I like to write down things that Isabella says - because when she starts saying a new thing it's pretty awesome. Right now her favorite thing to ask is, "what's happening?"...some of my other favorites:

'we has to hurry!' - we have to hurry
'it's windy' - this is when we are driving with the windows down and yelling like 10 year olds :)
'tit-tle me' (tickle me).
'mommy dats your tar?' - mommy that's your car?
'titty tat' - kitty cat
'awww the bears sad, she's trying' - (from her favorite movie Madagascar 3 - the bear is CRYING)

a couple nights ago i started turning off the lights around the house to kinda slow things down for the evening, bella looked up at the clock and she said, "it's 8 o'clock? it's night time?" i looked at the clock and it just so happened to be 5 minutes to 8...no, she can't tell time...yet. she just knows that her bedtime is 8. haha! smart cookie.

the same night, i was in the kitchen slaving away making dinner, making baby food for ethan, doing dishes, and sweating like a mad woman...stephen walked in and asked what i was doing and my response was...'oh, you know - shootin' the shit'...little did i know i had a tiny pair of ears listening, and so bella danced around the living room yelling 'shooting the shit'...of COURSE she would pronounce that the way it's supposed to be said!! haha!

Every time I write a new post, I always think - dang, I have a lot of catching up to do...I should really, like seriously make it a thing to post every few days :/

Here's the current update on Little B. (notice how I say little, that's because her baby brother is basically the same size as her!) She's potty trained officially - I have it dated February 20th with no more accidents! We never really did the diaper at nap or bed time either. I wanted to just go for it - no pull ups, and it worked! This post from Facebook was on March 15th 2013 - for those of you who want to potty train your little ones, i bet this will help :) Bella didn't get this kind of treatment, we rewarded her with stickers & candy. I'm happy to say that she is COMPLETELY DONE with diapers, even at nap and bedtime! HAPPY MOMMY!...and I am, a VERY happy mommy.

 

 

Isabella has talked for awhile - and even though I'm her mommy, I think she is incredibly smart. I mean seriously, how many two year old's do you know that can say the Pledge of Allegiance?! that's right - she knows it :) actually, whenever we see a flag, she feels the need to stand there and recite it. It's pretty adorable.

favorite foods...mac & cheese, strawberries, carrots & ranch, pasta, fruit snacks (pronounced 'snoot snacks'), turkey, french fries, apples, oranges...any fruit, that girl is all over it.

 favorite TV shows...Bubble Guppies (she's basically obsessed), Madagascar (all of them: 1,2 &3 - oh and the Christmas ones)

favorite color...orange, she'll even tell you that.

clothes...little thing is still in 2T tops, and can fit her 18-24 mo. shorts.

she loves...riding her 'bike' (her big wheel), her mini mouse car, blowing bubbles, swimming at nana & pop pop's pool, going to the beach (we took her to the bay a couple times in the last couple months and she loves it!)

 

 

 

Ethan is growing like a weed! He's so big now! At his last doctor's appointment I want to say that he was 25 pounds (little B is only 27!) He's catching up! He has TWO teeth now, is sleeping through the night (and occasionally will wake up for a bottle). He's officially on the move and crawling, he LOVES food. His first word was da-da (boo!) I tried over and over again to push the momma, and look where it gets me! ha! Here's a list of firsts for the big guy...

 

first tooth - 3/17/13

 

first buzz cut from daddy - 3/24/13

 

2nd tooth - 4/21/13.

 

 

 

crawling for the 1st time - 4/23/13

 

first time at the beach - 4/27/13

 

 

clapping for the 1st time - 4/28/13

 

first word - "da-da" 5/5/13

 

2nd buzz cut from daddy - 5/10/13

 

 

 

favorite foods - pear, apricot, carrot, apple, bananas!

 

favorite toys - Sophie the giraffe (and cell phones, remotes -things he cannot have, but as soon as he sees them - he starts crawling like a maniac towards them)

 

loves to pull his sister's hair - she hates that.

 

loves cuddling

 

will give kisses - only to the lucky people, daddy usually gets them every time he asks for it.

 

loves to 'dance' while he's sitting on the floor and a toy starts to make a sound

 

absolutely LOVES when his sister plays 'peek-a-boo' with him - he cracks up, and it usually leads to both of them having the hiccups.

 

loves bath time with Bella (daddy does bath every night) mommy is a little jealous :) all I know is that I am so incredibly lucky to have these two amazing children - and that they love each other to pieces!!