red shoes and babies

i know i've mentioned it before but baby girl developed an opinion about her clothes much earlier than what i had been anticipating.  it hasn't become out of control at all but i do like to humor her when i can.  so depending on the appropriateness of what she picks out, i'll let her pick out one element of her outfit and i just try to match the rest.

well, all winter baby girl's red church shoes have been her very favorite but she could only wear them on sundays.  now that it's warmer though, baby has developed new favorites... a whole new world of... SANDALS!!!  well, on an unusually cold day last week she was wanting the sandals.  not gonna happen baby girl but what if i let you wear these red shoes?!  

and on that note we struck a compromise and headed out for our playdate.

but we had a few minutes to kill before we needed to leave sooo... picture time.

she's crossing her legs!  i thought this was equal parts cute and hilarious.

she loves to jump off of anything and everything.  i NEED a video of it.  when she jumps in place, it's probably one of the cutest things she's ever done.  literally.

and if this hasn't been said yet... baby girl's newest obsession is babies!  i mean, i think she might even like babies more than shoes and cell phones combined.  all day all i hear is "BEEEBEEEE!  BEEEBEEEEEE!!!!"  and this doll is her favorite (it's also the only lifelike one).  it was free from a friend and it looked like crap but then i bought it a preemie sleeper from walmart and it's as cute as can be.

she hugs him.

she kisses him.

she quenches his thirst.

and hers.

everywhere we go, she'll yell out if she sees a baby.  and to her baby = any child under the age of ten.  

so when i got baby girl up from nap, i took off her sleeper and put a diaper on her.  while i went to her closet to get her play clothes, she found her baby doll in the hallway, grabbed a diaper from her basket, and started putting a fresh diaper on him (on the outside of his sleeper... we haven't learned that detail yet).  once i helped her get that diaper strapped on him, i put her clothes on her.  as we got up to leave her closet, baby girl was pointing and trying to tell me something.  so i grabbed one of her little cardigans and slipped it on her baby, thinking she wanted him dressed too.  "OFF!  OFF!"  as she pulled the sweater off.  okay... so you don't want your baby dressed.  alrighty then, we'll just head downstairs.  nope, that was definitely the wrong answer.  "BOW!" as she pointed to the baby's head.  ohhhhhh!!!!

i was a little confused at first since the baby has a plastic head and no way to clip on a hair bow.  i went to a different upstairs closet pulling out baby girls little headbands she doesn't wear anymore.  and place it on the little dolls head.  baby girl just giggled and cooed.  she was tickled pink!  and then she kept pulling it down over his forehead so it fit more like this...

y'know.  because that's how boys wear headbands.

this little girl is so smart.  i don't care if it's twenty something years away... i'm so excited for her to be a mom.

ps- my day today was soooooo far less than spectacular.  but seeing my little girl with her baby boy doll with size 4 diaper over his fleece footies and a white rocker headband across his forehead... well, that made me not want to curl up in the fetal position and give up on life.  ;-)  thank you for that baby girl.