A few b-day photos

Here are a few photos from today - a couple egg hunt ones (pre and post) and some from her b-day party. She was VERY excited about her Mickey Mouse Clubhouse birthday cake (yes, I made the cake again this year). From the time I put it out this afternoon until we got to eat it she was saying, "that's MY cake! I eat it now!" That's her and her cousin Nate hugging goodbye in the last photo.

Kaylee at 2

Kaylee on her birthday! She refused to stand still for a picture. A few minutes after I asked she was tormenting Tigger and about to get time out...but I gave her the choice of time out or taking a picture and she chose the picture option. (Win-win!) Curly hair after waking from her nap! (Plus it was a humid day.) See "2 year portraits" post below for what her hair usually looks like in the morning - not as curly. So crazy!

TWO!

Happy 2nd birthday, Kaylee! We love you sooooo much!!!

2 year portraits

We went for more photos yesterday morning. Kaylee did well, despite giving the photographer lots of fake smiles/laughs and concerned expressions for the first bit. She seemed wary of him (we didn't blame her, he wasn't the best photographer we'd had). Photos turned out well, nonetheless! We didn't order all these, but here are the ones we did, plus a few other funny/cute ones.

I ordered the shirt for her birthday, only afterward thinking she could wear it for the photos...if I had ordered it in time; I didn't know exactly when it would arrive. It came on Friday - just in time to wash and wear for Saturday's photo shoot-yay!! I love how it turned out in the pictures. Both dresses were recent consignment purchases and I love them! I'm also glad the hair bows and headband stayed on for all the photos; her hair is so fine that the bows will slip out without much provocation and if that doesn't happen, she often pulls them (or the headbands) off.








PS - did you notice the little green gummy snack in her hand in the last few photos? She wouldn't just eat it and held it through all those photos. At least it was a green one that mostly blends in with her dress!

Little thief?

Kaylee loves an episode of Backyardigans called "Robin Hood the Clean." She was calling it "Robin Clean" and I tried to get her to say the whole thing. Now she calls it "Robin the Hood Clean." We've had a few neighborhood break-ins lately, so I'm a little worried that the neighbors might mistake what she means... :)

Another night, another post

Yet again, Kaylee's been in bed chatting to herself (and/or whoever will listen, apparently her blankies and me). Tonight I've heard various things, but what made me smile was when she started reciting the pages from some favorite books. She certainly loves her books, and I love that she does!!

This segue seems random, but you'll see...

If you ask her, "what does Daddy call you?" She answers, "Babe."
If you ask her, "what does Mommy call you?" She answers, "Biscuit."

(well, it's true)

Lately she's started saying what we'd say to her when she sees us. For example, when I go into her room in the morning or after nap, and before I have a chance to say anything, she'll see me and say, "Hi, Bisky!" (or Biscuit) Or when Jamie gets home from work, instead of saying, "Hi, Daddy," she'll say, "Hey, Babe!" -- it makes us laugh.

Anyway, over the monitor, another thing she was just saying was, "Hey, Babe! Hi, Babe!" Maybe she's hoping Jamie will hear and come to get her? (Nah, she knows better than that!)

PS - 2 weeks from today Kaylee will be two!

Little Star

Kaylee's been in her room for over an hour singing numerous songs (lots of songs from our Kindermusik class, but also some TV theme songs and Christmas songs) and saying nursery rhymes (hickory, dickory dock; one, two, buckle my shoe; etc.). It amazes me that she knows the words to so many songs already, and especially that she can bust out with a very good rendition of Frosty the Snowman 2+ months after we probably stopped singing it around here.

Summertime??

Last Tuesday (3/2) we had snow. By Wednesday afternoon, most of that had melted and Kaylee was apparently in the mood for sun - when she woke up from her nap, she wanted to wear her new bathing suit! Not wanting to deal with the suit after a diaper change, I was going to change her into something else, but she wanted her swimsuit again. Compromising, she put on her other new suit, which is a 2 piece t-shirt/shorts suit: easier for changes, still a new swimsuit. Here she is having a snack in her new suit (the face is her wanting me to take a picture of her saying, "avocado" - her snack food).


Here she is at dinner tonight; she ate most of what was on her plate: chicken, noodles, asparagus, cauliflower and green beans, and finished off with strawberries and a couple bites of Jamie's ice cream for dessert. Yummy! (PS- she does not always eat this well - I only think to take photos when she is eating well...)

My Big Girl

This morning Kaylee was talking about the Gerber baby. I asked, "are you a Gerber baby?" She scrunched up her face with her mad/irritated expression and said, "NO! I'm big girl!" Then I asked, "oh - so are you a Gerber big girl?" Again with the mad face she said, "NO! I'm ME!" That made me laugh, which I think irritated her more and she kept telling me, "no no no!"

More snow!

What I found this morning when I went to get Kaylee:


It was snowing a little this morning when we woke up, and by about 8:30am there was a white layer everywhere. Not really enough to play in until about lunchtime, so we waited until after nap to go out and play for a bit.


Here are our neighbors, Caroline and Mason, loving the snow day fun. ;)