A little stinker

You just do not let this girl get ahold of a pen, pencil, or crayon, but a marker is the absolute worst.

I can't tell you how many times we've had to clean little scribbles off the walls, appliances, cabinets, furniture, windows, and chubby little legs. Sareny and Isaac both tried coloring on the wall once or twice, but quickly learned better. Not Finley. She just figures if you are foolish enough to leave a writing implement within her reach, then you deserve what's coming to you. Her awesome body art did not wash off for days, and we had to go to swimming lessons with her legs like that.

Any guesses where this marker ended up??

Gratuitous pictures of Finley and her teeth

It seems that Finley has been absent (at least photographically) from the last few posts, so I thought I would include a few here. She has the cutest little smile. But look at those toofey's!

She started squinting from the flash.

She is such a little sweetie, and so independent. She is quite content to crawl around and play for quite a while, at least until an older sibling comes and bothers her. She doesn't like them to pick her up, take toys from her, touch her, or just generally disturb her. Of course, they want to do those things all the time, and she has gotten quite good at squacking when they do.

This past weekend she figured out how to climb up the stairs, all the way to the top. We were all sitting in the family room together when Isaac asked, "Where Hin?" I found her upstairs playing, all by herself. Yesterday, the gate was up blocking the stairs from the third step up, and she climbed up to it and stood there screaming because she couldn't go all the way up. Anyway, she's a cutie and we love her!

The many faces of Finley Lynn

She is our little smiley girl. Enjoy some of her sweet grins!

She's a talka-to me!

The title needs to be read in an Italian accent, as from Lady and the Tramp. Little Finley Lynn, who turned two months old today, has started talking and cooing at me. It is so adorable! She is getting to be so much fun, and we love her so much.

Eyes open, expressions pleasant, this one's a keeper!

Finley finally opened her eyes and was calm, so I snapped a couple of pictures. Usually if she is awake, she is flailing her arms and legs around, and quite possibly screaming. :(

I put her on her tummy and she seemed to like it okay. She looked like she was trying to crawl.

She looked like she was smiling in this picture!

Snuggling with mommy.