Hoarding

After the Swaneys left and I napped, Dad and I took a trip to Barnes and Noble so he could grab a book and I could play at the train table. Here is a picture of one of my latest characteristics: I have become a hoarder. I like to hold and carry as many things as possible. Hopefully this is just a phase....

Twice as nice-a visit from the Swaney twins!

Benjamin and Bailey were so sad to miss my birthday party last weekend that they got to come in for our own private overnight playtime last night. Their Mom and Dad, Ben and Amy, drove up from New Braunfels last night and I introduced them all to my favorite movie Cars before we all had to go to bed and our parents made steaks and had some wine. This morning we just played all over the place, but the favorite activity by FAR was for all 3 of us to get in the clubhouse that I got for my birthday from Avery and Dax and jump around. We even let the dogs come in and play and the grown ups got their chance as well. My little twin cousins are the cutest things. After some adequate play/crazy time, we all went to lunch at Freebirds where Aunt Amy gave me a belated birthday cupcake (chocolate, of course) that I proceeded to devour! I was sad to see them head back home, but hope to see them soon! Love you B and B!

Saturday morning at Zilker

Well it has FINALLY quit raining in Austin, so we spent the beautiful morning at Zilker park with Aunt Katie. I did lots of swinging and sliding and then we got to ride the Zilker Zephyr. Good times! Then we went to lunch at Chuy's where I proceeded to eat queso and chips, but mostly just queso, for lunch. That stuff is fantastic! Here are some photos from our fun morning in the park.

My Mary!

Yesterday Mom picked me up from school and had a BIG surprise in store! Mary was coming to visit! As you all remember, Mary is my sweet friend who took care of William and me from the time I was three months old until I was 15 months old, so we go way back, as they say. She and Brooke (who I also happen to love) met us over at William's house and I got to show them all of the new stuff I am up to these days. After about 30 minutes, it dawned on me who those girls were and how much I love them, so then I was just fine with giving them hugs and kisses. I miss you girls! Thanks for visiting and please come back soon!

Happy Birthday toooooo meeeeeeee!!!

Well the day has arrived everyone! Today I turned 2 years old! And what a day it has been! I spent all day celebrating starting with my birthday breakfast at 7:30 this morning. I woke up to a wonderful treat of homemade Belgian waffles. The waffle part I could totally pass on, but the strawberries and whipped cream part really hit the spot. After my breakfast, I cuddled with Mom and Dad in their bed to watch Cars (again.). Then it was time to open my first birthday present which was a play laptop from my parents. It was pretty cool. Then I just played around the house a little with Mom, Dad, Mama T, Bob Bob, Uncle John, Gigi, Popo and the dogs, because it was below 30 degrees outside almost all day! Brrrrr. Mom says that the weather was a lot like that the day I was born exactly two years ago. Very cold and rainy. After my nap, I put on my birthday clothes, and we headed off to My Gym for my birthday party! It was great! So many of my friends made it: Avery and Dax, William and Charles McEwan, Alice Jefferies, Leah Schmidt, Wyatt Smith, Matthew and Lillian Robb, all the parents, Aunt Katie, Uncle John, my grandparents- I mean it was AWESOME! We jumped on the trampoline, played in the bounce house, hid under a fort, but I think we will all agree that the best part of the party was either the bubbles or the cake! Gigi made me my very own airplane cake. And it was delicious! I had so much fun with everybody but I was definitely happy to get back home and open my presents! I got so much cool stuff: a "Pinkalicious" book, some play food, a cookie jar, an AIRPLANE, a set of the cars from Cars, a big Dora the Explorer tent, the Little People garage, a cool latches puzzle, a fun phonics game....and then the grand finale: Mom and Dad got me my very own playscape for the yard!!!! Oh I can't wait until I can get out and play on it! After opening my presents Dad and I did a little dancing to Black Eyed Peas music while we watched the Grammys, but finally around 8:15, I just pooped out, so I am off to bed. Thank you SO MUCH to my wonderful family and friends who helped me celebrate turning the big 2! I love y'all!!!!

Celebrating two amazing years

I thought I would take a second to get everyone caught up on what all I have accomplished as I near the celebration of my 2nd birthday. First I will give you all an idea of what I am doing these days. I can identify all of my ABC's (as I think y'all know by now). I know my numbers 1-10. I know the colors orange, red, pink, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, brown and white. I am really trying to speak in sentences these days. Every now and then I will throw a verb, conjunction or preposition in with all of my nouns. It makes my ex-English teacher of a mom very proud! I would eat only chocolate if I could. Each day when I get in Mom or Dad's car after school I inform them, "Need help with piece of chocolate". I'm very precocious, you see. The movie "Cars" has recently become an obsession for me. I insist we "Watch cars" several times a day. And when I get to, I narrate the movie by pointing out what color each and every car is in the movie. My night-night is still my favorite "toy". As soon as I get my hands on my night-night, I start sucking my thumb and I'm ready for bed! I love my bedtime. I sleep about 12 hours a night and I let Mom and Dad know when I am ready for bed. Around 7:30 each night I just say "Night Night" and if they ask me, "Are you ready for bed?", I just smile and say, "Yeah". I am still loving my bath. But don't get me wrong; Not everything is always hunky dory around here. I have become quite the little bossy boss. I like to instruct my parents: "Daddy, sit down on couch!" and if he doesn't, well I let him know that I am none too pleased. And don't even get me started on how mad it makes me if I don't get the aforementioned chocolate I am asking for. I have learned to turn on the charm though. Sometimes I will grab Dad's face, kiss him, on the lips, tell him I love him and then follow with "piece of chocolate. please". It totally gets him every time! So yeah chocolate's my favorite thing. Oh, that is except for airplanes. I also think it is the best when I can get M or D to Google airplanes for me and we can just look at pictures of airplanes for an hour. Yellow airplanes are my absolute favorite. As you know I have also been working very hard on growing hair this year and I have managed to get enough for a bow, but not enough for pigtails. I love necklaces and bracelets. I play with Mom's whenever I get a chance. Enjoy these pictures of me taken on or near all of my birthdays so far!

Fancy pants

So my mom has been feeling especially crafty as of late and I am the sole beneficiary of her sewing skills. She made me some new fancy pants and a "K" shirt and if you can't tell, I feel pretty darn cute in my new outfit!

School Birthday Party!

This morning I kicked off my 2nd birthday weekend with a party with all of my friends and teachers at school! We had a special circle time in which we went through the story of my life. And somehow Miss Corazon had all of these pictures of Mom and Dad, and me from the past two years. I have to admit it was a little embarassing to be up there as the center of attention! I couldn't really say much. But it was fun to share this time with my best buddies from school. I can't stop talking about Charlie, Lola, Ace, and Maya. That is kinda the crew I run with right now. After the story, everyone sang "Happy Birthday" to me and then I think I was supposed to blow out the candle on my cupcake, but I was just too stunned, so my friend Lola helped me out. Then we all got to enjoy the cupcakes that I brought for the class to celebrate! Then I posed for a picture with my sweet teachers. I think they're pretty great! What a great start to my birthday weekend! I hear that all of my grandparents, Uncle John, Aunt Rachel, Uncle Chris, Avery and Dax are all coming in to see me! And I think I am going to get the chance to see some of my fun friends that I don't get to play with very often. The anticipation of it all has me so excited!

I know all my ABC's!

Well- between school and mom and dad, I've finally learned all of my ABC's. My parents are so proud that they posted this little video of my doing it. Enjoy!

Shopping with Popo

Here are a couple of pictures of Popo and me shopping at the Hill Country Galleria. (I am the one under the hat....it was just one of those days!)