January-February 2013

On December 30th our rabbit Daphne had babies! She had nine babies and they were all healthy and perfect!

December 31

January 1 - Happy New Year!

January 2 - Momma Bunny disappeared for the entire day and I really thought she was gone for good. I brought all the bunnies inside and you "helped" me feed them one by one. Thank goodness later that night Daphne reappeared! From then on she was locked securely in her cage with those babies.

Also that day you found some nail polish and tried to paint your fingernails all by yourself. Needless to say, it was a disaster. When I found you you were crying and so upset - not just that you were in trouble but also that you had made a mess. You don't like messes on your hands!

January 4 - You had a tea party with Daddy in your bedroom. It was super cute..

January 5 - Spaghetti, 'nuff said.

January 11 - I snapped this photo of you with my phone while we were at the zoo.

January 13 - These bunnies are growing so fast! I love that in this photo you are wearing your dress-up dress. This entire weekend you wore this dress as much as possible pretending to be Rapunzel. You would call me Snow White and call your Daddy Flynn Rider. You were definitely in character a lot of the time!

January 14 - Acting out one of your favorite scenes from Tangled

January 15 - Tracy Hefner made you a Rapunzel braid! You were so excited!

January 20 - Two of my favorite words that you say right now are "hairplane" and "hopsicle" (airplane and popsicle).

Tonight you prayed by yourself at bed time. Your prayer included this: "Thank you for eating pizza and playing with toys and looking at balls and for Miss Amy teaching me about Moses." (We went to Mazzio's after church tonight and Chris Henry took you into the game area and bought you a bouncy ball - I'm pretty sure that's what you were referring to during your prayer.) I thought it was such a cute and sweet prayer - especially coming from a 2-year-old!

January 21 - I love the way you squint your eyes so tightly when you are praying!

January 22 - When telling Daddy about Cinderella you used the phrase "Biddiby, boddiby, boo!"

January 23 - Today you called McDonald's "Mister Donald's."

January 25 - You LOVE to dance with your "prince' - Daddy. And sometimes you wrap a blanket around yourself and pretend that it's a princess gown.

January 28 - You went to a tea party at Zuri's house!

Here are all the guests: Hattie Boley, you, Savannah & Natalie Hefner, Zuri Dar, Kayla Burgett, and Ila Marangoni

January 30 - You LOVE having bunnies at our house. I do too!

February 1 - Today you were talking to Daddy about some dogs and you told him "the dogs were ruffing!"

February 4 - Wrinkly bath feet!

February 5 - Bunny snuggles

February 7 - You weren't feeling well this morning. But you were still very sweet.

February 7 - My Grandpa Williams taught me this poem when I was a little girl. I love to hear you recite it!

February 7 - Singing "So This Is Love" from Cinderella very softly and sweetly

February 8 - Time to say goodbye to our first litter of bunnies. You didn't get upset at all. You did very well!

February 12 - We made "Valentimes" cupcakes together and had a blast!

February 14 - With Jenna Roberson and Jase after TOTS

February 14 - Daddy came home from work and surprised you with a flower, card, candy, and present. And told you he was going to take you out on a date! (Don't worry, Mommy and Daddy's Valentines date was the next day.)

All dressed up and ready for your special date to Chick-fil-a.

When you came home from your date you told me, "Mommy, there was a cow inside my date!" Apparently the guy in a Chick-fil-a cow costume was there and you were intrigued by him but did not want him to come near you.

February 16 - Today you were singing a song from Cinderella like this: "A dream is a wish your heart makes... when you have to see."

February 18 - You call breakfast "breftiss" and the girl mouse from Cinderella "Miss Mice."

February 18 - Zuri came over to see our bunnies!

February 20 - Although there was a snowstorm here in Tulsa when you were six months old, you probably don't remember that. So this is your first real snow experience. There wasn't much and it didn't even last 24 hours, but we made sure to get outside and play in it and we went sledding too. You loved it!

February 21 - Here is another one of your interpretations of the movie Tangled.

February 21 - And here is you singing "The Healing Incantation" song from Tangled.

February 23 - You decided to fix your hair just like Mommy. I love when I catch you doing things like this!

Saturday morning snuggles after our hair is done.

I adore this photo of you. You were trying to be so serious but with your headband and your dress-up dress it was just so funny and cute!

February 23 - You are potty trained now, but you still wear a pull-up to bed. This photo was taken right after your nap. I love these slippers! You were being really goofy.

February 28 - You told me you were writing your letters. Cute!

December 2012

What fun you were during the Christmas season! We were so excited to start some new traditions with you now that you're getting old enough to enjoy them.

The week after Thanksgiving we decided to throw a Santa Party. The idea was for Santa to come visit our house and to invite your friends also so everyone could have time to warm up to him and then have their photos taken. It was really fun! First I sat with you because you were afraid to sit on his lap by yourself.

When you did sit on his lap by yourself you were not very happy about it!

But after a little while you warmed up to him because he was interested in your book.

And then we finally got this cute picture of you and Santa!

