cupcakes and a quick trip to the park

Presley was being very quiet in the kitchen one day and this is what I discovered when I found her! She was being a good little Mommy and feeding her baby cupcakes! (:

We have a walking trail that runs right by our house. It’s super nice and leads to a cute little playground that we like to visit. My only complaint is that it has no lighting, so you have to be headed home before it gets dark. Anyway, these are some pictures from a time in January that we went. Notice how Presley is dressed? We had some crazy “winter” weather this year! I’m really hoping it gets cold enough to actually cool off from the summer heat this year.

a walkin’ punkin’

We went on our first walk with Presley out of a stroller a few weekends ago. We have this great walking trail right by our house that leads to a creek one way and to a park the other way. I don’t know why we don’t use it more often!

Anyway, Presley wanted us to carry her at first. She said that the cars would come run her over and she would have a boo boo. Poor thing, I guess the trail resembles a road because it’s paved! After a lot of promising that we wouldn’t let a car run her over, she decided she could walk. She was pretty brave looking out over the rail at the water.

 

Then of course, she couldn’t walk home because her shoes were hurting her feet. Presley had decided earlier that she wasn’t going to wear socks with these new shoes. She won both times….not having to wear the socks and not having to walk home! ;)

A quick little funny

Like any normal parents, we throw Presley up in the air and catch her because she thinks it's hilarious and loves it! She has started doing this with her baby dolls. I think it is particularly funny that she just throws the baby down on the ground! I promise we don't do that to her!

“it makes me sad too”

Presley discovered that she can unzip things yesterday.

Unfortunately for us, it was the lap desk for the computer and not just her jacket. I’m guessing the bag (the white thing) inside that held the 50 billion styrofoam balls already had a hole in it. And then she just went to town shaking them out. In my defense, she was NOT quiet during this time and her little hands were hidden by the coffee table from my view in the kitchen. She just looked like she was sitting on the ground innocently playing with some toys. & those stupid balls were crazy static-y, so they stuck to everything, including the vacuum canister when trying to empty it. That was fun. So when I was frustrated later with cleaning it up, I told her that her getting into that made me really sad. She replied with, “it makes me sad too”! Oh, she’s too much sometimes!

Kole’s Tangled Party!

Kole turned 5 on Saturday! I still can’t believe she’s that old! The kids had so much fun and my mom and I had fun planning it all. If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you know that the kids love Tangled. So for Kole’s party, Tangled was the only way to go!

Rapunzel paint as favors and Pascal party blowers! Almost all of our great ideas came from this site.

Kole was in awe of the tower! I was so happy that she liked it, cause it was a pain in the rear to put together! When reading the directions, it seemed simple enough. I took a wrong turn when I decided to do a cake base instead of a styrofoam base like Bakerella said to do…pssh, what does she know anyway? ;) so even though I hot-glued the dowel rod to the cake board, it was still too much weight and it ended up leaning and eventually falling over. We used fishing line to try to salvage it enough for pictures! I guess this is where the ghetto Rapunzel would live!!!

An up close of the jello boats we made. Such a cute idea for any party!

Tangled gifts!  =)

Presley couldn’t figure out how to do it, so she just held it for her Daddy to blow it for her!

The playhouse got a Tangled makeover too! My Dad & Kameron did this with no directions and I have to say that I was impressed! Most of the time if you give men some streamers and balloons and tell them to just decorate it however, it doesn’t turn out this great!!!

No Tangled party would be complete without painting! Even Presley got in on the action, but would only hold the brush for a second, then say “yuck, my hand id stiddy” (sticky) and promptly command me to paint what she wanted to paint. That girl’s a mess!!

The result of the above painting! It kinda stained their skin! Oops!! Presley found the cure though, when she soaked her hands in the watery soap basin for like 15 min. No, she’s not a small genius. She was just having fun playing in it! Her feet though were a different story.

I totally forgot to take a picture of the front door that day. There was a long Rapunzel-like braid hanging on it. Oh well, my mom said she’d re-do the door and get a picture!

Thanks Mama for always allowing me to help with the kids’ parties! I have such a great time doing it! :)

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! :)

beach day!

We went to Navarre Beach on Saturday afternoon after P's nap. We love going there, it's our favorite beach! Well this time, I'm happy to report that she LOVED it! (I thought I had blogged about it, but I guess not.....see this is what happens when I go too long without writing things down, I forget them!) Anyway, we had taken her to the beach one afternoon, maybe 2 months ago, and the sand and water were freezing and Presley wanted no part of any of it. She just sat in someone's lap the entire time.

