Over the Rainbow

We had Amelia's birthday party at Gymboree this year. I knew she would just loved it and I was right! The girl love her some Gymboree days! We go to class every Monday as is. The place is in primary colors so I knew the rainbow theme would be perfect. Since you don't have to decorate much just a table it was low stress. Way easier than last year party!


I did however do some DIY  projects and sewing! I went with the chevron rainbow  with the main theme. I found chevron fabric a few months back to make Amelia's outfit out of.  I had a girl on Etsy who did her invites and the other paper decorations! She was so wonderful to work with and super fast! She matched the colors for the invite perfectly to Amelia's outfit! I love a good theme!

 I found this idea for the table cloth on Pintrest and came up with it on my own. My sis and MIL helped a tone with it! 

 Another idea I pinned! 

These cookies are the CUTEST!!! Holly made them.. here is her blog

 My sister and MIL came for Amelia's party so they were a big help with the decorations  since I didn't do anything until the Friday before her party.  We made Ribbon Wands  and ruffle skirt for the cake table. I made the cupcakes and rainbow popcorn. All the projects were fun and pretty easy to do they were just a little time consuming.


Here is a photo overload of the party!! I was so thankful for our all friends who came to make Amelia feel so very special! She truly had a wonderful time! 

Happy 2nd Birthday!!

 

Amelia, I can't hardly believe you are now TWO years old! My heart couldn't be prouder to be your Mommy. Everyday is an new exciting adventure with you. We have our hard times,grumpy times, testing times, but mostly joyful times! You are the light of your daddy and I's life.

 

I had a big day planned for your birthday! You woke up to balloons all over the living room! You kept saying

"it's my party"

Then we went to out for doughnuts! You picked a chocolate frosting with sprinkles :) You really enjoyed it!

 

Next, we went to the library And You requested it! We had. Wonderful time at story-time and craft. We were doing craft and newspaper was there taking photos. The guy picked you to be on the paper! So fun to see your little face in the paper the next day!! Proud mommy moment!!

 

Next up was lunch with daddy! You picked McDonald's! Which is ok with me because you will actually eat the chicken nuggets there! You loved seeing Daddy for lunch date!!

We came home for a nice long nap because your Auntie Jen and Grandma Linda were arriving for your birthday!! Once everyone got here we went out to dinner!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After dinner we came home for cake and presents! Overall, I think you had a great birthday!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At two years old here are you r stats

- weight about 26lbs

-height

- wearing size 24momth

-size 4diaper

-sleeping mostly through the night.. You have had a rough patch

- talking up a storm! You are such a good talker! ( I need to do a post about what she says)

-know most of your shapes and all your colors

-starting to recognize letters/numbers

-you still love the bath you would stay in the tub for hours

-love playing with blocks,puzzles,play-doh,kitchen

- we are learning the art of sharing ;)

-love to read and to be read to

-coloring is one of favorites too

-loves going to the library and Gymboree

- you are not a good eater... You need to get better at that.

-your pretty independent and love "doing it all by myself!" I can't even count how many times I hear this a day!

 

Amelia, even though you are Miss Indenpendant you still are so sweet when you ask for help. You are so sweet and polite. You always say " please and thank-you". When someone sneezing you always say "bless-you", even if you are in another room you will shout it! Such a sweetie!

You are so lovely and snugly. You still like to be rocked and I just love those moments! I don't want them to end!

Baby - girl, you are just down right funny! You leave your daddy and I in stiches! Some of the things that come out of your mouth are so funny! I have no clue where you come up with this stuff. But I love it! You just keep getting better and better! I knew you would bring us joy but I never knew the amount of pride I would feel until I met you two years ago. Or life's are forever changed for the better and it is all because we as your parents. We love you baby girl!

 

Christmas

I am a bit late on posting of our Christmas! Better late then never I guess. We headed to Alabama to be with my family. I have only been to my parent new home once this past summer . It was Deric's, my sister and BIL first time. It was so nice to be able to have all of us there. Our dogs were the only thing missing. I really missed them... No joke.
We spent most of the week just hanging out with family .
We baked cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve. Amelia love every second of that! She is really getting into baking and decorating. She was so sweet the whole week and super excited about Christmas. I didn't know how she would be this year being just shy of 2. She did keep saying it was "her birthday" we had to remind her it was Jesus's day . :) I think she finally started to understand it as much as she can.
On Christmas Eve we took Amelia to the mall to ride the cutest little train they had. It just went in a circle but Amelia loved it. We even got her to sit on Santa's lap ! The first time back home she hated it!
Christmas morning was a blast for me. I just loved watching Amelia get so excited about her gifts! She did get overwhelmed and just wanted the toy she opened out of the box. It took is a while to get through presents! :)
My sister and Blake had to rush out because they were getting blizzard like weather back in Indiana where they live. Mom was a rock star and we are lunch by 11:30am!! They were on the road fast and did not run into any bad weather. They did get really bad weather the next day. So happy they made it home safely.
The rest of the day was spent playing with Amelia and her new toys. My parents neighbors invited us over that night, it was a fun time. We had a great relaxing day.
The next day we took Amelia to the children's imagination center. It is connected to the museum. They had a snow exhibit with fake snow and snow ball pit. You could even "sled" if you wanted. Amelia didn't know what to think about the pit but I think she enjoyed the fake snow!
We had a wonderful time the whole week.
The only thing that awful about the trip was the traffic/ construction. We added 2.5 hours to our drive back home. Thankfully Amelia is an awesome kid and she didn't throw any fits! She sat so go in her seat both ways!
Here is a picture overload! Enjoy!!

Down on the Farm

We traveled back to our home town for thanksgiving /Christmas! We took 2 days to drive the 12 hours back home. Amelia did amazingly well! We did drive about 8 hours Saturday and she was a champ the whole day!!

Amelia is loving her time with cousins, grandparents,aunts and uncles. The cows, buses and farm add to her excitement! She took her first school bus "ride" today. Those photos will come later!

Needless to say she is in heaven! Here are a few photos I have taken just in the two days days we have been here.

Amelia and Eman getting friendly

Nikohl and Nate being silly with Amelia

Making pancakes with grandma

 

Visiting the cows

 

Halloween 2012

Here is our sweet little rainbow! Yes,I made her costume! I loved the way it turned out! She loved it and kept it on the whole time. I was glad she was wrapped in fleece because it did get kinda chilly that night!

We had a great Halloween this year! Amelia was "into" it more than I thought she would be. We had a full day of fun. After naps my friend , Jenny, and I took the kiddos to see the dads at work. Both Deric and Matt together so it worked perfect that we got to go together.

 

They had a lot for kids there this year, which made it fun. Amelia wasn't saying "trick or treat" but didn't have any problems with taking candy! She did keep saying "OHHH, look at that" every time she would get candy! It was so funny! We made our rounds and she got a ton of candy!

 

Jenny and Matt hosted dinner and the Calhoun's joined us also. Have I mentioned about how much I adore our neighbors?? We have the best! We had a great chili dinner with all the fixing then we all went to "trunk or treat". It really wasn't that cold so it was nice to not be freezing like last year! Amelia wasn't into trunk or treating. She really couldn't play most of the games and didn't like to wait! She had fun just walking around and looking at some dogs that were dresses up!

Somehow, we didn't get a photo of the three of us :( But at least I got some photos!

The church had everything from free food to jump houses but Amelia just wanted to look at the dogs! We stayed about an hour and went back to have dessert and let the kids play. Here is a photo before we go to trick or treating minus Emmy. She was bundle up in her stroller.

I can't wait to see these kids grow up and trick or treat together for many years!!!