i do it

honey, you are miss independent now. and you talk so much and say the funniest things. you have had a busy summer, seeing all the family and lots of friends. and the biggest change is I was laid off, so I get to stay home with you! I love it! I do have my moments, but overall, I feel so lucky to be home with you! we have started going to the pool in lynnwood because they have an indoor toddler pool you can walk around in, and you like to play with the balls and the ducks. you like to repeat what you hear too, right now you are calling daddy, "uncle andy" as you are trying to throw the football to him. and today hunter fell, and you told him to get up boy. and you call him buddy, because daddy calls him buddy. you guys are playing a lot together now, lots of chase in the kitchen, and jumping around. you love candy..you wake up in the morning talking about candy, and you try and get it all day. it's always, no you have to have dinner first. or you will be crying if I have to leave, and then I will say that daddy will give you candy, and you will start smiling. you went to the puyalip fair and went on rides with hunter, and you couldn't stop talking about it...I went in the car with hunter, and we waited in line. and you kept trying to stand up and take your seatbelt off! and we took you to disney again, and you can't stop talking about the winnie the pooh ride. and when we got on it, you said "I don't want it" and wanted off..I think it scared you. so now you tell everyone about how you don't want it. you like to talk to people and tell them what you are doing...for the most part you aren't shy. and you like kids and adults. we took you to priest lake and you loved going in the boat at night and looking at the stars..you would be so excited to go out, and you would say uncle ben ben...look at all the stars!!! uncle ben ben, look at all the stars!!! it was cute! and it was funny because ben and penit were on the hammock and you told them to lean back and you pushed them, then you told them to kiss. they cracked up. you will look at things in books and want them, even though its just pretend...you want to take it out of the book. you also try to take off your body parts...like your fingers or toes, you try to pull them and say take it off. you can get ready with your coat and shoes and get in your carseat and get yourself secured in, but you love to run to the front and drive. you love to cuddle and hold our ears, and put your face against ours. I love it. we are working on potty training, it's a work in progress...you sometimes are so excited to go, and other times just want your diaper. you run around with a messy face and hair, you just don't want to bother. you still get frustrated easily with things, and you are trying to drop your afternoon nap...but are so tired, so I know you still need it. you love german school, and at first you would cry when I leave, now you run in to play. and one time I thought you were going to be sad and you ran back to me, and I am like what honey, and you said I want my fries. (I brought mcdonalds to you for lunch). you like to read books...the dragon book and ones where you can life up little ....okay, you want me to read to you ..gotta read some berenstain bears! love you

hi honey

you are two now! and you love to put your fingers together and make a two symbol, it takes you a while but you get it! and when people ask you your name you say "two!" we were walking to the park and you were playing with rocks on the way and then we told you we are going to the park, so you said no rock, I am going to the park. see you later. it was just cute. and when daddy was leaving for work, you made sure he gave you a kiss, and me a kiss and hunter a kiss, and you even wanted him to give auntie a kiss..he had to draw the line somewhere! we had a fun weekend, went to wild waves, and to an outdoor concert with Auntie Sara and Anna, and to a baby shower. and to Gina's pool! you crashed for 3 hours on sunday. then we went to have mexican food with Auntie Katie, and you just love playing with Jeffrey and Lucy! you love to sing your ABC's and for some reason you like me to sing baba black sheep to you. your favorite show is yo yo gabba gabba...it's awful. and you love mickey mouse. I really want to take you to disneyland again! your birthday party was so much fun, and you had all the people close to you to come celebrate! we had a bbq at our house and you even had a pinata. you loved the whole hitting and the candy. you got your first bike from your sissies! and even though your feet barely hit the ground, you love riding it around the block with your helmet on. you look so grown up! you still love to cuddle and grab my ears for comfort. I love it. k, love you!

Happy 2nd Birthday!!!

