2nd Birthday Party-Minnie Mouse

We celebrated Kaylie's 2nd birthday with many family and friend on the Saturday, March 23rd. We planned for an afternoon party so that Kaylie's could join us for the celebration. This worked out great because I ended up having to work 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. because we had a CIT game that night and it was spring break. 

Saturday morning, Zach ran out to get the cake and my mom did the last minute shopping for the party. Thank you for these two very special people! Once I got off work I went to my parents to decorate while Kaylie took a nap. Well that didn't work out since she slept for maybe an hour. Guess she was excited for her party! Kaylie is in love with Minnie Mouse so that was the theme I decided to go with this year. I made most of the decorations and then I bought a few. Since it was much colder this year than last, we decided the party would have to be inside. Luckily, my parents have a nice big basement!

Everyone starting coming around 4 p.m. and the party started. We are very grateful for all the special people in our daughter's life. Most people we able to come, but with it being spring break a few people were not able to make it. We hung out for a little bit while Zach cooked the meat on the grill. And then we ate our yummy dinner, again thanks mom for all the help! After dinner we went downstairs to open present...wow is that kid spoiled. She had so many gifts that she got to the point that she didn't want to open presents any more. We took a quick break with the pinata and then it she was at it again. I think almost 2 weeks later and we have finally played with all the new toys. She has been able to wear some of the clothes this week since it is starting to warm up. After presents it was cake time. 

She was very tired by the end of the night, but she had lots of fun with everyone! Thanks for everyone that is in our life!

Our Big Girl! 2 Years Old

Movement: Kaylie always seems to be on the move; especially loves to run. She has also learned to jump which has been really funny to watch. I never thought about how much it took to learn to jump. She really loves to run around the grocery store which can be very difficult to get shopping done. We also need to work on not running away from mommy in a parking lot. 


Eating: Eating is not usually her favorite thing to do, maybe because she hates to stop doing whatever she is doing. Some days she won't stop eating. She hates vegetable so I have to make sure she gets some V8 juice to get her vegetable servings. Kaylie loves fruit, especially bananas. If we have bananas in the house we have to hide them because she would eat 2 or 3 a day if we let her. Her favorite food is fruit snacks and mac and cheese.
Teeth: She currently has 16 teeth, but today we noticed that she is starting to work on her 2 year molars. She should have all her baby teeth very soon. 
Sleep: She is still a wonderful sleeper; we had a couple of rough weeks when we switched her to her big bed. She now sleeps in her loft without any issues and she gets in and out without help. This is great for mommy and daddy because we wanted her switched when her brother came.Favorites: Her favorite stuffed animals right now are definitively her Minnie & Mickey. We usually have to take them every where with us. She also is really loving to play with balls especially playing fetch with her puppy. We are also in trouble because she loves shoes. Today, she got 4 new pairs, scary! Kaylie also loves to sing and dance, so she loves to go to Kindermusik every week and play with the other kids. She is also becoming quite the helper, even when we don't want her to be. I am sure we will get lots of help when her brother comes.
Diapers/Clothes Size: Diaper Size still 4, but we are starting to wear pull-ups 2T/3T a little. Clothes depend on the brand. She is in 2T pants for the most part and 3T shirts.Nicknames: Baby Girl, Bug, Sweetie, Kiddo, Cutie
Voice: She is a talking pro these days. I don't even know that I can tell you all the words she says daily. She still signs Please, but she can say it for the most part. She can say her colors, but she tells us that everything is purple right now. It used to be everything was yellow, so it is anyone's guess what her next favorite color will be. The new words that I can think of are:
Mom
Sadie (Our Dog)
Baby
Brother
Kaylie (We do not hear it very often)
Cow
Horse
Ah Ah (Monkey) She can't say monkey put she makes the noise they make
Cat
Puppy
Turtle (She loves turtles)
Duck
Bird
Zebra
Giraffe
Water
Apple Juice
Milk
Apple
Cheese
Bananas
M & M's
Fruit Snacks
Eggs
Diaper
Mitts (Mittens)
Pock (Pocket)
Boots
Shoes
Hat
Coat
Shirt
Nose
Ear
Eye
Toes (She loves her toes)
Elbow
Feet
Belly
TV (I wish we didn't know this one)
Sleep
Nap
Night
Play
Sit
Down
Up
Whoa (She loves to say Whoa Mommy when we hit bumps in the car)
Bumpy
Mickey
Minnie
People (Says this when she wants to play with the Little People)Chair (She loves chairs especially carrying them everywhere)
I got it!
Kiss
Hug
Balloons
Bubbles
Broken
Move (Sounds like Moose)
Hurt
Phone
Pizza
What happened?
My turn

Potty
Daddy
Blankie

Hair

She is now singing songs which is very cute, she signs Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Itsy-Bitsy Spider. And she loves to ask where people are, such as "Where's Daddy?" I will tell her that he is at work and then she puts her hands on her face and says, "OH NO."

We can't believe that our little girl is 2 already! She has grown so much this year and we can't wait to see what the next year will bring us!

50 Things...

I haven't posted in awhile so I thought I would do a progress report!

