22 months!

Oh my sweet E! You are such a joy and you make us laugh everyday. Watching you trying to figure out the world and discovering new things is such an wonderful thing to watch. You have a such a strong, sweet, precious personality and we love watching you growing into the person you are going to become.


Here is what you are doing this month:

- You love your "God" songs --That is what you call the worship songs you listen to.  I love that you want to listen to songs that sing praise to our God and pray that you always have a heart to worship him. They help you calm down and you go to sleep to them at night too. Some of your favorites: O God of Our Salvation, God of Victory, Behold the Christ, Look and See

- You like to "read" books. You will pick a book that you know and actually say words that are on that page. It is so cute. One of my favorites is the Caps for Sale book you will get to end and say slowly, slowly.

- Lately, you won't eat meals unless there is a bow in your hair!

- You want to say prayers yourself at meals and bed time. We say the words and then you will repeat it. We love it and want you to always know that you can pray to God.

- You can go upstairs without any rail help and go down a couple of steps without holding on either.

- You love all your stuffed animals/ babies. You carry them around and put them in chairs or on the couches. You will put them in your high chair or lie them down and cover them up. It is so precious to watch you take care of them.

- Lots of two word and three word phrases appearing this month: Mommy do it, daddy do it, mommy or daddy _____ (play, sit, etc), see ___,  daddy home, yes you do or yes I do, lots and lots of phrases

- Funny phrases you say: Okie dokie (except it sounds like oh dokie), oh boy oh boy, shoo fly,  ok but with a reluctant tone

- You can now open the trash can in the kitchen (it has a push button on the bottom for it to open) and now I have to watch you so that you don't throw anything away that is important

- You can match colors (red to red etc) with only mild prompting

- You can recognize and name the color black

- You love to play with flashlights and pretend to "sing" into them. A lot of times you want me to sing and then you pretend that you are doing it while holding the flashlight to your mouth.

- You love trains, ambulances, tractors, and fire trucks. You get so excited when you see or hear them.

- You like to pretend that you are asleep when we get you from your car seat. We open the door, and you will close your eyes and wait for us to tickle you to "wake up". So hilariously cute.

- You wore your first ponytail this month and I almost died from the cuteness!

- You love to laugh! Love love to laugh! Your laugh is such a wonderful thing to hear.

- You like for us to make a fish face so you can put your finger in our mouth while we do it. You also try to make the face but you just move your lips up and down.

- You have started to yell out Jason's name instead of daddy when he's not in the room because you have probably see me do it a couple of times when I need him. I have a hard time keeping a straight face when you do it.

- Another favorite song of yours is clang clang went the trolley from Meet Me in St. Louis. You love it!

- You ask us to sing songs that we have no idea what you are talking about. You told your daddy to sing the rainbow song so he started singing Testify to Love and that seemed to work for you so he went with it.

- You started dance class this month and you really love it.

- You like to put your baby dolls night night and make daddy and mommy go night night too.

- You can recognize and name the letter c. You can recognize the number 10 pretty consistently.

- You can built a 5-10 block tower!

- You like to flip your bottom lip and make noises. You think its hilarious.

- You wear a size 6 shoe and are wearing 24 month clothes.

- You still only have 6 teeth!!!

You are such a joy to us, sugar pie!

Five on Friday

My random bits for this last Friday in June!

1. Hobby Lobby was having some good sales this week so I snatched up some fabric and scrapbook paper to start on craft projects for E's birthday party! How is she almost 2?!?! Can you guess what the theme is going to be?

2. I have loved watching the USA team in the World Cup! I'm really excited that they advanced to the round of 16, and hopefully we can make it even further!

3. It has rained a lot this week! Our plans for the zoo and for the pool were both nixed because of the rain. I'm not complaining because I know we need the rain, but we had to come up with Plan B several times.

I made "sand" (4 cups of flour and 1 cup of oil) during one of the rainy days and she had a blast playing with it on the kitchen floor. I had to sweep up a lot of the floor but it was totally worth it. 

She does this a lot with towels and blankets and then holds her hands together like this. I almost one to start singing "How do you solve a problem like Maria" or "Climb every mountain" anytime she does it.

4. Girl Meets World starts tonight on the Disney channel!! I grew up watching Boy Meets World, and I love that they are having the original Cory and Topanga play the parents in this show. I may or may not be recording this on my DVR.

5. I watched Austenland last week with some girls from MOPS. If you know me at all, you know my love for all things Jane Austen and England. This movie was right up my alley and it was hilarious! I highly recommend it for a girls night!

 Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

Six on Saturday!

1.  E  started dance class this week. I may be biased but she is just the cutest adorable thing in the entire world in her little tights and leotard. It's a Mommy and Me class at a studio in town, and she really enjoyed it. We will see how the next 8 weeks go!

2.  Father's Day is tomorrow and we are going to keep it pretty low key. We are thinking about going to Sea Life Aquarium because dads get in free for the day but we will see! All I know is that I'll be spending it with my wonderful family.

3. I have a new love for Jane.com. I have known about this website for several years but have stayed away from it because its dangerous for my wallet. However, some one I know talked about it a couple of weeks ago and I decided to just browse the website. BIG MISTAKE. I have already bought several items (one is E's outfit for her birthday party) and I have several items in my basket that I'm waiting to push the purchase button. But don't you think I need these things???

4. I have put a laminator on my wish list. Yes, a laminator. My cool factor has dropped into the negative numbers. I really want one though. I have so many things that I use with E during learning time that would be so nice to have laminated so they don't get torn up. It would save me from having to make the same thing over and over again.


