New and Improved!

Her is Polly in her new and improved Minnie Mouse outfit courtesy of Gigi and Grampy, you can only imagine her excitement as she saw her new digs! She was in desperate need of a new one (you have never seen anything quite as worn as her old one)and I think these colors really suit her.

Polly and the Snow Cone

We were in a toy shop a few weeks back and little Polly had her heart set on a Dora snow cone maker. At the time we said no sweetie and left the store. We told her we did not have any money to pay the lady, not a lie since we had left our wallet in the car. That week we could not figure out what was going on, Polly was in a frenzy saving change whenever she found it. About 4 days of this went on, she put it all in a little wallet. Finally, she announced she had saved enough money to go buy her Dora snow cone machine. She paid the lady 35cents, and promptly her Daddy received a 35 cent rebate. We were very impressed with her logic and her sheer joy was more than two adoring parents could handle.

Yummy Dinner!

Mary cooked a yummy dinner for us while we were visiting. It had some delicious Aussie staples; roast lamb with pavlova for dessert. To say Polly enjoyed the pavlova would be an understatement! FYI- pavlova is a meriange and cream dessert with fruit on top, so good!

Up, Up and Away! (Polly)

My mom has been keeping a log of the kids flights. It is fun to keep track of where they have been. Here is the rundown on Polly.
POLLY CATHILEE POWER- FLIGHTS

POLLY’S FIRST AIRPLANE RIDE March 27- April 2, 2006

Polly, Piper, Mummy & Sandra flew to Pennsylvania to visit with GIGI & POPPY TIM. It was a surprise (kind of) visit and was such fun. Polly aka GUMMIE BEAR was a delight!! Polly sleeps, nurses, and smiles!!! She is a darling baby. She even did okay on the long flight back to Los Angeles. The plane was re-routed from Chicago to LA due to turblulence—and it took five hours—from Chicago!

POLLY’S SECOND FLIGHT April 7-23, 2006

Polly, Piper, Mummy, & Daddy took a very long plane flight (15 hours) to Australia to visit Daddy’s family. Polly got to meet her cousins Alice, Max, Ben, Andrew, Sarah, Kate, & Laura & her aunts Sue & Chris & her uncles Luke & Paul and her great grandmother Maisie and other great aunts & uncles & friends of her Mummy & Daddy. And she got to meet her MARE & POP. AND of course everyone thought she was wonderful!!!

POLLY’S 3rd Flight June 8, 2006- June 11, 2006

Polly flew with her Mommy to Boston to meet sweet baby BEN LEAR & his parents, Brooke & Jeff. Daddy & Piper stayed in California & Kate & Jonny kept them company.


Polly’s 4th Flight- July 1 to July 9, 2006

Polly, Piper, Mummy, & Daddy plus Katie & Jonny came to Pennsylvania for a lovely visit—though it was bittersweet as Petie Pops died June 24, 2006. Very sad. We had a FOURTH OF JULY gathering for everyone to meet Polly & Jonny. Great Mimi Sharretts made her delicious pot pie. Polly wanted to nurse & be held the entire time. She is darling. Very bittersweet trip Great Petie Pop Pop died on June 24, 2006.

POLLY’S 5th FLIGHT July 27- July 30, 2006

Polly, Piper, Daddy & Mommy flew to Houston, Texas to visit Daddy’s best mate, Mick Hart. Mick & his wife, Anne, have Imogene who is 18 months old & Leo who is 2 months old. They had a great trip. Polly is crawling EVERYWHERE and getting into everything. AND she SMILES all the time—just one smile after another.

POLLY’S 6th Flight August 2 2006 – August 5, 2006
Polly & Mommy flew to Phoenix to be with Aunty Katie & Uncle Jonny. Jonny’s brother, Jaron, died, and they went to offer love & support.

POLLY’S 7th Flight August 26, 2006 –September 2, 2006
Mommy, Daddy, Polly, & Piper flew to Xtapa , Mexico to a private resort. They met Andrew’s best mate, MICK HART, his wife Anne, & their 2 children Imogen & Leo. They had an exciting week---Hurricane John came & they were evacuated, the Federali patrolled the area every day looking for poachers –who would steal the turtle egg laid during this time. Polly just smiled & cooed & enjoyed the trip.

