!?

When people ask how old Rubi is, it always makes me really sad to say...22 months. This baby will be TWO in 2 months. At 22 months, Rubi is a very independent little girl (for the most part). She decides what she'll eat, drink and snack on (with in reason). If she doesn't like the outfit or shoes I've selected for her, she lets me know.

Neil and I think she may even have a touch the the TERRIBLE TWO's. She enjoys run far from us in any store, she loves to scream and point into the kitchen; just to see if we can figure out what she wants, she often wakes up in the middle of the night pointing down to the living room crying "sponge bob".

Rubi can now put a few words together, sort of saying a sentence...her favorite of course is "Daddy stinky" (i also enjoy that one). She still loves books, coloring, dressing up in her beads and tutus, bath time, and of course Yo Gabba Gabba.

Sunday at 7:00 is our favorite time with Rubi. We watch America's Funniest Home Videos. Rubi loves this show, and we love it because it's hysterical watching it with her. She laughs with us and the audience, even though I'm not sure she knows what she's laughing at.

Rubi will also be moving to the "big kids room" at school by the end of this month, that means playing outside at during recess, (and not in a tiny gazebo with babies, scary i know), doing a lot more art projects, and eventually going on field trips (ahhh).

a mess.

I'd imagine that when Rubi turns 15, i'm going to hear a lot about how i ruined her social life by posting many, many, many embarrassing pictures of her ON THE INTERNET!!

so cute. enjoy.

Happy Birthday Caden

Over the weekend we celebrated Caden's 3rd birthday with Neil's family. As you can see from the picture above, Rubi had no problem get re-acquainted with old friends.

Christopher showing Neil is new Yankee shirt.

Caden giving Rubi a birthday boy smooch.

Rubi & Neil giving me the same, "UGHH, no more pictures" look.

We were thrilled to see Caden and Christopher. We also got to meet Cira the newest member of the family.

Neil and I both took a shot at holding the six week old baby, it's hard to believe it's been nearly 2 years since Rubi was that tiny.

I have to say Rubi wasn't very interested in the baby...i think it may have something to do with the fact that all of her baby dolls talk, cry, and speak...Cira slept most of the party. I guess to a child this is boring stuff.

It seemed Caden was ready for cake...

...which as you can see, he enjoyed very much.

Happy 3rd Birthday Caden!

smile

Testing the new camera...poor Rubi.

Yes occasionally i allow her to get this dirty...bad, bad mom.

this phrase is VERY helpful.

Rubi say's all done when she's done with naps, lunch, and well pretty much anything she's had enough of.

YO!

Rubi loves learning about shapes and colors, in fact her new favorite word is circle (obviously).

Rubi recognizes the colors pink and black (and also says ew when shown the color orange), she also recognizes stars and circles. Rubi loves the color pink. This morning she pointed back at her crib and yelled "pinky", which i suppose is what she will now refer to her prized blanket as.

Rubi's vocabulary has grown tremendously, she also knows some sign language...which makes understanding her a little easier. Her new favorite answer (TO EVERY SINGLE QUESTION) is "yo", a clever mix of yes and no...making it almost impossible to know whether or not she wants to eat, put on her shoes, or go to sleep.

the conversation goes something like this,

us: Rubi would you like to take a tub?
rubi: YOO

us: Rubi would you like some juice?
rubi: YOOOO

us: Rubi would you like some vegtables?
rubi: YO!

(you get the idea)

she is a very smart little girl...lucky us.

DAA'AD

When Rubi realizes her pleas for her father to stop dancing aren't working, she plays dead.

(this happens on a daily basis)

four wheel massacre

I know it's sounds like our little angel is laughing hysterically as she attempts to run me over,

but that couldn't be, right?

Saint Rubi...never.

she is...

We now spend most nights, as a family, dancing to whatever Rubi decides is a worthy song. She even knows what button to push on the remote to start a track...

which isn't as amusing the 30th time around.

can you say bite?

It is very difficult to get Rubi on camera anymore. I think recording every moment of her infancy has really scarred this child. Which explains while the posts on this blog are so far apart.

This is a video of Rubi saying her favorite words, sorry for the delay. We will try our hardest to get Rubi used to the camera again.