2 year check up and random funny things

Presley had her 2 year check up with Dr. P this morning. She weighs 25 lbs and is 33.75 inches long. She's in the 25% for weight and 50% for length, which are the percentiles she's been riding since birth. At least she's consistent! Dr P said that she was hitting milestones appropriately and then told me what she should be doing by the age of three. (at 3 she should know her name, age, gender, jump completely off the ground and draw a circle on paper) It's hard to believe that the 3 yr check up is her next well visit. Crazy! Poor Presley also had to get one more shot today. But now she's done until her booster for Kindergarten!

And now some random stuff~
Presley's says "Ni Hao" when she turns on her Leap Frog farm sounds toy on the fridge. Yep that's hello in Chinese. Silly girl!

And then the other morning we saw a bird fly by the window. Presley asked "where bird dow?" I said I don't know where the bird went. Maybe he went home to see his Mommy. "No" she said, "go hoooome to see Daddy". Ok maybe the bird went to see it's Daddy. "or see shong shong" she said. Which is Presley's name for Karri. Ok I get it! The poor bird went to see anybody but it's Mommy! ;)

These pictures are from a few weeks ago but I think I forgot to post them. If you've seen them before, please forgive me! I walked in to get Presley out of her crib and found all of her clothes off in the floor!

cousin fun!

My mom and I took Jaden, Kole and Presley to "Sunsets at Plaza de Luna" on Thursday night. It was pretty neat. They normally have a band playing and a character for the kids to interact with right at sunset at the Plaza de Luna splash pad. Buzz Lightyear flew in that night and despite inclement weather, we had to go see him. Toy Story is one of Jaden's favorites! He was a little leery being in the picture, but he was a good sport! He kept asking why Buzz wouldn't talk to us. My mom told him that maybe he was tired of talking all day to kids! He bought it! :) Presley didn't even know what was going on and Kole cried a little when we asked her to get in the picture! Ha ha! It was crazy rainy that night, but luckily we got out of Pensacola before the bottom dropped out. Then, of course, we went to Chick-fil-A for dinner. mmmmm! I love that place! We felt bad about not letting them play at the splash pad so we let them play at the restaurant. They had a blast!


Friday night Jaden and Kole came to spend the night! Presley just loves them! We watched Tangled and had popcorn. I still can't believe that Presley stayed up until 9:45. Her little eyes were red-rimmed and we kept asking her if she was tired...nooooo she said! On Saturday morning we had pancakes, which all three of them had 3 pancakes a piece! Then Karri came over and we let the kids play in the their little pool for a while. It was SO hot, but they enjoyed being out in the cool water.

Check out the crazy sky!

Pancakes on Saturday morning! :) I tried to get a picture of all three of them, but that was impossible with them wolfing their food down! Ha ha!

We always enjoy spending time with Jaden and Kole. And this time Presley wasn't mean to Kole and didn't hit her. Much improvement! :)

Happy SECOND Birthday Presley!

Presley, you are two years old now! And you think the world revolves around you! ;) You are a big, smart, beautiful, funny, happy, independent, caring little girl. Your Daddy and I have loved seeing you grow into the person that you are. I love being able to carry on conversations with you about "beebuds" (ladybugs) or going outside to "wing" and "side" (swing and slide)! You just got some new outside toys and you love them. You love being outside in general.

You have just learned how to say "I wuve uw" to people and it melts our hearts! I don't think there's anything in this world better than having your child squeeze you tight while saying this to you. You'll see what I mean one day! You also say "dare ya doh" (there you go) and you say it when you hand anyone anything. You know how old you are when we ask you. And you also say "Nana" with gusto when we ask "whose girl are you?"!

You keep your Daddy and I rolling with the things you do. Like now when we ask you something you answer us with "uhhhhhhhhhh...no" or uhhhhhhhh...yes". You try to pop a little attitude and it's pretty funny! (I know it won't be funny later but it is right now!) You still say everything is "boo" (blue) even though we've been working hard on all the other colors! I know you'll get them one day. When counting you say "free, four, free, four, five"! Ha ha! One and two aren't necessary! :)

Your favorite foods right now are chicken salad, hot dogs, spaghetti and tacos. You love to drink your milk, water, apple juice and V8 fusion juice. You still sleep from 8pm-8am and take a 2 hour nap after lunch. You are wearing 24 mo or 2t clothes for the most part. You can fit into 18 mo shorts and a 3t shirt depending on the brand. You just recently moved up to a size 6 shoe. And for Mommy that means more shoe shopping! Yay! :)

So you haven't shown any more interest in going potty. But that's ok, you will do it in your own time! You are also still sleeping in your crib. I don't think I'll ever want to move you out of there...it's my own personal baby jail! :)

For some reason I wasn't too tearful about this birthday. I don't know if it's because it has snuck up on me so fast that I didn't have time to think, or if I'm excited about how much you are going to grow and learn by your next birthday. I love you so much and I love being your Mommy!

