Oh Bells!
Four years old, going on 20! You have had wisdom beyond your years since birth, my dear child. There is something so fascinating about hearing the world through you because it is so articulate and expressive, and I feel like I am actually understanding life as you see it and experience it.
This is the first year you have activities that take you out of the home and away from me, and it was such a hard adjustment at first! I miss having my little friend and helper with me. But being the little social butterfly that you are, you are loving it! You love preschool so much, even though you already know 99% of the things they are working on! Being among friends and in the heart of the social activities is totally your element, as long as it is on your terms! But you do not like to perform on demand! You hole up like a frightened turtle!
You have always had a very keen awareness of other's emotions. You have this uncanny ability to attend to people who are hurt, sick, or sad; or to make people feel welcome and included. I think you would make a fantastic doctor or psychologist someday. You also have the ability to cut someone to the core with the flick of your tongue, or the glare of your eye!
You love your little sister so much. I have watched in absolute awe at how well you adjusted to her and loved her from day one. I am also continually amazed at how willing you are to give on her behalf. I've watched you share some of your most precious belongings with her, most particularly letting her take over your beloved Delilah doll. And maybe this is wrong, but the many a mornings when I hear you two literally screaming and yelling at each other over a toy, I can't help but laugh and just appreciate that you have each other to fight with! You will be best friends your whole life.
You still love all things pretty- dresses, skirts, hair styles, shoes, purses, princesses, dolls, and so on. You pick your own outfits entirely these days, and you are even doing your own hair now too! Most of the time I am shocked at how good it looks! You still love kid tv and movies, books, mac n noodle, Barbies, and big Delilah (the toddler version we had to buy when Kendal took over baby D). You have turned into quite the crafter these days. You love to draw, cut, color, paint, play dough. Everyday you ask me if I will show you how to draw something new...which is quickly becoming a problem because my artist skills are not much to brag about! You love your daddy. You love helping me clean and cook, especially cracking eggs.
You LOVE your cousins. You ask to play with Ella every single solitary day. You frequently ask about Millie and what she is doing, and when we can see her. Every night in your prayers you say "thank you that we can live in B and see Ella, Joshy, Caleb and Audrey all the time."
I love you so much. You are such a beautiful little girl, and I can't wait to see what the future holds for you, and for us. We will be staying up nights talking all too soon! But for now, I am relishing in your crazy four year old logic, and the power struggles, and discoveries, and I thank God that my main job in life is to do just that... relish in you!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Happy BDay Amayabelle!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Happy Birthday Kendal Grace!
My Darling Baby Girl!
How, how, how can you be two already?! I have loved every minute of your short life. I can't imagine mine without yours. It really is flying by too quickly, and it makes me almost frantic about soaking you up. I find myself trying to memorize the sound of your voice, the funny things you say, the millions of facial expressions you have, because I know the next time I turn around you will have moved on to something new.
I have yet to put my finger on what is it, but you have a certain quality that is so endearing, it is positively irresistible! And its a good thing too, because if you didn't have that quality I don't know what I'd do with you! You are impossible, and I do mean impossible, to keep up with! You were such a mellow and calm baby... has that ever changed! You are literally non-stop, all day, everyday. If I turn my back for two minutes, I find you knee deep in some disaster, or up on top of my counters getting into the food cupboard, or hanging on the outside of Amaya's bunk bed, or on top of the washer and dryer trying to get into the medicine cabinet, or into my makeup, or smearing makeup all over Gramma's carpets (I have been extremely thankful for our solid surface floors throughout our entire house!).
But it never fails, that when I think I am about to snap, you smother me with your unbeatable hugs and kisses. You give them up unsolicited, and it is like receiving a million dollars every time. You are so unbelievably tender, which may be the saving grace. It is so heart warming. You love to snuggle and cuddle, and be held, and sang to. Every night when we put you down you say "lay down with me," and every night I curl myself into a tiny little ball just so I can lie down next to you in your tiny toddler bed, because how could I resist?!
You give your big sister a run for her money, and she is probably pretty clueless that you idolize her in every way. You two are as sweet as sugar one minute, and absolutely ruthless the next, but anytime she is away you ask about her non-stop. "We sure miss Amaya, don't we?"
You are independent. You are sweet. You are insistent, painfully so. You love Princesses, and dress up, and make up, and having your hair done. You love your daddy. You love Che, and pester him to no end, picking him up by his ears, carrying him around like your baby, throwing him in the bathtub, sneaking him food from the table. You love the songs Black Bird, and Somewhere Over the Rainbow. You will eat anything mom or dad are eating, but you LOVE fruit snacks, cheese and granola bars. You love shoes, and clomp around in my stilettos effortlessly. You do not listen worth beans. You are not at all afraid of daddy and his 'you're in big trouble' voice. You like to taunt. You love to read. You LOVE to perform. "Mommy- look at me! Mommy- watch this!" You LOVE to dance and do it everyday. You want to wear a swimsuit all day everyday, and when I say no, you want pajamas instead. You bust out Spanish words randomly. You want to wear panties, and will occasionally go potty in the toilet, but with absolutely no consistency. You make me laugh every single day without fail. You are a joy in my life. I adore everything about you. God is real, and I know that when I get to be with you.
Birthday Girls!!
Our beauties turned 2 and 4 last week! Crazy how time flies! Birthdays are even more fun now that we live in our home town! So much family to help us celebrate! It was a weekend-long event.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Amaya's First Day of School
Monday, July 6, 2009
Playing in the Sand
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Fourth o July
my dead sexy husband and Kendal Gracie
me and Amaya after she got the nerve to jump into the lake! I was so impressed with her. She only lasted a few seconds, but it was freezing, so I didn't last much longer!