POLLY’S 8th Flight October 20. 2006 – October 23, 2006
To Phoenix, AZ for Tia & Jonny’s wedding. Polly was the FLOWER BABY and could not have been cuter. It was a lovely wedding celebration. Jonny & Kate were beautiful. A fantastic memory.

POLLY’S 9th FLIGHT December, 2006
To Australia with Piper, Mummy, Daddy, & Great Mimi. Polly spent Christmas with Mare, Pop, Chhris, Pual, Laura, Kate, Sarah, Andrew, Sue, Luke, Max, Ben, Alice, & Maisie. A SUPER CHRISTMAS for Polly’s first one.

POLLY’s 10th FLIGHT April, 2007 Daddy planned a complete surprise trip for his girls. They flew to DISNEYWORLD and stayed at the ANIMAL KINGDOM resort---with the giraffes right outside their room. The highlight of the trip was standing in line—over & over & over & over & over again to HUG the characters. MINNIE was Polly’s favorite. She even had an autograph book.

POLLY’s 11th Flight June, 2007 Daddy, Mummy, Polly & Piper flew to Boston . Then they drove to
Cape Cod for Julie Lacouture & Ben’s wedding. Brooke, Jeff & Ben Lear came to Cape Cod & they all rented a house for the week.

POLLY’s 12 th flight, July 21, 2007 Tia, Jonny, Mummy, Daddy, Piper, & Me came to Pennsylvania to visit Gigi & Grampy.

POLLY'S 13 th FLIGHT--- March 19, 2008 TO AUSTRALIA via LAX to Auckalnd, New Zealand & on to Melbourne. What a fun visit to see Mare & Pop, aunts, uncles & those darling cousins.

Princess or Socialite???

Polly is a little indecisive when it come to dressing herself, these days if she has not had on 3 outfits by noon she is just not happy. You can be the judge, do you prefer her as a princess or do you prefer the socialite look, of course the socialites these days are such bad examples on our youth, I am really not happy that she is going for the topless socialite:-) The Christmas bow was her own personal touch, I am expecting that trend to hit this summer.

Don't Get Stung!

Little Polly is quite opinionated when it comes to dressing herself. Today, she was intent on wearing her bumblebee costume to the park and we also had to stop at the Bird store to get our canaries nails clipped. We did get a few looks, but when she picks something out and dresses herself, I can't be too worried about it:-)

Polly's First Day of School

Polly started today at PediatricTherapy Network. It is a wonderful preschool for children who have special needs. They need typical children in the program and Polly is one of them. This is the place where my best friend Brooke use to work, she is an OT specializing in Autism. Polly seemed very happy and is so lucky to get all the amazing services they have to offer.

Polly's Birthday at the Beach

Today we celebrated the day that Polly came into our world Jan. 13, 2006. We went to the beach to celebrate. Gigi, Grampy, Tia and Jonnie joined us for fun in the sand. Polly and Piper had a blast running around and playing in the surf. Piper got trounced by a huge wave. Luckily, daddy was there to pick her up. She handled it entire incident very bravely. Piper also brought her presents to give to Polly a Nemo and Tigger she picked out for her at the Disney Store. Of course Polly adored them and are now tucked in with her while she sleeps. Daddy was a huge hit at the beach playing horsey, it was so hot but he endured for his little riding enthusiast. We came home and had one of Polly's favorites for lunch, pizza! I was a fantastic day to celebrate the day our little Polly was born!

More Fun at Polly's Birthday

So here is a picture of the entire fam, it is always difficult to capture all of us! Piper love hugging Minnie and did as many times as she could. The Mickey shaped banana bread was gone quick, good thing I got a quick pic. These are just a few more pictures so you can get an idea of our fun filed day:-)

Polly one year ago and today!

The first picture is of Polly and I as Minnie entered her party, I am not sure which one of us was more excited! The next pictures are some comparison shots that my friend Dara sent me from Polly's 1st Birthday! It truly seems like just yesterday! She makes me laugh so much and did a year ago too!