Presley's Party Party!

We had Presley's Yo Gabba Gabba birthday party today! She had a blast! :) We had all of her little friends over to play in the sweltering hot backyard! I think everyone had a good time and no one melted, but next year, I've already decided we are definitely having a swim party!

I'm sure not everyone cares about the details, but I'll just jot down a few for my memories and for any family that wants to know!

*you can click on any of the pictures to make them bigger*

Food- pb&j sandwiches, hot dogs, pasta salad, chips, goldfish (those make the party ya know!), marshmallow pops, "2" cookies, fruit kabobs and funfetti cupcakes w/marshmallow fluff icing! Yum! The cupcakes had some of the Yo Gabba Gabba characters on them.

Fun- water table (thanks Nana & PawPaw!), bubble machine, & new swing set (thanks Meemaw for helping out with that!)

Friends that came- Piper, Emmy, John Parker & Anna. Isla couldn't make it and we sure missed her!


Once again I couldn't have pulled this off without our family's help! Jeremiah woke up sick today. Isn't that how it always goes? But poor thing didn't get out of bed until 4:30 PM! So my wonderful Dad came over and cut the grass this morning. And my wonderful Mom had already done a ton of stuff outside of today (she made the scrumptious cookies!) plus she saved me some much needed time by going to the store for last minute stuff. Our wonderful friend Karri came over super early (and she worked last night) and made the fruit kabobs and iced the cupcakes! My wonderful brother grilled all the food! And then Jeremiah's wonderful mom helped clean up my messy kitchen! WOW! What great family! Presley is definitely so blessed to be surrounded my people that love her so much! =) A gigantic thank you to all of them! We love you guys!

Presley's shirt had Foofa on it...her favorite character! She was so excited to get to wear "fafa"! Unfortunately I didn't get one shot with the front of her shirt. Oh well, I'm sure it's not the last time Presley wears that shirt!

Thank you to everyone who came! We enjoyed the afternoon so much!

WOW!

That was like a 10 day blogging break! I don't think I've even looked at any of my normal blogs in that time either! I probably would be having withdrawals if not for being so busy. Presley will be 2 on Saturday, so getting party stuff together has been top priority around here. I started (what I thought was pretty early) on making stuff for it months ago and yet here it is, a few days before and I feel worlds behind! Isn't that always the case? Ahhh!

We spent this past weekend sprucing up the yard. I just used Presley's party as a excuse for the things I had been wanting to get! ;) But here is a picture of my sweet girl with the new tree we planted. I wish we had done this around her first birthday...it would have been cool to see her grow along with it!

Well, I'm off to get some more stuff done! Oh, and I have to work tonight, so I better go get ready for that! Have a good night!

another "not really goodbye"!

So all of my friends are leaving me for Virginia! Waaaa! No, not really but another one of my good friends has moved to Virginia. What is it with that place? ;) I am really happy for her and her hubby. But I'm not going to lie, I'm super bummed for myself. Not that I see her every week but, losing the possibility of seeing her each week...stinks. Emily and I went to middle school and high school together. And she's honestly always been the sweetest person. She would do just about anything for anyone and she is as beautiful inside as she is out. She and I lost touch for a couple of years after we graduated. But when we did see each other again, it's like we never missed a beat. That's how great she is! =) Last Monday morning she came over and played with Presley. And then we went to lunch. Of course we had to take a picture together and I had to upload some of the other ones of us through the years. I wish I had a picture of us in middle school! I'm sure I do but we didn't have digital cameras in those days to upload anything!

Us at my bridal shower FIVE years ago!

At my baby shower TWO years ago!

Wow, we really like to be in the same pose, huh?! :)

And a Presley pic for good measure!

Thank you Emily for always being such a great friend to me! I know it's not "goodbye", but a "see ya soon". Good luck to you & Jason, miss you and love ya girl!