Life makes the best story: March 2011

Lucy

I can’t believe Lucy is two! The time went so fast and she is getting so big. I am amazed each day at how much I love her and what an amazing little girl she is. She is so smart and funny and happy. I love going in her room in the morning and seeing her smile.

Here are the top ten things that I love about Lucy.

1. When you say “I love you” she will say “too” back.

2. She gives the best hugs and kisses.

3. She is so smart – She can count to ten, she likes to recite her ABC’s (although she doesn’t get all the letters right), she likes to spell her name (LCY, she usually misses the U), knows all the animals sounds, loves to draw (especially with pens and pencils), can write an L (okay, that only happened once, but I like to brag about it)

4. She likes to sing songs, especially Spider, Popcorn, and Monkeys

5. The other day, I wrote her name and asked her what it said and she said “SUCY” (that is how she says her name). Then I wrote MOM and asked her what it said and she said “Mommy”. Then I wrote DAD and asked her what it said and she said “Naniel” (that is how she says dad)

6. She is so pretty! She has the prettiest color hair, it is strawberry blonde and it is fun to do. She also has big green eyes.

7. When she runs, she bends her left arm and pumps it back and forth. It is so cute!

8. She combines certain words into one word – WoodyBuzz, DoraBoots, MovieShow, NinnySam (Nicole and Sam)

9. She loves movies and would watch them nonstop if we would let her.

10. Says “see soon” (see ya soon), “mere” (come here), calls Whitney “Ninny”, Grandma is Momma and Mom is Mommy, “your felfom” (your welcome), she will walk out of the room and walk back in and say “I’m home!!!”

She has the cutest little dance moves. The other night we were dancing together and she wanted to dance with Whitney, so I held her up and Lucy held her hands. It was so cute and Whitney loved it. She is such a good big sister and has adjusted well to Whitney. It is so fun having two little girls! We love our Lucy Goosey and feel so blessed to be her parents!

Lucy helping Grandma mop the floor “Sucy help”

Lucy helping me clean up dinner. I said “Let’s clean up dinner” and she immediately went and got a tupperware out of the cupboard, pushed the chair over to the stove, and started spooning the leftovers into the tupperware.

Lucy after getting into Mom’s makeup

Hanging out in mommy and daddy’s bed with Ninny

Whitney

I have hardly said a word about Whitney on this blog and I feel so bad. She is such a beautiful little baby and we love her so much. She probably doesn’t get as much attention as she deserves, but we do out best. She is starting to smile more and more and it is so fun! She has been doing pretty good about sleeping through the night (except the 3 am feeding she doesn’t seem to want to get rid of). She went from our little peanut (she was smaller than Lucy when she was born) to our chunky monkey. She has nursed much better than Lucy did and is gaining weight fast.

Here are some of the cute things about Whitney

1. She has beautiful eyes – I think they may end up being blue like here daddy.

2. Sometimes she sticks out her tongue when she smiles and it is so cute.

3. She has started to laugh and kind of tilts her head back when she does it.

4. Her left ear looks like someone took a little bite out of it (I will have to post a picture)

5. She has a birthmark on her right leg near her ankle.

6. She has the cutest little rolls on her legs.

7. Sometimes when I am nursing her she looks up and just smiles and me.

8. She has the cutest little swirl of hair on the back of her head.

9. She loves to be held.

10. She loves to stare at the elephant on the baby swing.

We have loved our little Whitney. We often find ourselves calling her Ninny and even occasionally, she gets called Baby B. It is so fun to have our family grow and we love our little girls!

February was a busy month for us, with lots of sicknesses. We are all feeling better and doing well. Some excited news – Daniel got a new job! He is now working for a company called Airbag Services. So far he is really liking it and we are excited for the opportunities he will have there.

Here are some pictures of what we have been up to.

Lucy’s Birthday

Nemo Cake

Playing in the snow with Dad

Whitney’s blessing

It took us a little while to bless Whitney (I was afraid she might not fit in her dress by the time we did it) because everyone kept getting sick, but we ended up blessing her on February 27 (7 years to the day from mine and Daniel’s first date). I made her dress and I think it turned out really pretty. It had a lace overlay and she looked so pretty in it. Here are a few pictures from that day.