Friday, October 26, 2012

24 Months/ 2 Years Old!!

Happy Birthday Month to you!! We sure have been celebrating all month long! It seems like you get a box in the mail almost every day! Whether from family or from us, when the delivery guy rings that doorbell, you seem to automatically know it's for you! Your eyes light up and you run to the front door to collect your present! It doesn't matter that it's not wrapped up all pretty, you get just as excited and can barely wait for me to get something sharp to open the tape for you!


GranEllen sent you some fun presents at the beginning of the month!


She knows how much you love stuffed animal friends and she found you a kitty that looks just like her kitty, Emma! You loved her immediately and wouldn't put her down :)


She picked out a beautiful ballerina outfit, with sparkly tights and shoes to go with it!


It looks great with clothes under it...


 or without clothes under it :) LOL



Grammy sent you a precious little doll, lots of cute clothes, books, and the best present of all, she made you your very own quilt! She calls it Annabelle's ABC quilt because it has every letter of the alphabet on it! She poured a lot of love into that quilt and I'm sure you'll treasure it for many years!




Even the box packaging makes you happy!


In this box you got your cooking kit to go with...


your new PLAY KITCHEN!! 
You have spent many hours there this month cooking and cleaning :)

You still love helping me in the kitchen, though.


You do a great job helping me chop veggies with your wooden knife :)


You helped me harvest all the basil from the garden to make pesto and you've found a new favorite food... SALAD! You love it, especially with mommy's yummy homemade vinaigrette. 



You've started walking on your own when we go to the park for our walk.
And you love feeding the ducks :)


This month we've been working on how to share. 
You're very good at taking toys away from your brother, so I've been trying to teach you to replace it with another toy he can play with. You're getting better :)




Grammy sent you PINK bubbles in your birthday package. 
We, of course had to go to the park that afternoon and play with them!









You and daddy are good chums these days. You love helping with whatever he's doing, like washing the car. And he loves having a little side-kick!


You're getting to be such a big girl that I now let you into the back yard to play all by yourself! The dogs keep you company and love when you pet them and give them kisses :)


Mikey and I love to join you outside, too! We all love to play in the tee-pee together!


Your vocabulary is growing everyday! Literally, you learn a new word every single day! Here is one of your favorite words, especially when you're eating rice milk ice cream :)


Perhaps one the most exciting things we get to do for your birthday is we get to celebrate it on a Disney Cruise!! We set sail tomorrow!!!