Happy Girl!!

P.S. Lily has been 2 months old now for a while, I'm a slacker!! Her first doctor's appointment went well. 80th percentile for both height and weight, I told ya, she was my big girl!!! She did not enjoy her shots very well (DUH) She screamed so loud she sounded like a little girl, not a baby, poor thing :(

Fun at C.O.S.I.

Throwing the ball down the hole!!!

Water is lot's of fun, huh, Jamison??? :)

All Wet!!!
Playing in the water with Uncle Altan :)

Space Potty!!!

I forget what it stands for . . . Columbus Ohio Science Institute??? Maybe???? Oh well, fun at the very least!! The kids had so much fun! Especially when we found the room for smaller kids. Of course my camera died so we have no pics of that!!! The water was a big hit!! We are thinking about getting a yearly pass there, they had so much fun! We will bring a change of clothes next time :)

You are WAY too close!!!

Dancing to the Doodlebops

This is from right after Lily was born, but I got a new computer now, so I figured out how to do alot of this stuff :)

Snow Days

Attempt at a snow angel . . .

Just don't eat the yellow snow :)
So happy to be outside!!

We had another snow day yesterday! Sophie had so much fun playing in the snow with Buddy!! When Daddy got home he took her out on the sled she got for Christmas. Mommy didn't take any pics because she had enough of playing in the snow for one day!

Aren't you supposed to be watching me??

Look at me holding my head up and smiling . . . you're not even looking at me!!!

Sophie is 24 Months Old :)

How old is too old to refer to their age as months??? Never because here are 24 reasons I love Sophie!!!

24. She loves shoes - Especially Crocs and Flip Flops

23. She is potty trained - Mostly :)

22. She has more energy than anyone else I know

21. She gets so excited to see her Daddy when he comes home

20. And when she greets me at the door when I come home, I know she is my reason for living

19. She loves all animals

18. She trys to sing the "we are siamese" song from Lady and Tramp

17. She knows all of her colors

16. She can count to ten - OK, with some help :)

15. She loves gymnastics

14. She loves Elmo, Dora and Sponge Bob - thanks Tyler :)

13. Her best friends are Tyler and Sarah

12. She eats her vegetables - and likes them

11. She never fits us to go to bed, infact she loves to sleep - the apple doesn't fall far from the tree

10. She always has to have "just one more" kiss before falling asleep

9. She looks alot like her daddy and a little like me

8. She says "I'm happy, Mommy" with the biggest smile and I know she means it

7. She loves to "wear makeup"

6. She loves her sister

5. When she thinks noone is looking, she sings happily to herself in the sweetest way - if you bring attention to it she stops and smiles like she is embarrased :)

4. She has the most beautiful blue eyes

3. Her smile lights up the room

2. She is the perfect balance between girly girl and tomboy

1. She is *MY* babygirl

I stole this idea from another blog because I really enjoyed it! I hope you did too :) Happy almost birthday baby girl

GREAT DAUGHTER

I want the world to know what a great daughter we have….Amy threw us a surprise Anniversary party for our 20 year….she is the greatest…I hope she knows how much we love her….. From Mimi and Papaw

Where's the sitter?????

Mimi, made cupcakes and the girls (Sarah & Sophie) cleaned up.....well they started out that way then they just played in the water........

BATHTIME FUN!!!!

Washing her armpits!!! Cracks us up :)

Would be cute if Sophie's hand wasn't covering Lily's face!!

We have been doing this for a couple of weeks now. Easier because you are bathing them at the same. Harder because to have to be bent down for so long. We prefer to do it this way because Sophie loves to take a bath with her sister . . . that is her new thing . . . my sister, is what she calls her now :)

Helping!

This is one of Sophie's favorite things to do . . . Help Mommy give Lily a bath :)

Who you calling Big Boned???

She is my Chunky Monkey! Look at that belly and double chin :) She already weighs almost as much as Sophie did at 4 months! Sophie has been in the 25th percentile most of the time, maybe now I just have a normal sized one :)

Lily's done :(

Down for the count

This is how we found her when we checked on her before we went to bed last night!! Sideways in the bed, butt in the air!! So cute :) Mimi and Honey both got her a set of these Dora sheets for Christmas. Thanks guys! She loves them!!

Look at Lily's hair

Papaw trying to calm Lily down

Poor Lily had some tummy issues and she was passed around like a sack of taters.....but papaw seem to be the one she wanted....

Having fun

Tyler and Sophie can have fun with anything anywhere.....we went to Honey's (Sophie's grandma) house for game night.....

Potty Training 101

Well, we have been forced into potty training!! Yes, I know Sophie is young to be doing this. Someone kept taking thier diapers off. Monday morning I walked into a poopy mess (to put it nicely) I kept my cool and just said that's it Sophie no more diapers we are using the potty. I will have to say that is is the hardest part of parenthood thus far (teenage years, I am sure will top this) For the last two days we have been doing what they call the "bare bottom" approach. Nothing on from the waste down. She was confined to the Dining room/Kitchen/Bathroom area for two days. She had a little TV to watch movies, books, a few toys and of course her potty chair. Yes, I thought the Doctor was crazy for telling me this also, but I tell ya, it works. After cleaning up pee a few times and reminding her constantly to use the potty, she got it. Last night she was so cute! She was trying to give Lily a high five, and she was mad that Lily didn't give her one back!! Today she was given more freedom and I let her play in the family room and play room. We also put panties on. So far today we have had only one poopy accident. She even, with out any reminders from me, pulled her panties down and peed on her own!!! The bottom pic is a chocolate smile from an M&M she got after she peed all by herself! I have two and half weeks left until I go back to work. I hope this all done by then!

We got the smile!!!

Took me a while and she was getting quite annoyed with the camera, but I finally got it!! She has been soooo smiley today :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

I see you!

Up close and personal! She has just starting smiling this week and I was trying to get a picture! No Luck, but what a sweet face!!