Isabella's Last Day of School

Isabella had her last day of school yesterday.  We got to watch them have a little dance...of course, she stops to pose for the camera :)

 Reciting the pledge

Prayer circle- She prayed for, "My mommy, my daddy and my Andrew." So sweet.

Accepting her official diploma.

 Prayer before pizza!

Love my sweet girl.

A little treat

Last time to say goodbye

Ms. Gina- who Isabella was lucky enough to have two years in a row. We will miss her so much next year.

Ms. Pam- who Isabella just adored 

(Always time for a quick pose!)

Ms. Pam spoke a little bit about each child, but made you guess who she was talking about.  It was pretty easy to guess on Izzie's. "This little girl loves to come in and show me what she's wearing every day. She will twirl and pose in her outfit. Her Mom curls her hair everyday and she's so excited to show me." Well, that's my girl!

When I was tucking her in last night, we were talking about something and she mentioned that she was going to share the idea with her friend at school.  When I reminded her that it was the last day and that everyone was on summer vacation and when she went back in the fall, she would be in a different class, she literally burst into tears.  It was so sad.  We had discussed the whole concept for several days, but I guess it just really sunk in at that moment.  She really loves school and loved being a butterfly! Let's keep our fingers crossed that Andrew loves school as his sister!

Andrew is TWO

I'm a little behind on some posting, but I wanted to share pictures from my baby boy's 2nd birthday party! We had a Elmo party and had a wonderful time celebrating with family and friends. Here are a few of the decorations:

Opening a present

Party Peeps

Time for Cake!

We tried to do it outside...

but it was a bit windy.

I adore this boy.

Let's try again.

He's way done!

Some things about Andrew at 2:

-2 year check up he was 22 1/2 lbs and moved up to the 6%. Woo hoo!!
-Still loves the paci, but I try to only give it to him at night and naptime
-LOVES to sing and will sing the last word in the line and other words he is very familiar with: me, no (know), you get the idea
-He's starting to talk more, but not many of us understand him!
-He is obsessed with his Croc's- he wears them all day, even with his jammies- AND he loves wearing his jammies and would wear them all day if I let him
-He loves Lucky and calls him "Blue" like Joe does
-Calls Isabella "Bella", which is okay with her, but only for him
-He is great at saying "thank you" and "please" even unprompted, but is awful at saying "sorry". He pretends he can't say it
-He loves playing cars, and LOVES superheroes, calling them all "man-man"
-He has a "man-man" notebook that he carries with him everywhere.  We've gone through a couple, so if you see any at Target in the dollar section, pick them up for him :)
-He has some sharp little vampire teeth
-When he's really excited or into something he bites his bottom lip and kind of hops up and down- it's pretty cute
-Loves his sister so much. It's so great to see the buddies they have become.
-He's going through a hitting, pushing and headbutting phase (precious, I know) but I guess the upside is that he only does it to Izzie (it doesn't help that she laughs half the time)
-The guy always has crazy hair
-Calls all babies "babydoll" and has really shown a big interest in them
-Refuses to sit in his highchair now- big bummer because he really loved it for so long
-Finally enjoys reading books! Yay!
-Is always asking if food is hot, even when it's freezing cold!
-Just like Izzie, he loves to be outside
-He still loves to be held, ALL the time, and loves to cuddle with me. I really loves how much he still needs me
-I will randomly find him without his pants on. Just likes to take them off!
-Has been introduced to the time out spot, but only a few time (probably should have been more!)
-He's really good at making a mess, and usually good about helping clean it up
-Calls me "mommy" or "ma"

I'm sure I'm forgetting a million things I don't want to forget about him at this age, but I'll just edit :)

Andrew Dalton, I love you more and more every day. Your sweet smile and warm cuddles melt my heart. I am so thankful to have you and your sweetness in my life, and I am beyond blessed to be your mommy. Don't know what I did to deserve so much, but I'll gladly take it. I hope you always know how much your mommy loves and adores you.