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. :)