no pictures, but still exciting stuff!

Presley has a big announcement.........





She pee peed in the potty last night for the first time!

-Sorry if you thought it was going to be a pregnancy announcement like my parents did! Ha ha!-

She has played around on her little potty before, but never actually did anything on it. After her bath, she wanted to "pee pee poddy". Within a few seconds she peed on the floor because she wasn't far enough back on the seat. So I scooted her back and then she peed in the potty! We clapped and cheered for her and then called all of the grandparents! =) I started the phone conversations with "Presley has something exciting to tell you guys!" In hind sight, probably did set them to think new baby, but peeing in the potty is all we got right now! ;)

Miscellany Monday

How's this for random: seafood, haircut, drinking out of a big girl cup and a change purse!

We went to Flounder's to eat tonight and it was delicious! I got the shrimp boat platter and it was HUGE! It could have probably fed everyone on a boat! I was crazy full when we left.

My sweet little watermelon at dinner! Have no fear, a few seconds after this picture, she was climbing all over us!

Jaden's new haircut! We all think it's adorable, but he doesn't like it! :( Poor thing! His hair has always grown fast, so it will be crazy curly again before we know it.

Presley is such big girl! I feel like I blink and she's doing something new, something more grown up. She can officially drink out of a big girl cup! Granted I wouldn't give her milk or juice in one yet, but water after brushing teeth works for now!

& lastly isn't this precious? Karri got it for me because we all know how obsessed I am with birds and owls! I love it! It fits my phone, debit card and keys....all that I need! :)

Oh no! It has begun!

WHY? WHY? WHY?

That's pretty much all I have heard this morning! Every time I say something to Presley, it's the response I get. I honestly was not prepared to hear this dreaded question this early....she's not even 2 yet! For the past few days she has said it off and on, but this morning, the Why has been full blown!

I don't think I'm ready for her to grow up!

Easter prequel

I'm sorry this should have been posted before the Easter post, but better late than never, right? We celebrated Easter with Jeremiah's mom, step-dad and niece on Saturday. It was a low key, (but super nice!) affair complete with grilling out and a small egg hunt! Chloe, Jeremiah's brother's little girl, is so sweet to Presley. They are not quite a year apart and get along surprisingly well. Chloe was really good about taking turns with Presley on the swing and with the toys.

Presley will grab you and squeeze when you ask for a hug! I don't think Chloe knew what to think of Presley being in her personal space...she just stood there!
I had to include this picture because it was so funny! Presley would put the camera up to her eye and say "chessh"! I guess she gets it from Mommy always having a camera in her face! ;)

EASTER!

We hope everyone had a great day! We sure did! My grandparents came down to spend Easter with us and we are so glad they did! We always love seeing them! :) The Easter Bunny came and left some goodies for Presley! She, of course, noticed the bubbles first and snatched them out and wanted us to blow them! She also got a duck hooded towel, a chocolate bunny (that should be fun to eat!), sidewalk chalk, an Elmo DVD, and a toddler Bible. It's really just a collection of Bible stories that are simple to read and have illustrations...it's super cute! {please excuse the junky background...it was well past midnight and the Easter Bunny was really tired!}

We went to the 9 am service at church and then headed to my parents' house. We ended up feeding Presley an early lunch and then putting her down for a nap before we even ate. She was just so cranky that I thought it might help to do that. Um, pretty much wrong! She only catnapped, with all of the excitement going on around the house! There were mini-meltdowns all over the place, but what's a holiday without a meltdown?! She ate again with us and then we had an egg hunt.

One of the first eggs Presley picked up had melted chocolate in it (because it's 109 degrees outside already!) and it went all over her outfit and all in her bucket. I try really hard to not be a perfectionist, but sometimes it just gets the best of me, and I just couldn't handle the melted chocolate everywhere. So I took Presley's basket away, had to clean her up and get her a new one. I tried to be cool, calm, and collected, tried being the key word. I'm sure I came across as a crazy psycho mom...I kinda felt like one after it was all over with! Sorry about that everybody!

