Birthday Memories

Gifts from Nanny and Pappy arrived after a busy day and an afternoon at the pool...As tired as she was it didn't slow her down when it came to opening her presents!

Thanks for the Minnie doll and Minnie jammies Nanny and Pappy!

Opening a gift from Riley...He picked it out and bought it with his own money...What a sweet brother she has!

Riley showing her the Cinderella toy he got for her.  Thanks Ra Ra!

Opening presents from Grammy...

Wonder what's in this box?

Thanks for the necklace, animal carrier and contribution to my trampoline Grammy!

Uncle Kevin and Aunt Cara helping celebrate Kendall's birthday.  They came over for dinner with their nephew, who both of my kids adore.

She's pretty intent on getting this one open.

But in the end Uncle Kevin had to help her out.

How appropriate!  An "I Love To Play In The Dirt" shirt from Moab!  Thanks Uncle Kevin and Aunt Cara for my Cinderella purse, Tinkerbell doll and my shirt!  (She slept with her Tinkerbell doll last night!)

Check out that smile for her Tinker cake!

She'd been wanting to do that all day since she had done it earlier...Crazy girl just wants to eat icing instead of eating the actual cake.  Wonder where that sweet tooth came from????

The only thing that would have made this birthday better for Sissy would have been if her Daddy was home to celebrate with her.  She had a great day and enjoyed playing at the park and seeing her friends, but no one can replace her Daddy...

Thanks to everyone who sent her birthday wishes!  Can't believe two years have come and gone already.  My little baby is growing up too quickly for my liking.  I'm trying to enjoy every moment and every stage.  She's totally into doing whatever Momma does...like play with her baby, pushing her in the stroller, cooking in her kitchen, putting on make up or putting gel in her hair.  She carries around her little pocketbook and puts on my heels and says "Bye Momma!"  She loves Tinkerbell as well as the Disney princesses.  Not sure where that came from, but I'll go with it...She still goes nuts for animals.  She actually begged to go see the horses at the park yesterday.  She talks about "duckie water" which means any body of water where ducks could possibly swim.  She loves to sing the ABC song as well as Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Itsy Bitsy Spider, No More Monkeys, and Move It, Move It.  She has Brown Bear Brown Bear all but memorized and begs me to read her Pinkalicous whenever I can.  If she is allowed to watch t.v. she asks for Olivia or Diego.  Her favorite movies are Toy Story 2 and Finding Nemo - we've done a lot of traveling this summer which is how she's been allowed to watch movies!  She loves to go camping and get covered in dirt from head to toe.  She often refuses to wear shoes which is why she's had a cut on her toe all summer - it doesn't get a chance to heal because she keeps stubbing it and reopening the wound.  She loves her trampoline which was her birthday present from us and her swing set.  

She's such a sweet little girl, but I can see the independent streak starting to become exposed already.  She is the type of kid who has to experience things before she learns from them, which is a hard thing for a parent to do.  We want to protect them and keep them safe, but at the same time, allow them to grow through experiencing new things.  She's a Momma's girl for now.  I remember Riley being a Momma's boy at this stage too.  She wants to know what I'm doing 24/7, wants me to hold her, wants me to kiss every boo boo whether it hurts or not.  Every morning she calls for me..."Momma!  I wake!"  Right now I hear her upstairs calling "I want my Momma!" trying to pull on my heartstrings and release her from her nap.

Thank you to all of you who pray for her, love her and help us raise her.  She's a dear child and I can't wait to see what her future holds...just wish the future would slow down a bit!  I'm enjoying this little girl stage too much!