This was a game of letters, numbers, and shapes, and we would point the flashlight on the one I asked her to find.

5.  E's new favorite thing to do at the park it so "swing" on objects. She will lift her body up by her arms and then swing her legs up. She thinks its so great and I try not to be so overprotective and freak out. Ha!

6.  Today is Flag Day!! I love Flag Day!! I don't know why but I've always loved it. I like seeing all of the flags everywhere. I know all the other holidays do that too but there is just something about Flag Day that makes me happy. Ironically though, I don't even own a flag. I need to remedy that one. =)

Happy Saturday everyone!

21 months!

Oh sweet girl! You brighten our lives! Thank you for being you! 

Here is what you are up to this month:

-So so many new words and phrases. You pick up new words every day. You love to say "Oh goodness!" which cracks me up because you hear me say that a lot. Other ones: "I get it" , "Get it" 

- If someone says bandaids or something on them, you will point to them and say "hurt", "owie". You become very concerned about it too. You will point and say "oh no!" Although sometimes you think things are owies when they aren't such as my friend's foot tattoo or the blue vein on my leg. 

- You can buckle yourself into your high chair, the shopping carts at the grocery store, and your wagon. You are pretty proud of yourself.

- Know all the characters in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. You may be obsessed with that show. 

-However, you do not like Clarebelle the Cow and when she comes on the screen you keep saying "no" until she leaves. 

- You have started to request specific episodes of Mickey Mouse. Right now your favorites are Clubhouse Rocks, Daisy in the Sky, and Daisy's Dance. 

- You are really good at answering yes or no questions in regards to things you want or don't want. Recalling things just depends on how well you are paying attention. =)

- You call the movie Frozen "Summer" because I have only let you watch the song that Olaf sings called "Summer". It makes us laugh.

- You will yell out "summer" like Olaf in the song in Frozen and it is so funny. 

- You love to listen to "God" music a.k.a. worship songs. You request those type of songs by saying "God". Your favorites are O God of Our Salvation, God of Victory, But God, Behold the Christ. You usually fall asleep listening to those songs. I hope you always love to worship God. 

- You like to pretend to blow your nose like daddy and so you will do a raspberry while holding a tissue to your nose. 

- Know what a snake says and will beat your fists against your chest when I ask you what a gorilla says

- Can recognize and name a triangle and square

- You can accurately name and recognize the colors pink, purple, red, orange, green, blue, and yellow

- You are obsessed with certain little girls that you have played with and ask about them all the time. You love our next door neighbor's little girl and then another little girl named Madilyn that is the same age as you. 

- You talk about the little girls that you play with often. You developed little friends. 

- You love to play with play dough. You will squish and poke it. You have so much making "snakes" and you ask for help to make balls. 

- You can recognize and name the numbers 7, 5, 6, 2, and 4. 

- You like to look for fuzz in Daddy's belly button. Ha!

- You can open the doors in the house now but thank goodness you can't open the outside doors yet. 

- You will do the motions to Caps for Sale ex. shaking your fingers, stomping your feet, pretending to throw your hat on the floor, and then you will get to last page and say "slowly, slowly". It is sooooo adorable. 

- You say "get me" or "get you" when you want to be chased. 

- When you do something that is funny that makes us laugh, you will do it over and over again and look at us and wait for our reaction.

- You have started gargling your water when you drink it. 

- You are starting to say more 2 word phrases. You have even said I want blue to request your blue cup!

- You like to give high fives to people and like to give yourself high fives.

- You are starting to sing with songs. So precious!

- You are getting really good at delaying bedtime. Asking for hugs, more water, etc. 

- You love it when we make the fish face and you try to put your finger in the middle of it. You also try to do it back to us but only your mouth moves up and down. 

- You still have only six teeth and have had that for a couple of months. We wonder when you will get some more =)

- You are wearing 24 month size clothes. 

- You are 30 pounds and about 33 inches tall.

We love you sweet girl!

The Weekend of the Birthday Party

*(Side note: OMG you guys..I have not meant to be slacking. I'm going to get back in to the groove. Promise)*

This weekend was pretty busy for little miss E. Apparently, this was the weekend to have a birthday party, and E was invited to 4 of them. She only attended 3 because one of them was during nap time on Sunday, and I didn't want meltdown central at somebody else's house. (I think it was a good call.)

Our first party was on Saturday afternoon with E's friend, Baylee, who turned 1! Her mom did such a great job of decorating and it was so fun to catch up since we live so far apart. She even made dairy free cupcakes so E was able to have some yummies while she was there! It was great!

E found Baylee's Minnie Mouse pretty quickly and tried to carry her around the house! Ha!

Cute little B with our gift we got here. 

Then we went to a party that evening of a little boy, Jaxon, who was turning 4. His mom and I have known each other since we were little and just recently started hanging out again because we live close again. She has a little girl that is one month younger than E, and E LOVES her!

They had their backyard set up with a pool and a water table and trampoline. E was in water heaven with the pool. She had such a blast. We may have to invest in one for our backyard.

On Sunday, we went to a birthday party for a little girl, Audrey, who was turning 3. They had their backyard set up with a pool and this water bed like tarp that was really fun for the bigger kids.

And they had a swing set too. E loves the swing and spent a lot of time in it. 

It was a busy busy weekend and we had one tired little girl on our hands that evening but she had a lot of fun!!