Anyways, nothing ever turns out exactly how you plan. And we still had a great day and I got some cute pics!
And thanks to Karri! She's normally our Nanny on Sunday mornings with feeding Presley breakfast and getting her dressed for church, but this morning she woke us all up (thank goodness, because I had turned my alarm off instead of hitting snooze!). AND she got Presley completely ready! No easy feat, I tell you! Thanks again friend!

Sunday's Coming

Wow! I saw this video on Kelly's blog. I have to say, tears were streaming down my face watching this! It is SO incredibly amazing to know that no matter how much we fall short of the glory of God, he still loves us enough to have suffered the most excruciating, humiliating death on earth in order to take away our sins. AMAZING I tell you! This weekend is so much more than eggs, bunnies and good food! It is about our Savior who is ALIVE today!

dialing eggs

We dyed eggs for Easter today. Oh, I mean "dialed" some eggs! That's what Jaden & Kole kept calling it! :) Ha ha!

I just noticed that I didn't even take a picture of Jeremiah and Presley dying some eggs. I was too busy doing my own! Ha ha! Not really, I only did 3, but I was helping Jaden with his....so that's my excuse! Presley only 'helped' her daddy with a couple. And by help I mean drop them in the water and crack them! Then she got bored, well they both did, and went and played with toys!

I think we are ready for Sunday afternoon's hunt! =)

22 months!

Presley is 22 months old! I can hardly believe it! Just in the past 2 weeks it seems like she is more grown up than ever. She can completely tell you what she is thinking about in full sentences. It's crazy, I tell you!

Her favorite things right now are blowing bubbles in her milk, looking at a picture after I've taken one on my camera (she says "I see" immediately afterward and won't stop until I let her see it), being thrown up in the air, 'flying' on our feet, and taking showers. The shower thing kinda surprised me. She just recently started liked it, I guess it's just getting older and used to water being in her face. But it is much easier than giving her a bath and she still gets to play with her toys so it's a win-win for everyone!

Presley puckers up for a kiss now! It's incredibly adorable! =) I don't know where she picked this up from because Jeremiah and I certainly don't go around kissing each other like this. But regardless, when you ask for a kiss and you see those lips headed for you, you kinda melt!

She still loves reading books. Her favorites right now are I Already Know I Love You and I Love You, Stinky Face. The first one has a baby on a couple of pages and she loves that. She is quite obsessed with babies at the moment. I'm sure it's because she is more aware of them now. It's funny because she even calls toddlers her own age and preschool aged kids...babies! & If Presley sees any picture of a moon in a book or on TV, she starts signing "I see the moon and the moon sees me". Actually she does it when she sees the real moon too. It's pretty cute!

We've started introducing nice manners. Before you get all "she's not even 2 yet, give me a break" on me, let me explain. We are not sticklers for this yet. But there will come a day when Presley needs to be courteous and it is a lot easier if you've just done it from the beginning, believe me. I've been around my nephews and niece from their beginnings and I've seen the way my mom has raised them with this motto and they are all so well mannered. It's such a refreshing change! Of course they aren't perfect, no one is, but for the most part, they say nice things back to you. {GREAT job Mama!} We've always said thank you back to Presley when she gives us something. But now we are incorporating please, and sir and ma'am. She has picked up on the please quite well and says "peas" sometimes without us telling her too. And she says sir or ma'am after we say it to her and it's so sweet!

Presley can now climb on the coffee table, couch and dinning room chairs by herself! Yay! Mommy will be headed for a heart attack in no time!

And finally she calls every bug or even anything that resembles a bug, a bee. She'll say "shooo bee" and wave her hands around. Or she'll say "blah bee" if she sees a dead bug.

