Little Wiggleworm!

We had our NT scan today at 13 weeks and it went great. We still have to wait for the blood test results but we're thinking positive. :) Check out the cool 3D pic of our little wiggleworm that they got today!!

Coming Out....

No, not like that! We are so excited to announce that Wynnie is going to be a big sister at the end of June. :) Here's our little gummy bear!

Now I Know My ABCs....

When in the world did this sweet little girl get to be SO big???!!

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Trick or Treat at MImi's House!

Tonight I took Wynnie up to go trick or treating with Joe and Lizzie at Mimi's and Redsie's house. Despite not taking any nap today she was great and had so much fun! I made her Cookie Monster costume and I have to say she was the talk of the 'hood. :) Enjoy!

Dumpkin Picking!

Yesterday we went to the pumpkin patch (or dumpkin patch) as Wynn calls it and had so much fun! We went with our friend Jane and her son, Jimmy, and the kids had such a ball. It was gorgeous out but a tiny bit chilly still. The kids played in the haybale barn, went down the slide in the haybales, tried out the tractor, petting zoo and went on a hayride to pick our own pumpkins. Daddy helped Wynn pick the perfect Dumpkin just for her!

Wynnie's Dumpkin

Wynnie turn the wheel, turn the wheel Wynnie!

Daddy and his girl :)

Oh and here's the cutest video of her singing her favorite song (and mine!), You Are My Sunshine. You're going to LOVE the ending! lol!

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Three whole hours!!!

Wynn went over three whole hours tonight with no diaper on and NOT ONE accident!! I let her do this the other night, right before taking a bath, and she peed on the floor. She has talked about it ever since and randomly says "pee, floor" and "daddy clean up" because Sam cleaned it up. :) So tonight when I took off her diaper to let her run around, bootie in the wind, I explained to her that she was not to pee on the floor and that if she had to pee she needed to tell mommy. She sat on the potty no less than 10 times but in three hours that's not bad! She didn't pee everytime but the fact is that she's getting it and knows the sensation of having to pee and can catch herself, even when she's playing, to stop and tell mommy and pee in the potty!

All sorts of stuff!

First things first, I wasn't able to post pics of Wynnie's cupcake party because our computer cord died last week. She had a great time and LOVED the balloons and after all of the kids, except her buddy Carson, had left they did a balloon dance. Check it out! We got her an Ariel dress up costume for her birthday, which she loved; unfortunately it ripped within five minuetes of putting it on so we had to take it back. At least we got a picture in it!









Our next big news this week is that Wynnie started at her new "school" today! She looked so stinking cute (and big!) in her new school outfit and backpack. When I dropped her off she just waved to me and said "bye mommy". I have to admit while it felt good to have her feel safe and secure I would have loved just a tiny bit of her not wanting me to leave. :) She's going to learn and do so much and that is so exciting to me! She was excited to make new friends too. I hope it goes well!




And lastly I just love this picture of my gorgeous girl :)

2 year appt.

Wynn's two year appt. went great! Her vocabulary is still exceptional and her potty training is coming along well for her age. Here are her stats:

Height: 33.25" - 50% percentile (they said based on this she should be about 5'6" when she's an adult)

Weight: 25 lbs. - 15% percentile (they having us add powdered milk to most of her foods to get her calorie intake up. She's just so darned pick and loves fruit and healthy stuff that getting calories and fat into her is hard!)

Head: 30% percentile

So, overall she's doing great! She had roseola this week so she didn't get her vacs today but will go back in two weeks for her MMR and flu mist.

Happy 2nd Birthday my Sweet Girl!!

My dear sweet Wynn,
Happy 2nd birthday my love! Mommy and daddy love you so much and are still so amazed everyday that God chose us to be your parents. We couldn't ask for a more loving, kind or special child. You are truly a gift and we will be forever grateful. You are silly and sweet, sensitive and funny. The perfect combination of your daddy and I! What a wonderful ride this last two years has been. This year you will do so many new and exciting things and we can't wait to be right there celebrating with you. We love you so much sweet Wynn!

Love,
Mommy and Daddy

Dropping the kids off at the pool.....

ONE day before her 2nd birthday Wynn pooped in the potty!!!!!!!!!! She has been peeing in the potty all weekend. Every 1/2 hour or so I will ask her if she has to potty and she says yes and then she pees every time. :) We were over at Uncle Wiggy's tonight and she said "Wynnie poop on potty". She says that everytime she has to pee though so I didn't really think she would poop this time. She went pee and then she actually went poop!! I can't believe my sweet, tiny baby is two years old tomorrow. Tomorrow morning, at 7:24 am, she took her first breath and her first cry. What a miracle she is. She is a true gift from God.

Wynn's 2nd Birthday Party!

What a fabulous day we had yesterday!! The weather was a gorgeous 75 and sunny and we had an amazing time at Wynn's 2nd Birthday party! We did a Minnie and Mickey Mouse theme and it turned out super cute. :) Thanks so much to all of our friends and family who made it to the party and for those of you that didn't we sure missed you. :) Halfway through Wynn soaked herself with a water bottle so we changed her into a brand new leotard that she got and she ran around yelling "princess!". It was so cute! We had two bounce houses set up in the yard of the lodge (thank you SO much Kari and Amy for letting us borrow them!) and the kids absolutely loved them. Enjoy the pics!

