i see you!

one of the things i enjoy doing is forming simple sentences. "i see you!" is one of them. i feel it conveys exactly what i want to say at that moment. my other favorites: "no like" (when i'm asked to eat anything that isn't chicken, pasta, hot dog or banana); "shirt off" (when i've soaked my shirt from milky cereal, brushing my teeth or drinking from mommy's water bottle); and "poopoo too" (when i sit on the toilet, this is what i say, even if 99 times out of 100, it's not true).


i see you! at the park



i see you! under the stairs at nana and baba's, where i grab your ankle like a creepy stalker.



i see you! at the playground near our condo in san diego.

where was i?

oh yes -- halloween! ok, so it's been a while since i last updated this thing. truth is, i've been kinda busy with ... oh, what do you call it ... oh yeah, GROWING UP. it's not like i spend all day in front of the computer, ignoring my daught-- i mean, ignoring my, uh, whatever it is a 2-year-old ignores. anyway, let's get to it.

(voiceover) "previously ... on 'mailee's blog ...'"


i was a bee for halloween ...



... with my friends michael and sophia. i had a sucker and turned my mouth all green. yummy.



then came christmas at nana and baba's house. i got to wear a pretty dress and shiny shoes!



and here i am with my cousins mollyryan (i'm not good with names, so i just combine them). they visited us in our new home, and we went SUH-WUMMING. (it's pretty hard to get three toddlers to smile AND look at the camera, so this is, like, the best that can be expected.)



here's a little-known fact about me: it's actually impossible for me to say "cheese" like a normal person. whenever i see a camera, i have to say "cheeeeeese" in such a way that my tiny, developing jaw and neck muscles are drawn dangerously taught with the strain of pronouncing more e's than any 2-year-old should be allowed to handle. also, i like pretending i'm a half-naked pajama-clad princess in socks and sandals.

there are more photos, and i plan to post more this week, so, please, AUNT NANCY, GET OFF MY BACK.