New Dresses

Greta got many new things for her first birthday, some of which were very cute clothes! Today I did a photo shoot of her in the new dress from Great Grandma Hope and Great Grandpa Harry. I know I'm biased, but she looks like a little porcelain doll here!
Here she is next to her tent with baby doll...who she still carries around often and hugs and pats a lot (more than she hugs and pats her own parents!!) Greta is really into playing in her tent. We'll have to get some pictures of her in there. She loves to read books and play with her plastic Easter eggs in the privacy of her cozy tent! We put lots of pillows and soft things in there too, which makes it fun for her to roll around or relax in.
And of course there's a matching clip and cute sweater to go along with the dress (Great Grandma Hope wouldn't forget such important aspects of an outfit!)
Getting messy with her alphabet cards from Great Grandpa Ronnie! She loves to dump these out and look through them. Do you see that pile of pillows behind her? One of her new favorite things to do is stack pillows and plunge into them. If I lay on top of any of her pillows when she's doing this, she shakes her head and whines at me (is she becoming a little bit bossy?!)...she's on a mission and she doesn't need me in her way!
Going down the slide at our neighborhood park. We go here just about every day--and now that the weather is improving so do many other people! It's fun to run into the same neighbors and watch all the children have a good time together. Greta really looks up to the "big kids" she sees at the park--but mostly she spends time wandering around, playing with the gravel, and climbing onto things.
At church last Sunday. This is her new dress from Aunt Jenny--with coordinating headband! (this outfit also came with sunglasses, which are ADORABLE on her, but she can't quite see the point of them yet...except for taking off and chewing on, of course)

Greta is all about Papa lately! She says "Papa" so much with such a giddy look on her face...I think she equates "Papa" with FUN :-)

Get this headband off!!! (it was SO HARD to get a picture of her with the headband on--Jenny, I tried my best!)
And it's off!! That's better!