She was still leery of the sand at first on Saturday. Actually it was like trying to put a cat in water! She had all limbs wrapped around my arms! Sure wish I had a picture of that! But I told her since she was born in Florida, she HAD to love the beach! I sat her little self down in the sand and she didn't even whimper...she loved it! Silly girl! :)

We built sandcastles, played in the waves and soaked in the sunshine! We were pretty ready to go by the end of the afternoon though! Presley had pooped and my friends, the swim diaper does not hold poop well. It was all over her swimsuit. Yuck! So I had to get her naked and try to clean off poop mixed with wet sand. Then my mom and I are trying to gather everything together with a naked Presley, Jaden had on the fish rings and he's climbing on the protected dunes so I'm yelling at him and he turns to spit (don't ask why he's at that age I guess!) and he spits all over himself! Oh goodness! I'm sure we look like such rednecks to other people!

I wish I could have taken more pictures, it was such a beautiful day! But I'm not brave enough to bring a toddler by myself AND my huge expensive camera. So iPhone pics will have to do!

23 months!

It is honestly getting a little hard to write these posts! I can't believe it's time again to write. I can't believe she's almost TWO! Birthday party planning is full swing around here! I (mostly me, because Jeremiah said he didn't care which theme it was!) decided to go with Yo Gabba Gabba. Presley LOVES this show. Love isn't really the correct word. She's obsessed! I really wanted to do a PB&J theme and kick it with vintage-y purples and browns. She also loves a good PB&J sandwich, but I didn't think that she would recognize that from the party decor. I think she'll be really excited about Gabba Gabba! And don't worry if you can't stomach the show, I promise you will only see the characters in small doses! Invites went out today...so they should be on your doorstep in no time!

So Presley is loving Yo Gabba Gabba right now. She also likes Sesame Street and Jack's Big Music Show. She is still crazy obsessed with babies. And trains and airplanes. We have a game on our iPad that plays the noises of different animals and automobiles. Well, there is a jet on there. And one morning we heard a plane and I said "oh I hear an airplane outside", then she quickly informed me "no, a jet". Nothing like being schooled by a 23 mo old! :)

This girl loves to eat sauces. Like as in ketchup, bbq, ranch....pretty much any condiment sauce! She is such a big helper now! She loves helping put the laundry into the dryer. She'll also help empty the dishwasher, minus the sharps and breakables of course. She has a play vacuum that she vacuums the carpet with. Kind of funny considering that she's terrified of the real one!

Bedtime is very routine procedure. She has to have everything just right before she'll go to sleep. She sleeps on her belly with her zebra puppy under one arm and her baby under the other. A pappy in each hand and one in her mouth, her lovey blanket on her back and her regular blanket on her legs. Can anyone say OCD? Oh and the monitor has to be plugged in with the light on before you put her in the crib or she won't lay down. She somehow knows that we watch her in it! Crazy! She also has to have her little bird music box on. When she gets up in the morning, she lays her puppy and baby down in the crib and cover them with blankets and tells them "nigh, nigh"!

Presley has just started calling cats "ditty". She use to just make a meow noise when you asked her what they were. She is also doing this thing where she holds up her index finger and then says "one more". This could be in reference to her getting another piece of food or throwing her up in the air or if she wants you to stop bothering her! She says everything is "boo" when you ask her what color something is. Oh and she says her name is "cessly"! Precious!

Well, the next time I'll write one of these I will have a 2 year old. I'm pretty sure that I'll have to have lots of tissues on hand for that one!

girly weekend

This weekend was kinda girly....right up my alley! Ha! On Friday night I journeyed down to Navarre to have Mexican with two of my friends from high school. These gals are great! In the middle is Emily and on the right is Jessie. It was definitely bittersweet because I only get to see Jessie once in a blue moon! She's a big movie star in Hollywood...seriously she lives in LA and is an actress! Let's hope she doesn't forget us small folks when she's an A-lister! ;) And Emily is a sweet friend who is moving to Virginia with her military husband soon. I'm going to miss her even though we don't see each other often. :(

Then Saturday we celebrated Mother's Day with Joy, Jeremiah's mom. We also went to Kohl's and the grocery store for some shopping. Yay for Kohl's not so much for WalMart! & I made this wreath!

Sunday we celebrated with my Mom then came home and cleaned! :) It's only good because Jeremiah's dad and bonus mom are coming for the weekend! :)

And today was my Mom's birthday! & we celebrated Pioneer Woman style! With her meatballs...to die for, every time!....and the best chocolate sheet cake ever. Seriously that's the name of it. And boy does it live up to it's name! Make it tomorrow. I promise you'll thank me...actually you'll thank PW! I can't wait for August to get here! My Mom and I are headed to Atlanta for a few days to attend the Women of Faith conference! I'm so excited! A few days without husbands or kids! Amazing! =]

And lastly I leave you with a funny picture. Can you spot the little girl on the couch? Ha ha! She LOVES her stuffed animals and she has about 20 of them. She would even sleep with all of them if we would let her! She wanted all of them to sit with her on the couch and her Daddy helped her get them settled!