Okay, seriously...

Who's the worst blogger ever? I am! I am!

So, my blogging frequency isn't the greatest.... But things have been crazy around here!

Talulah is a crazy walker now. She started taking a few steps here and there at 9 months, and then started full out walking at 10 months. Now she's 11 months and she walks WAY more than she crawls and she's pretty fast too! Definitely keeping her mom and dad on their toes.

She's still the sweetest little thing, and so funny. SO funny. And it's like she gets more and more beautiful every day! Just when you think she couldn't possibly be any more adorable, you wake up and there she is... looking even more adorable than the day before.

And hey, we all know Donovan's a pretty handsome guy, but who would have thought Donovan as a girl would be so perfect?! What is it that Brenda calls her.... Talulavan, cause she looks just like her Daddy.

For this post I'm going to use the lazy persons update for pictures. It takes so long to upload photos, and I've only got a small window of time while Talulah's napping, but it's quick to just post some links!

Here are some links to the summer pictures of the Nance-Armstrongs, well mainly Talulah, but there are some of us in there too! (Don't worry, you don't have to be registered on facebook to view the photos... clink on the links, they're open to everyone!)

May 2009 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=129905&id=678560725&l=4f811525b3

June 2009 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=130098&id=678560725&l=58b5a79c22

July 2009 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=134313&id=678560725&l=089bcbc01c

July/August 2009 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=143599&id=678560725&l=deeb221e10
 
I hope you enjoy the photos... I promise I'll try harder to keep up with my blogging!

It's been a while...

Now that Talulah's a crawling pro I've reeeeally had a hard time uploading and sorting through pictures. So, I'm posting a bunch below but they're now the oldies. When I have some time I'll sort through the newer photos and post them.

Until then here are some catch up pics from April!

Bath time!!! Talulah loves the bath, especially when the bubbles come out! We've had to put the bubbles away for a while because her dad was going a little crazy with them. There were a few nights where Talulah was in bed for a couple of hours and when I headed up to bed there would be bubbles EVERYWHERE! Donovan would play with them just about every night. So I had to hide them so we'd still have lots for Talulah to enjoy...

This is Talulah opening her Easter gift from her Great Aunty Laura and Great Uncle Rob! It's a beautiful little book called I Am a Bunny. It's so amazing, and as you can see... Talulah thinks it's delicious!

Talulah's Uncle Jay bought her a "Folk Fest" dress. It looks so beautiful on her and she really loves it. In fact, she was just telling me the other day that she can't wait to wear it to the Winnipeg Folk Festival in July!

Auntie Melissa came for a visit, yay!!! We had so much fun when Auntie Melissa was in town. We went to Ikea, took Daddy shoe shopping at Market Mall, showed off our army-crawling skills and all of our new "tricks". It was pretty sad to see her go, but now we can just look forward to our next visit!

This was our Sunday Night Dinner at Grandma Brenda and Grandpa Bruce's house. Grandpa Bruce and Grandma Brenda were out of town, but we took Auntie Melissa there anyway. It was lots of fun, we had a bbq!

Lunch with cousins Dana, Trent, Parker and Aaron! We tagged along with Auntie Melissa's lunch date with our cousins. It was pretty fun, Talulah was a big fan of Trent, Parker was a big fan of Talulah, and Aaron was a big fan of Melissa. The kids were so cute, we can't wait to hang out with them again!

This was our first Stroller Fit class with Crystal and Jack, and it happened to be on my 30th birthday! It was lots of fun, and as you can see... it was a beautiful day so it was great to be outside. Talulah and Jack have found out that they love to eat grass so Crystal and I take turns putting them back on their blanket and taking the grass out of their hands. It's lots of fun!

Sarah's 30th birthday lunch with Julie and Alexis! Talulah and Alexis were soooo cute perched at the end of the table together in their high chairs. They love playing together, and Alexis (being 2.5 months older) knows that they shouldn't chew on the table... She tried to tell Talulah, but Talulah didn't listen. They're adorable together.

Grandma Gwen and Grandpa Wes came over to play! Talulah showed them how great she is at crawling and was really happy playing with them. Grandma Gwen played with Gymbo the clown puppet and Talulah really enjoyed it!

This was Talulah's first lap around Grandpa Bruce and Grandma Brenda's house! She reeeeeally wanted to play with her Dad's watch so he just kept putting it further and further away from her and she chased it around the entire house! This was still in the half crawling half army-crawling (dragging) days...

This was the first time Talulah pulled herself up! She was pushing her empy margarine container (I don't know why we even bother with real toys) around the house and decided to climb up on her car seat! I'm sure she was trying to get to the electrical outlets that were behind the car seat (they're her fave!) but luckily they've got covers on them and she hasn't figured them out.... yet.

