THE TERRIFIC TWOS!!

Why I Love TWO
by Mommy

We are two weeks into two years old and it's just fantastic! Every morning new words come flying out of her mouth...every night her imagination soars and after we read her bedtime stories, she makes up stories on her own and tells them to us! And it's during the day that "two" comes to life. She explores and discovers and questions and reacts and on and on. As a first time mom, this is new territory for me and so from pacifiers and mumbles to sass and words here we go! It really is loads of fun and I laugh so much just in the first 5 minutes of the day! Oh life is good! I'm sure though I'll have another post in the future that's titled, "The Terrible Twos - Why the Twos Drive Me Nuts!" but for now I will enjoy every second!

Photo taken 03.09.10 after school enjoying the GREAT weather on her slide!!


Telling mommy that we need to water our veggies and herbs!



Heading down the slide!



Having fun with her new bunny Uncle Dave & Aunt Diana gave her!



Private time with her bday cake!!




Some of the two-ish group enjoying the cake!

The Playdoh station during the party!!

Homemade decorations for the party: Made with Love by Mom & Dad!

The Sesame Street Gang Joining Abby Cadabby! I found all of the puppets on Ebay and decorated with them. I had meant to have some adults put them on when we sang Happy Birthday, but I got too caught up in the fun and forgot! Oh well, they were super cute on the mantel!

Mom & Dad at the party: Never imagined dressing in an Elmo and Cookie Monster shirts at 9:30 in the morning with 13 two year olds running around the living room with Playdoh!

*******Conversation Videos:*********

Who's Who? 03.09.10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMHTBQ1GpQs

Banana/Obama 03.04.10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfzaNNbXjWA

The Sweetness of Play 03.09.10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcJdNcv_K7U

Our New Screen Porch

Well our house faces north and in a new development with young trees - that equals no shade. We found some refuge in a nice screen porch! While Abigail's slide still gets hit with the west setting sun, we repurposed our patio swing umbrella to cover up the slide so it stays cool on those hot summer days! We are looking forward to some great family time out on the porch!! Matt is already sketching out some built-in storage benches which will provide extra seating and more storage! Woo-hoo! I'm excited too that our little herb and veggie garden just might do better this year in this nice shady area! I already planted broccoli, spinach, lavendar and oregano and Abigail loves to water them!

Here's a pic of our first dinner in the porch!


Abigail showing that even Oree can eat out on the porch!


Here's the view from the playset with the patio umbrella ready to cover the slide!



Abigail learned how to open and close the door so she's happy about that! :)
We left some space for the BBQ and fire pits!

A Year in Review: From One to Two
by Mommy

This year, she went from an infant to a toddler right before our very eyes. A little baby with a pacifier in her mouth, unable to hold a fork or spoon or cup in her hand, to an independent thinker with plenty to say and do! We've never been so busy and sleep deprived and yet so very happy and blessed! Hearts so full!

She loves milk, calamari, chocolate, shrimp, cheese, bread, Fruit Loops, CORN, black beans, pasta, oranges, blueberries, bananas, gummy treats and vitamins!

She enjoys watching all things Dora, Sesame Street, and Barney and can't get enough of her dolls and kitchen and putting her babies to nite nite. She's their doctor when they're sick! She's quite the ballerina and started at 19 months! She loves to make us laugh with many animated faces! She counts from 1-20 toggling between 18 and 19 and counts to 10 in Spanish (getting a bit lost around ocho!). She's got her ABCs down and recognizes letters.

She prefers painting to coloring and mornings to night. She has a great big laugh and enjoys making us laugh too...she thinks she's funny and will say so! "Abigail funny!"

And her newest best friend has won her heart ...a 12-wk old Labradoodle name Oreo "Oree" Wolf that Santa brought her! She calls her Owee and can't go to bed at night without giving her a hug and kiss goodnight.

She tugs at our heartstrings each and every second and lights up our life with her smile! Thank you God for our sweet gift...Abigail. Happy 2nd Birthday...February 22nd, 2010!!

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When Asked, How Old Are You? "Two" She Says and Displays "4" with Her Fingers!



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Be My Valentine!

Mommy's getting a bit better with editing and so this one was loads of fun! We bought two boxes of chocoate and set up shop on top of the dining room table upstairs. We opened the windows and got some great natural light and just started clicking! She couldn't believe we were letting her hold the box of chocolates so when she actually got to open it and eat some, well, you can see the results in her face! We got plenty of SMILES! And the little Smilebox of photos below shows all 28 pictures that were the very best from about 160 taken in all of 20 minutes! Happy Valentines to our little Sweetheart! And to all of you, hugs and kisses!!

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