Happy 2nd Birthday!!!
Happy birthday sweetie! You love to sing the birthday song, and so we sang it to you this morning, but you always like to put other peoples names in it. But today is your day honey!!! You woke up at GG's house, and you had a donut for breakfast. Such a special treat! GG gave you a beautiful saphire necklace that we will hold until you are older. But you do like it and say "that's my necklace." This morning, you had your first experience with the fireplace. Daddy told you it was hot, but you had to try it yourself. I feel so bad, but it's not a bad burn, and I think you may not do it again. I hope. I can't begin to tell you how special you are, or how much joy and love you have brought to our lives. It's hard to watch you grow so quick, because we love your cuddles, and when you grab our ears and put your face against ours, and just want to hold us, because someday we know you will not be so cuddly. I am just soaking you up. I love so many things about you, my heart could explode. It's true that you are my heart walking around outside my chest. I love your laugh...and how you get a kick out of everything. If GG responds to your doings, you just think it's hilarious. I love how your whole face smiles and squishes up. I love how you grab my ears or your ears or anyones ears, even other babies to soothe yourself. I love how you give hugs and kisses. I love how you have me give you a hug and kiss then have me give daddy a hug and kiss. I love your excitement over bubbles! I love how you love your cousin hunter and always worry when he is not with you. I love how sweet you are to your babies, and how much you help with real babies. I love your dimple in your nose. I love when I ask you colors of things you always say yellow. I love how happy you are. I love how every time we go grocery shopping you ask for a donut. I love watching you have conversations with other toddlers, and how you reach out to touch their face lovingly. I love how you do push ups and lunges with your daddy. I love how you talk on the phone. I love how you grabbed GG's novel and sat and pretended to read it. I love how your favorite song is ba ba black sheep and you make me stop singing other songs to sing that one. I love how sometimes your a mama's girl and in the mornings your a daddy's girl. I love watching you try to dance, as you have our moves, which isn't saying much. I just love everything about you. We are so blessed you are in our lives. We couldn't imagine a more beautiful first daughter. You are a dream come true. We love you sweet baby.

who's the big girl

you will be two next month!!! I can't believe it! time is flying by and you are growing up so fast. you can count now, and you say your abc's (in the incorrect order still, but hey!), and you say new words every day. I didn't know you knew kleenex, or you said a german word for where the paci go? so every day I am surprised by you. and we took you to kids gym and you came out of the bathroom and yelled how you flushed daddy's poop! even though he just went pee, but you don't really separate the two. you love kids gym. it's an organized class where you listen to the teacher and then run around and play, and do gymnastics activities. I realized you are shy with the teacher, and most of the kids will run to him and hit the tamborine he is holding, but you just shy away and sit in my lap. however, the last class, you ran up to him and let him help you do a loop around the bar. I was pretty shocked. I am a little happy you are shy or at least aware of people you don't know. I think I am instilling fear in you as I am so nervous at this stage, of you running in the street, opening the front door, running away from us and thinking it's funny. so, I told you in the alley that a car was coming, and to watch out it can hit you. and you repeat that all the time, even when there is no car..." car coming mommy...it hit you. car coming, it hit you" I am always safety first, and you make me a nervous wreck! you love your baby dolls.. you love to cuddle them, and take them on walks and the other day we were doing bubbles and you would take the baby's hand and have her pop them. you love to share icecream at night with auntie and uncle. they always have a sweet tooth, and you are all over it, trying to get your share. you can put most of your shoes on by yourself. you are still addicted to the paci. you love to cuddle and play with my ears. or your ears too. it's like your wubby. we found out this month that you will be a big sister!!! I am so excited for you to have a sister or brother. I know you will love to baby the baby. but, I also know how jealous you get when I hold other babies, or even the dog, so I am sad you will have to share my attention. it's hard to let go of the fact that it's just you and us, and I want to give all my love and time to you, but I hear the heart grows with each child so there will be enough love to go around. it's a blessing for all of us. every morning you say uppy me mommy or uppy me daddy, to get you out of the crib. sometimes I come in and you say, no daddy. and I have to tell you he went to work. it's funny. you love to go on the trampoline, and you love being outside. and bubbles! and you love to sing happy birthday to you...and finally next month it will be a real birthday for you! I love summer, and it has been fun going on walks, the park, and the baby pool, and the boat. you have been such a sweet loving girl, i love spending every minute with you! you are pretty set in your ways..I do it, or no that's mine, my turn. my dora. and you seem to have opinions on what shoes you don't want to wear, or clothes, or food you don't want to eat. no, I don't like it. and you always want snacks. you eat so many fruit snacks ( which are all corn syrup!) it's crazy! you are big in to saying everything is the color yellow. what color is lucy....yellow, what color is the plant yellow. what color is your bed.. yellow. or you will randomly yell A. you get the alphabet and your colors mixed up. it's funny! you love to brush your teeth. I don't know if you like to eat the toothpaste more, or if you actually like doing it, but you want to a lot, so hopefully this will help us through the cavity war. you are back and forth with potty training, some days you are happy and run to the bathroom, and other days you are like no...diapeee. diapee and don't want to deal with it. I am okay with whenever, but please before the new baby comes use the toilet! crossing my fingers! we are going to vantage this weekend for fun in the sun and you love to run around pat/laura's yard. it' s fun to watch you play outside without fear of cars or anything. I think I mentioned this before but one of the first times you went there, you pooped in their yard! I don't know if you were copying lucy or what! k sweetie, I love you with all my heart!!! mommy