Snoozing in Daddy's arms at the mall. So sweet...

Daddy had to run an errand on the way home from the mall and Talulah and I waited in the car. We had some fun and Mommy took some pictures of her little beauty. Doesn't she just melt your heart?

The rest of March...

Phewf... Well, Talulah's crawling now so she's kept me on my toes! I haven't had time to hop on the computer and update the blog for the rest of March!

She is crawling, but sometimes it's like an army crawl and sometimes it's a regular crawl. But, she's already getting around pretty quick so we'll be in trouble when she gets more practice.

I was concerned about Talulah's sitting (or lack of) because she was crawling before she was sitting! She sat briefly before, but when she figured out how to get around she lost interest in sitting. But I'm happy to announce that today she found it interesting again! She's still toppling over fairly easily, but she's definitely sitting on her own!

Here are the rest of the March 2009 pictures. (I haven't had a chance to sort through the April so far pics so they will be coming soon to a theatre near you...)

Talulah hangin' with her Grandpa and Great Grandma!

Playing by Grandma Brenda's coffee table. (Talulah LOVES this blanket she got from Anita... it's big and cushy and she loves to scratch at the animals...)

Doing her push-ups... This usually turns into the downward dog yoga pose. Jasmyn may need to start a yoga class just for babies!


This is when Talulah was only taking one "step" at a time with her crawling.


Happiness!

This is one of Talulah's new tricks. She loves to bite things and hold them in her mouth.... She will often chomp the edge of the blanket she's on and then get up on her hands and knees. Then she'll rock with the blanket in her mouth. It's really cute, maybe she learned it from Byron?

Playing in "the chair". I've started calling this chair the "nursing chair"... but it's really an excuse so that I get to sit in it all the time! It's a heated AND massaging recliner.... soooooooo nice.

Talulah debating whether or not she wants to play with her teether ball at Ryan & Chrissy's house!

Cousin Jayden playing with her doll while keeping a watchful eye on Talulah and her little brother Riley. She's such a great babysitter!

Cousin Riley playing peek-a-boo with Talulah!

Jayden and Talulah chillaxin' on the couch...

Jayden holding Talulah... this is right before Talulah pulled Jayden's hair! I think she thinks Jayden has beautiful hair but she hasn't learned that it's not polite to grab just yet.

Riley showing Talulah his bunny... Talulah has the same one, but her mommy hasn't pulled out it's whiskers yet so she hasn't played with it a whole lot. (The whiskers can poke her in the eye! Chrissy told me she just yanked them right out.... So, I will follow suit!)

"What did you say Talulah?"

Riley teaching Talulah how to crawl.

Riley showing Talulah his singing duck!

Riley's checking out Talulah's "Sophie La Giraffe"... Notice Talulah keeping a close eye (she loves her Sophie!)

Still playing. Those Murphys are such great hosts!

"Okay Talulah, now you just have to go forward like this."

Riley's inspecting the teether ball to make sure it's safe for Talulah to chew on.

Cousin Chrissy snuggling Talulah... She loves hugs! (Talulah smelled so pretty for the rest of the day because Chrissy's perfume rubbed off on her!)

More snuggles!

Talulah rocking on Jayden & Riley's blanket.

Riley looking very happy that I'm taking his picture... :)

Riley keeping an eye on Talulah. Jayden's excellent babysitting skills must be rubbing off on her little brother!

I mostly took this one because I love Ryan and Chrissy's new house... Look at those beautiful windows!

Time for Baby Bubbles at Gymboree! Talulah's watching her BFF Alexis pop the bubbles.

Alexis is so good at popping bubbles!

Talulah loves the bubbles! I bought some and brought them home... Last night while her dad was giving her a bath I got the bubbles out. Donovan loves them too! He was even sneaking away today to blow more bubbles...

Pretty in pink!

Bubbles stuck to Talulah's hair... We love when this happens, it's so adorable!

"Hey Alexis, look at this bubble on my head!"

Playing in the tunnel!

"Hey Alexis, my mom's taking pictures of us!"

Alexis coming to check what all the excitement is about!

"Excuse me Talulah, I need to get a closer look at that camera!"

"Just about there..."

"One more step and I'll be out of your way Talulah!"

By the time she got over top of Talulah and out of the tunnel Alexis lost interest in the camera...

We're getting good at this taking-pictures-of-ourselves business!

This is my onesie from Gary! He's so funny...

Talulah thinks Gary is funny too!

More pictures of her teeth!