The Dotty Days of Summer

For all of you who care here is an update on Little Miss Dotty Marie Nichols...

Dotty will be 1 year old on September 8th. Can you believe it??? It has gone by so fast. She is taking 6 or 7 steps (not really walking but wobbling). She says "Dada" and "Nana" really well. She can point and grunt (or scream) at whatever she wants and she lets you know what she wants let me tell you.

Dotty, Tony, and I just got back from the Nichols Family Vacation in Ruidoso, NM and she did remarkable well for the trip. We broke up the trip going out and we stayed at a lovely cabin. Everyone was lots of help with Dotty (even Payton was great at entertaining her...she loves his wrestling men) but Ruth Ann was the most help of all. She was so awesome and really allowed Tony and me to enjoy our time.

We made the 9 hour (thanks to a one hour detour) trip home on Wednesday and Dotty survived and so did our ears. She did really well with only a few minor melt downs. We were all happy to get out of the car!

She has been staying with Tony since we got back since Howard and Ruth Ann are still gone and Tim and Molly are both vacationing...thus I think Tony is ready to go back to school. It is amazing at how tired an 11 month old can make a person.

I hope to post pics soon of Dot. I am still learning so give me time. More to come!