The cereal pictures are included because today was the first day Presley ate real cereal. And by that I mean in a bowl with actual milk in it! And the whale outfit is a recent purchase from Carter's and was just too cute to not include! :)

Art Festival

I should have titled this post National Lampoon's trip to the Art Festival! That's pretty much how all of our outings go! If something adverse can happen, it will! Ha ha! My Mom & I joke all the time how we should have a reality show....I think we would put the Kardashians to shame! ;)
Anyway, yesterday we went to the Art Festival in downtown Milton. It was the last day and we of course, went at the very end of the day due to a nap and a trip to the grocery store. But we had fun just walking around and then eating treats on the boardwalk. We had gotten some kettle corn and Italian ice. My bag of popcorn was open (first mistake) and sitting on the ground beside me (second mistake)! Well, Presley grabbed it, of course when I had the icee cup and spoon in my hands and she proceeded to dump a third of it on the ground then ran over to the railing and stuck her head in between the bars. When she pulled it out, her bow fell down to the watery rocks. I could have cried! You might think that's a tad dramatic, but I just bought all new bows and they are not cheap!

After like 5 minutes of us all trying to reach over and get it, these 2 guys came over to us. And the younger guy just hopped over the railing and got it. I greatly appreciated it! For the record, Kameron wanted to jump over there and get it but I could just see that going awry, so I wouldn't let him. When the guy took like 2 seconds to get the bow, Kameron said "I could have done that!"

pre-bow losing moment!

Presley being sweet, smelling the flowers!

Kameron's party

Here are some pictures from last Sunday. We rented a bounce house/water slide and just had the party at my parents' house. The slide was a huge hit! Jaden said it was "the best day ever!" He also said he wanted a water slide for his birthday. Let's hope we can entice him with some cheaper party options! ;) We grilled hamburgers and hot dogs and had an ice cream cake! If I didn't know any better, I would think it was July!

See Presley's face in this picture? It is priceless! She loved the slide....that little daredevil! She only went down once in my brother's lap. After that, she slid right beside him on her own! :) **click on it to make it bigger so it's easier to see**

And I had to include this picture of Presley and Sosa. She used to not like Sosa. I guess because she is big and kinda scary looking to a little toddler. But now, Presley loves her! All I hear is "bye bye sosa" over and over when we leave my parents' house!

Presley funnies

Presley is pretty much always a riot to be around with the things that she says and/or does. But I decided to jot down a few things that she's been doing lately for our own memories!

-she calls all older men, whether it be in books, on tv, or in real life, papaw.

-she holds your face in her hands and gets really close to you and then opens her eyes really big and raises her eyebrows and then just stares at you. It probably sounds really creepy, but I promise it's so adorable!

-when something is yucky, no matter what it is, she says "yuck, poo poo, yuck!" It's really embarrassing when out it public and she says this because 8 out of 10 times it's not poop she's referring too.

-and finally, she says NO now! Yay! ::insert thick sarcasm here!:: And Presley doesn't just say it, most of the time she screams it! She's been saying no and ow together. Like as in consecutively saying no, ow, no, ow, no, ow! That's also really fun to be given the side eye out in public as your daughter is screaming no and ow at you. I just smile and hope that they've been around a toddler before and know that I'm not beating my child when they're not looking!

& here is Presley's first REAL ponytail! =) Excuse the quality...it was taken with my cell phone because I had to snap it quickly while she was being occupied with a book. My baby's growing up!

zoo party!

We've been busy doing a ton of fun things this weekend! We attended a birthday party Saturday for one of Presley's friends. She had a GREAT time! What more could you ask for in a party....pb&j, toys, friends and of course....cupcakes! The theme was "celebrating two with a zoo!" and Presley dressed up as a zebra. She was so adorable! She didn't wear the ears at the party, but I had to get a picture of her with them on. Surprisingly she left her outfit alone. Don't be surprised if you see this little zebra reappear around Halloween! ;) Then today we had Kameron's party. It was also a ton of fun, but that's a whole other post for tomorrow!

All this outfit was, was white duct tape on black clothes and foam ears on a headband. I wish I was so creative that I could claim the idea myself, but alas, I'm not that good! I got the idea from here.

Yummy cupcakes!

Presley took one of the lions (that was part of the decor) and totally toted it around for about half the party. It was pretty cute!