E is turning 2!

 

Well I am not sure where the past two years have gone...or some of my months of blogging....whoops.  Lets just say that life got busy in April and May and I don't have many pictures.  But here are some things that E has done recently:

• Eats with fork and spoon all by herself-if you try to feed her you better have earplugs in
• goes down for 1 two hour nap a day in her toddler bed and gets out of bed w/out crying all by herself when she wakes up
• only ask to drink milk (very politely too) but will drink juice too if offered.  If water is offered...well good luck to you and your ears :)
• LOVES Elmo!!!  So much that her Birthday party is Elmo themed and I made her a Elmo dress and Elmo bow.  She was so excited
• Hates wearing dresses, she knows that we are going to church if a dress is put on her, and she screams...
• Fortunately she loves Nursery now and will walk right in no problems
• Playing dress up could possibly be her favorite activity other than watching Elmo.  Give the girl some shoes and jewelry and she will be dazzled up in no time
• Reading stories.  She even reads them to herself, in babble of course
• talking nonstop, real and nonsensical words...try taking a 13 hour trip with her up to WY and UT

E's big announcement, and maybe Mommy and Daddy's too :)

 

**Side note--In April, E still took everything out of her hair about 1-5 minutes after it was put in.  About two weeks ago she started to let me do her hair with ponytails and bows. So look forward to those pictures :)

E turns 21 months and gets a toddler bed

D set up E's toddler bed for E today

She is 21 months old



and LOVES her new bed!



She recently started waking up in the night and wouldn't stop crying unless she got in be with us.

So we decided to convert her crib to a toddler bed.

She crawled righ in and tucked herself in.

She loved laying in it like a big girl.

Maybe she will stay in it all night long.

Maybe she will dance in bed with her new freedom.

Maybe she loves being a big girl.

Not pictured: her rail purchesed before bed

So far she has stayed in bed and is asleep.  Its been an hour and a half

Sometimes you just need a good cry

I got home from work today and it was raining.  I put E's treats and drink in my bag so I could carry her and not get so wet.  E thought that I was being a mean mom for not letting her carry her own treats and cup. In fact, take a look and she how mad exactly she was at me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

goose egg.

E was hit in the head with a ball today

J was playing in the backyard with E after nap. He was hitting the t-ball, E walked in front of the T-ball stand and she wouldn't move. So he swung the bat and hit the ball anyway. Of course it hit her smack dab in the middle of her forehead :( poor baby

Christmas at the Cahills

E still doesn't know what to think of Uncle J sometimes, but she doesn't burst into tears at the sight of him anymore. (He used to scare her)

Cousins K and K got new guns on Christmas Eve, they were pretty dang excited

E loved these snuggie blakets so much, Aunt C made them for her kids and E was always crawling up in one. By the end of the break we made her one to take home

Waiting to play Grandma's Christmas Eve game...E was tired

Christmas morning E was all ready to open presents, in her stocking she had a book, a lion that roars and toddler snacks

Cousin T had a HUGE stack of presents, she was pretty pleased with her loot

E has a nickname "shoe shoe" because she walks around all day asking for her shoe shoes. It is adorable

Shoe shoe got new pajamas

Grandma and Grampa got her a fisher price barn. She loved it so much. In fact, when it was time for church, she cried b/c she had to leave the barn behind. That was her all time favorite present. I guess Grandma knows her best.

Pa sleeping with baby K. It was an early morning

D grew out his facial hair over the break....I was not impressed

Early Christmas

I got a lot of time off of work for Christmas this year, so we decided to spend a few days up in Groesbeck with the Cahills and then go straight down to Lafayette to spend New Years with the Dentons. We were supposed to bring my brother and his wife from Vidor to Lafayette, so space was really tight in the car. We decided to let E open up some of her presents from us up early, to conserve space.

Her favorite gift was this cool car!

She loved it so much. Now she uses it more than the stroller.

After seeing the car, she was ready for more.

Anticipating how to open the gift.

Hmm...what will it be?

Oh a baby doll! E loves to walk around saying baby all the time.

She couldn't wait to get it out of the package.

She walked around the rest of the day cuddling her baby. It was so cute!

She also got a Leapfrog laptop. Her favorite is pushing the donkey button over and over, "Hee Haw" "Hee Haw"

Baby has been big into reading, and animals, so she got an animal book that makes sounds. It comes with us every car trip

Finally she got a color wonder marker set. But looks like I bought this one too soon...she didn't seem very interested in it.

Overall it was a great Christmas and we loved watching her enjoyment over her new toys and books. E is truely a blessing in our home and we look forward to many more Christmas's