blizzard of 2011!

What a great day to spend with my princess! 

pictures!

ok a lot has happened since the last post that I do not have the energy to write about right now, will fill you in on a later post.  But, here are some pictures!

Visit with Santa!

Well, it went a little like this.  Days before Christmas shopping crowds, a tired AND hungry 2 yr old.....hmmmmmm I was really thinking that this was not going to work but we'll try it anyway, everyone MUST have already had their picture taken with Santa by now, come on NO ONE would procrastinate like I have on this one...right????  WRONG.....you should have seen this line....but it will go fast right, I mean how long can it possibly take sit on his lap click the pic and we're done right????? WRONG again!
So half an hour later I tell O lets just go and see Santa some other time (remember this girl really has no concept of Santa yet anyway)  Well, just at that point we turn a corner and can actually have visual sight of the man of the hour!  This is where my 2 yr old goes CRAZY!  She shouts SANTA!!!!! I SEE HIM!  NO mommy I wanna see Santa! No leave line! Well, there it goes we are GOING to see Santa :)  half an hour later we are actually within moments of the big sit on his lap and tell him what you would like moment that we have been talking about for weeks now!  I go to place my little angel on his lap and OH MY GOODNESS, I swear you would have thought I was going to feed her to hungry wolfs from the cry I got from her and not to mention the death grip....SO what the heck is what I was thinking.  Lesson learned seeing Santa is very different than sitting on his lap :) 

This is what we got!  One would guess that Santa would be used to this kind of reaction from toddlers, but no this Santa was very worried, poor Santa.  But after Santa graciously gave her some stickers she did pull it together enough to give him a high five....unfortunitly not caught on camera... 

family pics!

LOVE <3

Trick or Treat!

O.K. I didn't think that it would be much fun, as last year was not and she is still so young...boy was I wrong!  It was great!  Some houses she was very shy at...but others she came right out of her shell with a great big TRICK OR TREAT, HAPPY HALLOWEEN, and THANK YOU!

Well, long story short I thought we would be out there for about 10min, an hour later we were driving home!

P.S. she was very cute doing it and even won the cutest costume award (given by some guy at some random house....but we'll take it ;)

a quick update!

OK....so the newest obsession is not princesses....so long Elmo (well almost)

This past week O has gotten her first illness :(  but it was kinda nice to snuggle on the couch together and watch Elmo and Barney all day long :)  She calls vomiting icky burps...just an FYI

Singing is a favorite pass time!  She loves our local story time and she will sing we're at story time read e book, it is really read a book, but read e book is really cute!  Oh and she is in LOVE with the children's librarian Miss Betsy!

We started swimming lessons again and although she is timid she is a little polliwog!  I love it!  She is a kicking machine and working very hard at blowing bubbles in the pool ( a skill they need to perfect to move to the next class, along with putting their eyes in the water...that is one that may hold her in this class until she is in her early teens)

She also started "dance," class this week, this class is a class where Mommy is NOT allowed with her.  Well, except for the first class.  I'm not sure how next week will go, I feel that she is attached to me in situations like this....

She is definitely learning new toddler things, like hitting, kicking, pushing, and yes biting....We are working on all of the above.

She also likes to use the word "NOW," when really wanting something such as today she told me "Aunties house NOW mommy."  Also, working on manners for that one too...one step at a time.

 Her awesome "sand castle," cake for the party at the beach....see the hat and winter coat...not much of a day for real sand castles...

                                                    Opening presents is FUN!

                                                      Her "zoe, (aka abby cadaby card!)

                                                         HI mama!

                                                              Her Princess cake on her actual birthday!

                                                    O crying at the candles

                                                                   Very confused as to why she needs to blow these out and a bit scared...

A week late, but hey...thats how I roll :)

Miss O celebrated her BIG 2 yr old birthday this past week!  Let me tell you we celebrated like rock stars....or should I say princesses!

We had a wonderful birthday party to celebrate with friends and family.  There was so much love for my little girl all gathered together at one place at one COLD spot in time.  I loved it all!  I am so thankful to have so many people in our lives who love my girl so much!

Then, on her actual birthday we both took off of work and spent the day celebrating the three of us!  We did get our family pics and O's 2yr pics taken that day too (stay posted for those!)  Then for dinner all of the grandparents came over and O stayed up WAY past her bed time :)

I just can NOT believe that my tiny little jelly belly has now become this cute little toddler!  I must say that I am loving every moment of it all...some more than others (even the terrible two tantrums) 

stats:

Weight at 2yrs old 22 lbs
Height at 2yrs 33in
Head circumference: 93rd percentile!  (ya so what she has a lot of brains to keep in there ;)