Bears

So I'm trying to teach Wynn how to say her prayers at night before bed. The other night we were sitting in the comfy chair in her room rocking and just talking about the day, reading books, etc. and decided that now was as good a time as any so I ask her to say "Dear God", she repeats "Dear God", please keep our family and friends close to your heart and bless them with health and happiness. Please let them feel your love and support everyday of their lives through every struggle they have and feel your light burning in them." I then ask Wynn if there was anything that she wanted to pray for specifically. She thought for a second and then said, "ummmm, Bears.". "Bears?" I said. "Bears" she repeated. So, bears it is. "God, we pray for all the bears so that they may be happy and healthy. Amen".

Dance Class!

Wynn has her first dance class last Thursday and she did great! Almost all of the other little ones in the class were crying when their parents left but Wynn was so excited and happy to be there that she just ran from one end of the room to the other over and over. She didn't even care that we were gone! They work on ballet and tap in this class (as well as some tumbling and low balance beam work) so we had to get her a set of each shoes and then she carries them there in her little backpack. She gets such a kick out of wearing her little "princess" outfits (leotards and tights) and putting on her new shoes. Here's a few snippets of her on her first night!

Having a ball!

On the beam!

All sorts of new stuff! 23 months

So we're in the final stretch before Wynn turns 2 at the end of this month. I just can't believe that my little baby is going to be a two year old! Where has the time gone?? I thought I would update a little on what she's doing now since I haven't done that in awhile.

- She's all about pronouns. She has discovered that she is "me" and everything she says it "help me", catch "me", feed "me", "my milk", etc. She has also started pointing to me and saying "YOU". It's so funny! She talks to her dollies and says "Me feed her" so I know she's really getting what they mean now.

- She loves her dollies and feeds them, rocks them and put them to bed all the time. She calls them her friends and will walk up to them and say "Hola friends or Hola dollies" then proceed to put them all to bed by lying them on the floor in a row and saying "sleep tight" to each one of them.

- She counts to herself all the time. She'll generally say "2, 7, 10, 11, 12" so granted it's not always in order but she's getting the concept.

- She belts out Elmo's Song all the time and it's so stinking cute!

- She has randomly wanted to sit on the potty lately but it's few and far between that she actually goes. She just likes to sit on it and grab toilet paper.

- She's generally wearing 24 month clothes but can wear some 2T's depending on the brand. Some of them are too long on her still (pants). She wears a size 5.5 shoe.

- When we're ready to go somewhere she'll see us getting stuff together, run over to the door and yell "Come on guys!, Come on, Come on" or when she wants to give you a hug she'll say "Come here mommy or come here daddy" and then hug us and snuggle. That absolutely warms my heart!

- She's starting to learn some colors but those are hit or miss too.

- She starts her dance class tomorrow night! We got her ballet shoes and tap shoes all packed in her bag and are ready to go. I can't wait to have her dressed up in her leotard tomorrow night!!

- She actually likes to clean up now. She sings the clean up song as we go around and pick up her toys. Mommy is liking this one!

- Up until a day or two ago I could NOT keep anything in her hair. The second I would put a hairband or bow in she would rip it out. She walked around like Cousin It for the last few weeks because I refuse to cut her bangs. She's been okay about it lately though so hopefully it's just a phase.

- She stuck a fish tank pebble up her nose the other day at the sitter's and had to have it picked out with tweezers. Gotta love toddlers!

Well, I'm sure there's more but that's all I can think of right now. She is the most pleasant, sweetest little lady out there and I'm so lucky that she's mine. :)

Hola Amigos!

My child woke up a Spaniard this morning. The first thing out of her mouth was "Dora" (which quite honestly is always the first thing out of her mouth lately in the mornings). I hurried and got her dressed and as she's putting on her shoes I hear her saying "Uno, Dos, Tres, Cinco, Ocho". Are you kidding me???! She was counting in Spanish to herself! When the hizzle did she learn how to do that?! She had to have learned it from watching Dora so I guess TV isn't all bad for kids her age. :) Adios.

Little Stinker

Wynn has been turning into such a "kid" lately instead of a baby. Two examples:

- I was taking a bath the other night and Sam was watching her. She hit him (not an uncommon occurrence at this age unfortunately) and he held her hands and said "You do NOT hit daddy and mommy or Toosen (our dog Lucie). Hitting is NOT kind and will not be tolerated." She immediately started to tear up (with me she usually laughs at this discipline although I'm the "mean" one, go figure) and said "Sorry daddy, sorry mommy, sorry Toosen." Then she picked up her little chair, carried it over in front of the front door (where she gets her time outs, although they are not frequent) and sat herself in that little chair, facing the door, and said "NO HIT, sorry"!

- She was eating dinner with us the other night and she hit Sam (are you catching on that this happens every single day??). He sternly told her "NO hitting, it's not kind, OKAY???" while he was shaking his head NO. She looked him dead face in the eye, shook her head, nodding it to say YES, and said "Otay, Daddy, OTAY!" deadpan serious! We both just had to turn our heads and laugh. Otay Buttwheat.

I swear she'll be a teenager before I know it!

Our Florida Vacation!

So we had an absolutely fantastic time on vacation! We were in Orlando for three days visiting my Uncle Doug and Aunt Dani (two of my favorite people on the planet!)and then we drove to Daytona Beach to stay in their beach house for the four days. We cannot thank you enough for such hospitality and for being so generous to share your home (and your car!) and we love you guys!

We took Wynn to Disney while we were in Orlando and she absolutely loved it (of course I did too - Sam took me there on our honeymoon)! We got there right before the parade started and Wynn and I went out to dance. Check it out! *Dance Disclaimer: that is NOT how I dance! I was following the characters on the float * :)She also totally loved the beach and playing in the sand. I won't bore you with too many details but the kid (and her rents) had an absolutely fabulous vacation! Here's some pics!