Here is the whole group: The Narudskys (Miss Katrina, Alex, Eva, and Samuel), Miss Jade & Cole, us, Aunt Jess & Jase, Miss Hailey & Bentley, Miss Ai and Kayla

December 1st - We went to Silver Dollar City and it was CRAZY! There were a million people there (that's how it seemed anyway) but you loved it anyway. Daddy was at drill that weekend at the base so he couldn't come. We rode with Uncle Jacob, Aunt Jessica, and Jase and met Nana and Grandpa there. You loved the lights!

December 3 - We took you to see the lights at Rhema. The weather was unusually warm for December so it seems kind of funny to have photos of us looking at Christmas lights in T-shirts, but that's exactly what we did! It was really fun.

December 8 - Today I came out of the bathroom after my shower to find that you were already awake and eating Daddy's gum. You had already eaten (and swallowed) four pieces and were working on the fifth. Yuck! Later in the day you were singing your own version of Jingle Bells - "Tinker Bell, Tinker Bell..." Cute!

December 10 - We made little Christmas trees together - you, Daddy, and me. We used ice cream cones and icing and candy. You thought it was yummy!

One of our fun new Christmas traditions was "Elf On The Shelf." We adopted an elf that came to stay with us during the month of December. She only came alive at night when we were sleeping and every morning you would find her somewhere new. It was pretty cute!

December 11 - Today you were all about Christmas. You sang "glory to the news barn king" over and over and at one point you brought me one of your dolls and said, "Here's my baby. I swaddling clothesded her."

December 12 - Zuri came over to play and you two decided to pretend you were napping. It wasn't very convincing because you kept giggling!

December 13 - You and Jenna made gingerbread houses at Nana's house! What fun! Then you decorated some cookies. When we got home you sang me "Frosting the Snowman." :)

December 14 - Today you said, "When my mittens grow up, mommy can have them!" You also helped  Daddy tell the Christmas story.

December 17 - Painting cookies is so much fun!

December 19 - It was parents day at your gymnastics class. Usually we only get to watch you on a little screen but on this day we got to go to your class with you and see what you've been learning. There were so many parents snapping pictures it was like the paparazzi! You did a great job. You LOVE jumping on the little trampoline, which I think is hilarious.

Stretching

 Jumping

Your teacher, Miss Michelle, helps you do a "back flip."

December 21 - When we pass out church tracts Daddy likes to take along sunflower seeds. You love to imitate him and I think it's funny how you "eat" your sunflower seeds.

December 22 - We had the "Starr Family Christmas" get-together. That means Grams, Pops, Uncle Caleb, Aunt  Jenn, Jordan, Alex, and Tatum all came over to have dinner and exchange Christmas gifts. As usual, you stayed right by Jordan's side almost the entire night - which she didn't seem to mind one bit.

December 24 - We knew we would have a busy Christmas morning, so on Christmas Eve morning we let you open the presents from us and one that Zuri had given you. You were very serious about how carefully you opened your gifts. You wanted every inch of paper off before you could enjoy the gift. It was funny to watch you and it took you a very long time to get everything opened!

Then in the evening we went to the hotel that Uncle Drew was working at. Since he couldn't come hang out at Nana's house we took the party to him. We hadn't planned to let you swim in the hotel pool, so we didn't bring your bathing suit. I guess we should have known you'd end up swimming!

Nana always gives you a special Christmas Eve present. A new pillowcase (which she made herself) and new pajamas. This year your pillowcase was Fancy Nancy (which I don't have a photo of) and the pillowcase for your tiny pillow was Hello Kitty. You loved your new monkey pajamas!

Once we got home you put out snacks for Santa and his reindeer before going to bed. You were very excited about Santa coming to your house. I was afraid you might not be able to go to sleep, but thank goodness, you were worn out from the excitement of the day and you slept great!

December 25 - We woke you up Christmas morning and this is how excited you were as soon as you opened your eyes.

Of course, we opened the stockings and other gifts that Santa Claus brought. And you found the pickle ornament on the tree, which mean you got another special gift! While you were opening presents you opened a box that Daddy's car parts had come in. Your umbrella was wrapped inside the box but before you even opened it to see what was inside you looked at the box and said, "This is niiiiiice. This is very beautiful!" in the most sincere voice. It was funny to see you so excited when you had no idea what you were even holding!

The two things you asked for over and over were an umbrella and a piggy bank and Santa delivered both!

Then we headed over to Nana & Grandpa's house for the Palmer Family Christmas. After that we went to Siloam Springs for Christmas with Grams' family and had a great time there. You enjoyed playing with Hannah, Gideon, and Gracie. I wish I had taken some photos of you with them!

December 26 - We went shopping and you called Old Navy "Old Maybe" over and over.

Another funny thing you say a lot is "in betwins" - as in, "Mommy, I want to sit in betwins you and Daddy."

 December 27 - You had a sleepover with Jordan and Tatum. The three of you had the best time! You and Jordan dragged each other around on the floor, which was hilarious.

Here you are waiting for Daddy to be ready to leave so we could go eat pizza. You all acted like you were dying and couldn't wait another moment to eat!

When we got home you played Candy Land, watched Monsters Inc. and then slept on the floor in your bedroom in the fort that Daddy made for you. What a blast!