Emmy's 2nd Birthday...Early!

Today we celebrated Emmy's 2nd Birthday...a little early.  We planned to have an open house since my parents were going to be in town, but we ended up making it Emmy's birthday too.

It was so hot that we only went outside to eat and then we ended up back inside.

Emmy and her tissue paper cape!

Emmy was showing her daddy that she had chewed up all of her m&m's.  Doesn't it look like she was surprised by one of her presents?

Loving Elmo!

Emmy became "the present"!!!

Sitting on her new potty chair...reading her Elmo book.

Ashlyn had some present fun!

The cakes

Keelin with her buddies...Hannah and Maddie.

They were getting ready for the ball!!!

My friend Jamie posted some really cute pictures from Emmy's party!

Click HERE to see some of her photos.

First Day of School

Both girls were up and ready for the first day of school by 5:45. 

We went outside to take some pictures at 6am.  A few ladies walking by said, "Isn't it a little early for taking pictures?"  I told them it was the first day of school.

Keelin said while eating her breakfast, "Mommy, I can't eat my breakfast because my belly is nervous."

Keelin by her preschool.  She was in the 3-4 year old (Caterpillar) class last year...This year she is in the 4-5 year old (Butterfly) class.

Keelin and her best buds...Maddie and Hannah
Keelin had a great first day (and a great first week!)

Keelin's Hair Cut

Keelin before going to get her haircut.  She told me she was sick of her Rapunzel hair.  It was too HOT.

 Keelin couldn't believe all the hair on the ground was hers!! She was in awe!

All done!

Emmy's New Habits...

Emmy has added some undesirable habits to her daily activities.

 1.  Emptying her clothes out of her dresser. 

 2.  Pulling all of her books off of her bookshelf.

3.  Taking off her diaper and pooping on her sister's floor! And playing with it!

The story... I was enjoying my Sunday newspaper and coffee when Emmy came running into the kitchen, pointed down the hallway, and was grunting (she doesn't talk*). I got up to go see what the fuss was about. She lead me upstairs and as I approached the top of the stairs I saw her diaper in the hallway. She was wearing her nightgown so I pulled it up to see a naked butt... GREAT! I was about to pick up the diaper when I glanced into Keelin's room and saw poop on the carpet... EVEN BETTER! She showed me her hand...it was covered with poop, so she obviously played with it. No more nightgowns for this child.

* I took Emmy to the doctor on Wednesday.  Our doctor wanted to see her again before her 2 year well-baby check-up because she wasn't attempting to talk or make sounds at her 18 month appointment.  Emmy is still not attempting to talk much.  She says Daddy and Mommy very clearly.  She says a few other words that we can understand (the average person would have no idea what she was saying.)  She doesn't seem to be interested in talking...but she loves to scream LOUDLY to get our attention.   She understands us very well and responds to us talking.  We decided to have a speech evaluation done on her.  I will update this as it happens.  
She weighed in at 23.0 lbs and is 32.5 inches tall.  She is 22 months old.

Keelin's Crafts

Keelin made a stepping stone.  It turned out to be messier than I thought...

 We put it out front by the porch.  I got Keelin a purple butterfly when we were in Michigan so that was put by the stepping stone.

 I made Keelin and Emmy a bunk bed for all of their baby dolls.  Keelin decorated it with all of her favorite things.  I painted the outlines of the shapes and she painted the insides.  I was so amazed at how steady she was with the paint brush.

Babies have a home.

And Keelin does too.

Holy Spirit Summer Social

We took the girls to the Holy Spirit summer social last night.  I took Emmy to play games while Keelin jumped in the bounce houses.  I got Emmy's face painted like a butterfly and of course when Keelin saw her she had to have her face painted too. 

 scary ?????   Butterfly Super Villain ?????

I stayed and worked at the social so Drew had to take the girls home and bathe them.  He said, "No more face paint... EVER" Sorry Honey!

Emmy

I have been bad about updating my younger squirt.  Emmy is full of energy.  She was a handful today.  She started the day by eating Keelin's vitamin fruit snack.  ooops.  The little stinker climbed up on the stool and just popped it in her mouth while I was helping Keelin.

Then...(we have a lock on our pantry because Emmy can open it, but it is often left unlocked) I found her eating crackers in the corner of the dining room.  Not an hour later she was eating Frosted Flakes between the couch and ottoman.  Later I found her eating Fruit Loops in the playroom.  (note to self...vacuum soon)

Finally...at dinnertime...Keelin was refusing to eat her dinner and had already spent about 45 minutes sitting in the dinning room.  She came into the kitchen and I told her to go back to her food...well...in that short time Emmy had climbed up on Keelin's seat and grabbed her chicken fajita and was swinging the two (empty) soft shells in the air...cheese and chicken were flying all over the dinning room. 

What a day!

I did snap this picture of Emmy today.  I asked her if she wanted her picture taken and she shook her head "yes".  We stepped outside and I snapped 4 pictures.  She stood against the brick and said, "eeeese".  Wow...I don't think I have ever had that easy of a time taking a photo of either of my children.

Holiday World

Keelin has been bugging me all summer to go to Holiday World.  I decided it would work out to take her on a weekday when I could take Emmy to daycare.  I called my friend, Jamie, because I knew her family had season passes and I knew Keelin would be thrilled if her friend Hannah could come with her on her first trip.

 Would you trust these two tourguides (Keelin and Hannah) to lead you around an amusement park?

 Do you think it looks HOT?  We were in line for our first ride of the day...by the way these two look you would think it was the end of the day.

 We got split up on this ride.  I think Hannah is having fun !!!

 Keelin and Hannah having fun in the splash area by Holidog's tree house.

 Keelin and Holidog.

 Keelin and the girls from Christmas, 4th of July, and Halloween.

We had such a good time!  Keelin can't wait to go back again!  We spent the morning riding rides and the afternoon in the water park.