{Happy 2 Years!!!}

Birth Story

1 year

 

Look who turned two this month!

During her 2 year old check up she screamed the whole time, convinced that the doctor was going to stick her with a million needles. When we finally walked out the door, she immediately stopped screaming and said, "no ouchies!" she's adorable and learning a million words a minute.

She's 50th percentile for  height and 18th percentile for weight - still my little lady. 

She sleeps around 12 hours at night time, and naps once a day, most days, for about 2 hours. Size 18 mo clothes, 4 diaper, and  shoes. 

She is learning new words all the time and it's amazing to hear. She's also stringing together words to make sentences. "Daddy Evee lets go house!" "Momma, more leche please!" It's so fun to be able to have to communicate with us more. 

Her favorite color is purple, mostly because that's the only color that she can say, and she counts by going "Wee...wee...wee..." which means, One, one, one. 

She loves baby dolls and absolutely loves to take care of them. Changes their diapers over and over again, feeds them, loves them, takes them on walks, the works. It's really fun to see Miriam and Evette be mommy friends together and to take their babies on walks and to the aquarium together.
She has a bunch of little friends, but she also is friends with all of Evette's friends and can hold her own with all the big kids. She loves to run after and play with the big kids.
Miriam loves to help cook, help me put on my make up, setting the table, putting away the laundry, she's such a little helper.
She's still a snuggler and a little lover - so many hugs and kisses. She's also got herself a little attitude, some drama in this child. She has learned how to turn that cheerful little face completely upside down and her face will just melt, one little tear will slide down her face, and she'll turn her head away from you let you know that her pride and feelings have been hurt - it's pretty impressive, actually.
She's such a jokester - makes funny jokes all the time - pulls silly faces, does crazy dance moves, does little pranks. She's so sneaky and mischievous and lively.

We had a little celebration at home on her birthday - just a few balloons, some presents and cake. She had lots of practice at Christmas for opening presents - so she was very excited to open more presents

I'm so happy that this little sparkle came into my life.

She's perfect and I love her a million times over.

{Most of January}

This little lady is learning how to follow Lego directions, and she's doing great!

I got a haircut! About 5-6 inches off the back. It doesn't look too much different from the front because of the layers I had. I love it - shorter, easier, fresh.

and it makes me look so good.

While I was at a baby shower Saturday morning, the girls helped dad tear down their cardboard box fort and...

...and burn it!

And of course, smores!

Evette loves to sit on her little stool like a desk - I love it.

Evette went to work with Sean this month, too!

A couple weekends ago, during the 3 day weekend, we did some painting. We repainted our bedroom, the office, and our hallway. The office and our bedroom were both sad beige colors, and the hallway was off-white with some terrible discoloration. 

It was a full weekend long project. The girls were patient and good. They helped a little bit here and there, watched lots of movies, and played so we could work. 

We painted our bedroom a light green - and it turned out lovely! It has lightened up the whole room and makes it just so peaceful and lovely!

The office we painted a slate gray and I'll get some pictures of that once I get all the pics back up. The hallway we painted a clean white, and it looks so sleek now.

Rey Hair!!!

Evette and I had a little Mommy/Daughter date! Sushi - of course. It was so much fun to just sit and chat with her about life. 

Last week I had a meeting up in the city for work, so we rode the train up with Daddy. The girls spent a few hours with Sean at work while I had my meeting and then we all had lunch together. The girls were thrilled, especially Miriam, who doesn't usually get to go to work with Daddy.

Lately, the girls have been playing together every morning beautifully. They play babies, and tea parties, and sushi dates, and doctors, it's adorable. They are the best little friends and now that Miriam is learning more words every day and is able to communicate better, their play has just become more fun!

Evette went with Sean to Lego club this month - it's this awesome program where kids can go an hour before the store opens and they have a little something for the kids to build, then they can get a little box of legos and they all build something else and have a little show and tell. They get to bring home their creations and their box of legos. So fun!

Both girls were sick last week - which was not super fun. But, it meant a lot of cuddles, so I didn't complain too loudly. 

Here are the girls playing hybernating bears...and I guess a peek at the office's new paint color.

The other day I realized I was missing the sand and waves and so we packed our stuff and headed to the ocean. It was glorious. It wasn't too cold, and we had a blast. We ran along the sand, chased the waves, built sand castles, collected crab remains, and just had a wonderful time.