I love you baby

you're a happy baby, I 'm a happy momma, he's a happy daddy, we're a happy family (or, samly).

I'm a loving momma, your a loving baby, he's a loving daddy, we a loving family.

we go on and on and switch up the word in our song...you love to sing it.

and you like to skip to..I am skipping momma.

did I tell you you dechildproofed our house. every door we put the childproof covers on, you figured out a way to get them off...hmmmm. I think I should get my money back!

abcd

doll, you are 21 mos now! time just flies! you are saying your abc's! and it is hilarious! you do lmnop so quick and in and out with your tongue, I don't think you realize it's l m n o p, to you it's lmnopeeee.., it's very cute. we can sing a part and then you keep going with the next part. we have a lot of dance parties in the kitchen, and you enjoy spinning, and moving your arms up and down, and dancing with hunter. you are having full on talks now. and a lot of I do it moments... I do it, I do it! you have been very gentle with babies when they are around and you like to touch their face softly. and you always want to hold them. you are very motherly, and you get down and talk baby talk and try to tickle them. I can put your hair in a pony now, and two ponytails. it's still all over the place, but it's a real pony, and you look so cute! you went on your first easter egg hunts in west seattle. the first one, you picked up just a few eggs and you won two grand prizes! I gave one to jeffrey since you won so much! then, on the weekend we went to one on alki, and you went for a juice box, and you wanted to sit there and drink it, instead of going for the eggs. then, we met up w/Gina/Chance/and your sissies at lincoln park, and you would take the eggs out of your basket and put them in other kids baskets. I was proud of you for sharing! you love to wash dishes! you pull up the chair and try to wash! and you are addicted to the paci. where'd paci go? where'd paci go? but, when you have it you cuddle with me, and I love it when you cuddle, so you can have it for a little longer. you talk on the phone more now, if you arent pushing the buttons. you like to play games on the phone, and you accidently upgraded aunties phone to a paid "talking kitty." you have a kitty on the phone that repeats everything you say, and so you love saying all your words and sayings to the kitty and have him repeat it back and you scream to it too. so, when you saw the neighbors cat you promptly went over and screamed at it hoping it would scream back. it was pretty funny! k, love you!!! mommy!

what I love

so much to love and every day I relish in something more about you to love. my heart grows everyday. I love when you smile and your whole face lights up. your eyes squint up so tight as your face lights up with joy. it's a beautiful joyful happy face. I love when you say I am happy mamma. or when you say bless you mamma, "sess you" it melts my heart I love watching your run.."i'm running mamma" you run fast, but look so clumsy like you could faceplant at any moment, and sometimes you do. I loved watching you love your daddy when he was gone for a week. you gave him love and hugs, and you just touched his face, and his ears, and rubbed his cheeks, like you were in awe that he was really right in front of you. I love when you give me kisses, and do it over and over and make the mchhhmchch sound. I love your crazy hair, and how most of the time, I don't know what to do with it...wondering if I should cut it, or let it grow, or what. but I think it fits your personality, so I let it be free and wild like my spirited little girl. I love how you go for everything and you are not timid. it scares me, but I am proud of you trying new things and experiencing the world with such excitement I love when you cuddle with me. I could go on forever and forever...