wow!

It has been so long since I wrote here.  I have been so focused on Hawthorne and Main.  Things over there are going great, I am growing every day and it is exciting.

I have felt bad about letting this side go however.  I figured that if I don't have time to upload picture I can at least hop over and tell a few stories about what has been going on in our lives.

If nothing else so that I can put it in a book like I did a few years ago....

I would like to go back and update from the past year but I might as well just start from here and move forward.

Miss A just had her 2nd birthday.....

I cannot believe that she is 2 already. It seems like a lifetime ago that I was pregnant but at the same time I feel like she was just born.

She has got so much personality. She is starting to realize that she has a say in things.... that she can actually say no.....

She got a tea set for her birthday and she LOVES it...... I had no idea the would like it that much....

We have tea parties all day long.... :)

She is still sucking her thumb.... I haven't tried to get rid of it yet.... She only sucks it when she has her "blankie" luckily.....

She has really started to love coloring..... After she insisted on coloring all over the walls, floor, and furniture I had to confiscate all of them and she is only allowed to color supervised.  She still will find a random crayon around and color on the walls....

The most recent coloring fest happened to a wall I had just finished painting.....White....

We have not really tried potty truing yet.... I am starting to feel that she might be ready.... I am however not ready..... I am ready to be done with diapers but not the training part....

She is talking so much right now.....It is pretty crazy sometimes the things that she says...

Aaron was changing her the other day and she took his hands and started to look at them with intrigue, studying everything about them..... in a loud clear voice she said "dad you hands look like pancakes and raisins.....!" haha

I swear the day she turned 2 she started to have a temper....... She has been starting to throw fits by throwing herself on the floor.   Luckily she has not done this ever outside of our house.  I pray that it won't happen.   Luckily I am the type of mom to just walk away and let her have her fit..... still I would be dying inside.

People have always said the first kid is the hardest.... I had no idea what they were talking about until the past couple of months......She has realized that having a play mate is wwwwaaayyyyyy more fun than playing alone......

Who is her only play mate option but me...... It has been hard the past few months to get any work done at all during the day...... But we have been having some good times together.

I signed her up for this fun gymnastics class.  Kids ages 1-2 can't really gymnastics but it is such a fun glass with high beams, marshmallow pit, bars and a trampoline.  She loves it and it seriously has given her more confidence. Even after going to class 4 times she has shown great improvement in her listening skills and following directions..... super fun.....

My father in law decided to move in with us in January.  It has been a little bit of an adjustment.  He is a pretty easy going guy so that makes it good.    The weather is starting to warm up outside.  I am hoping that we can get though this summer ok.... We still have our swamp cooler in the house.  I was hoping to get it replaced by now but it seems we will have to keep it for a little bit longer.....fingers crossed.....