One Year Older and Wiser Too!

We celebrated Gwen's first birthday last weekend. I say it over and over time flies! Gwen is a happy and lovable baby. We have so much fun with her. She is a great mimicker. She loves fruit and so we made Strawberry Shortcake cupcakes. They turned out so yummy. At the party were Grandparents, Aunts, cousins, and friends. We feel so blessed to have so much love and support in our lives. Thanks to everyone who came. Here's to another great year. We love you Gwen.

 

200th Post!

How exciting to reach 200! Yesterday I took part in a little photo challenge given by the talented Liz Kartchner. It was to take a dozen photos of my day. I really enjoyed just grabbing the camera throughout the day and taking a quick picture. I will have to do this more often. So without further ado here is our day.

 Hope you enjoyed a peek into our lives. Head over to Liz's blog for even more Daily Dozen fun.

February Here and Gone

February brought lots of fun and love. Adelaide and I made valentines from toilet paper rolls that were shaped into hearts and then dipped in paint. She loved, I loved it! Gwen reached 11 months. She started walking and has become very opinionated. You know when she is unhappy. Luckily she still smiles big and is starting to play more with her sister. Adelaide is turning out to be a wonderful big sister. One of their favorite games is "doctor". It's fun to watch them play together. Valentine's was a quiet holiday at our house. The girls and I surprised Richard with balloons and sweets. Adelaide handed out her valentines to Richard's co-workers. We had a nice dinner together. All in all it was a good month.

 

We love hugs and kisses around here.

Mackinzy

We had a special visitor today, two in fact. My mom is watching my niece Mackinzy for a little while and they came for a visit. I just had to take some pictures, because she is so darn cute. 

She has the prettiest little smile. We are so excited to see her and to play.

Adelaide's Interests

Adelaide is quite the 2 year old. Naturally I'm biased, but I think she is AMAZING! So talented and creative. I want to share a few things with you, that Adelaide likes.

First, playing dress up, with dolls, and doll houses. One day while Richard and I were looking on Pinterest Adelaide spotted some doll houses. From then on we did not hear one word that didn't involve "I want a doll house". This young lady is very persistent, and daddy is easy to sway.

She was a very happy girl.
Now if only we could get a little boy doll (hint hint Amy).

One of her new loves is scissors and cutting paper into tiny pieces. She could sit for hours cutting paper. Makes a mess, but is great when I want to craft a bit.

Adelaide is a budding photographer. She got a hold of the camera the other day and here is the result.

She did these all by herself. I think they turned out pretty cool.

And finally, Adelaide loves to draw, paint and color. She has recently taught herself how to draw people. Today she did a self-portrait. I am just awed that she is able to do this already. Maybe it's not that big of deal, but I don't know to many two year olds that can draw like this.

Isn't it great?

I love my little Adalady!