A weekend at grandmas

Lea will actually say "tyderd" when she's tired. We were at the store, a little past nap time and she was leaning her head in her hand and saying "tyderd" She's so sweet. This is Lea asleep at grandma's. We had a small melt down because she didn't have her usual pillow so we came up with a "grandma pillow" a pillow just for Lea at Grandma's house.

Look at that big girl. Grandma, mom and Lea went shopping. We got some great play equipment. Lea can say "Charge it"

Oh and she eats apples. Lea takes bites all by herself... skin and all.

Now you see the apple.

Now you see me gnaw on the apple.

Now you see the apple that looks like a badger has had its way with the poor apple, but she can sure use those 6 little teeth!

Gearing up for Dan's birtday

I know most of you are here to see cutie pie pictures of Lea, and there are some new ones, but I had to post some of my other cutie pie! Dan has been looking for some high school pictures and did find some, but they're not as cute as these. The Neal family famous photo of Dan reading the government book stuck in a pot. The caption on the back reads "This book tells you how to get in this pot, but it doesn't tell you how to get out? Hmmm?" June 15, 1967 Chico, Calif And then in a different pen it says "My favorite of all!" You know I think we have that pot in our kitchen!





And also a photo of Dusty, Sonny, Danny and Teresa Lincoln New Mexico, - Sept 1969.




What a great guy and a great family! I'm lucky to have him. Happy Birthday Danno (a few days early).

A pretty girl on a pretty day

Look at those curls!





Well ok they weren’t the same day. Lea got new clothes from Aunt Teresa and was playing with a hair band and ended up looking beautiful. Thanks to a dying camera battery I couldn’t get the shots I wanted, she’s beautiful in these photos, but nothing compared to real life! But I’m prejudice. And then another day we were out playing. Mommy drew on the sidewalk, Lea’s smart, but she’s not that advanced yet. She does know Star and Circle pretty well though. Oh and she swung a lot that day and decided instead of blowing bubbles, she’d chew on the bubble wand. She must be getting her molars because she chews on anything she can get to the back of her mouth and she is one cranky girl a lot of the time. She also walks around with her tongue out or in the side of her mouth. There is one photo here that is of a strange smile, that’s because she has her tongue over her lip. Last night I thought she was tired because she kept putting her hand to her head and leaning over until she was almost upside down. Dan said she’d been doing that all day and we figured out she was probably holding her cheek where her toothies are aching. Poor little thing. Its about time though. She’s had the same 6 teeth since October. The doc didn’t seem worried, so we won’t be either. As grandpa says, the longer they take to come in, the stronger the teeth will be. It makes me feel better at least. And she does pretty well with just those six. In this batch there is a photo of her eating an apple. We used to slice the apple and peel it, now she wants almost the whole thing. She wouldn’t eat the slices, she wanted a big chunk of apple and bit right into the skin part. She worked that half an apple until it was just a little ball of gooey skinless apple. She know how to use those 6 teeth she does have!