PROGRESS REPORT

I came across a cute blog that was 101 things in 1001 days, but Zach and I talked and I don't think I can come up with that many items yet. I am going to try to do 50 things in 500 days, let's see how good I do.

Start Date: Saturday April 21, 2012

End Date: Tuesday September 3rd, 2013

1. Experiment with sidewalk chalk paint
2. Lose 20 more pounds (6/20) *Well being pregnant has stopped this for awhile
3. End every night in prayer (25/500)
4. Buy a cute new swimsuit
5. Go camping with Kaylie and Zach
6. Finish Kaylie's 1st Scrapbook
7. Complete Kaylie's New Room 
8. Organize all the photos on my computer *Waiting for Zach to organize his
9. Go on a spontaneous, unplanned weekend with Zach and Kaylie
10. Go to Chicago with Zach & Kaylie
11. Build a sand castle with Kaylie
12. Make a new mom friend
13. Bake cookies with Kaylie *Cake Pops Count right!
14. Play in the rain with Zach and Kaylie
15. Get a pedicure
16. Have regular movie nights
17. Do a girls day *Went to the Craft Show with my Mom, My Sister Melissa & My Niece Katelyn
18. Read a book fully The Intentional Family, completed 7.23.12, 50 Shades of Grey 1.4.13
19. Pick a pumpkin with Kaylie
20. Take Kaylie to a BIG zoo
21. Go Tubing with friends
22. Buy veggies from the farmer's market and make dinner with them Italian Chicken
23. Take Kaylie to the Aquarium
24. Get a tattoo in honor of Kaylie
25. Make homemade Ice Cream
26. Go on a romantic weekend gateway with Zach
27. Plan a family reunion
28. Take a photography workshop
29. Work on more graphics projects
30. Do another 5K walk
31. Complete our first  Relay for Life
32. Take a Quickbooks/Accounting Class *Just completed it and got 97% on my final
33. Take Kaylie to her first waterpark
34. Read with Kaylie more
35. Make a wishlist on Amazon
36.Get $1,000 in our savings
37. Payoff the Durango
38. Clean out my cookbooks
39. Have another child *June 2013
40. Be a home-owner
41. Pay off our debt to my parents
42. Go to an apple orchard
43.Go look at Fall leaves
44. Finish the Irish Fest Program Completed 7.19.12
45. Make our own Christmas Traditions

46. Make 3 things from Pinterest (2/3)

• Shrimp Penne
• T-shirt Tank Top

47. Do a craft with Kaylie once a week for three months (3/12)
48. Host a dinner party 
49. Stop biting my nails 
50. See a New Movie starting with each letter of the alphabet
A:American Reunion
B: Brave
C: Contraband
D:
E: 
F:Five Year Engagement
G:
H: Hunger Games
I:
J: Jack and Jill
K: Kunga Fu Panda 2
L: Lincoln Lawyer
M: Moneyball
N:
O: One for the Money
P: Princess Protection Program
Q:
R:
S:Step Up Revolution
T:This Means War
U: Underworld:Awakening
V:
W: We Bought a Zoo
X:
Y:
Z:

Thanksgiving Weekend

Well it has been a very long time so I thought I would update you with what we did this weekend.

...Wednesday, Mommy helped Grandma Boe with the rest of the shopping for the Thanksgiving meal, while Kaylie was at daycare and Daddy was at work.

...We went to my brother Tom's house and had pizza. Kaylie got to play with many of her cousins and Mommy and Daddy got to have some adult talk time with some of my family.

...Thursday morning we got up and headed to Grandma & Grandpa Boe's for Lunch. Mommy helped Grandma get lunch ready while Kaylie played and Daddy watched some football.

...Kaylie took a nap while Daddy walked football with my Dad, my brother, and my nephew. Mommy went to Walmart with my mom and my niece Mahogani.

...We hung out at my parents until my sister and her family came so Kaylie got to play with some more of her cousins.

...Mommy and Mahogani wrapped the Christmas presents that we bought that afternoon.

...Thursday night, Daddy went Black Friday shopping at Best Buy & Walmart with our friend Chris and his sister Ashley.

...Friday morning, Mommy, her mom and sister went out Black Friday shopping. We went to Kohls, Walmart and the Mall. My mom won the Dream Receipt at Kohl's which meant that she got her bill completely free!

...Kaylie hung out with Daddy, they went to visit his parents and Chris. Then went home for a nap.

...Mommy was tired from shopping so she didn't want to cook so we went to Carlos.

...We then watched a Christmas Movie, which was suppose to be about a Christmas Puppy and it didn't even have a puppy in it. False Advertisement!!!

...Saturday morning we woke up and went back over to my parents so Zach could take family photos and 18 month photos for my sister and her family.

...Then we went home so Kaylie could nap. She didn't sleep long and was very cranky the rest of the day.

...We got our Christmas tree up and decorated! It looks pretty great, if I do say so myself.

...Once Kaylie went to bed, Mommy got about half the presents wrapped to put under the tree. Can't have a tree with no presents under it.

...Sunday was a relaxing day....we just played and hung out all day.


Well we had a wonderful holiday weekend and we can't wait for the next month. It will be a very busy month, but should be full of fun and memories.