Our baby is 2!

So I know that I am over a week late with this post but better late than never right? So we are still kind of in shock that Edith is 2 but she is. She has been an amazing blessing to our family. She definitely keeps us on our toes. She seems to have done things earlier than her big brother did which is fun but sad at the same time. She is quite verbal and we love listening to her talk and try to say things or try to figure out what she is talking about. She is a little petite thing which Wes and I daily wonder where she came from but we hope she stays that way. She is in the 75th percentile for her height and 25th for her weight. She loves to play with her big brother when he will let her, she loves Minnie Mouse, Tink bell (as she calls her) and Rella (Cinderella). She is more of a picky eater than her brother ever was but give the girl pasta and she is happy. We feel so blessed everyday that God gave this little bundle of joy to us and we can not wait to see the beautiful Princess that she will become. We of course had a Minnie Mouse party for her so here are a few pictures to share her special day.

Our own little Minnie Mouse!

Waiting to open presents

This smile just melts my heart!

So hard to believe that she is 2

Probably one of her favorite presents. A Minnie pillow pet from Nonie K and Papa K. Thanks guys!

Wes took these pictures. I think that he did a great job!

Daddy did the recoloring on his phone. Probably one of my favorites!

Trying to tell us she is 2. We are working on that.

Santa Pictures 2011

Well it did not go like we had hoped it would go with Santa this year. Ever since Elliott was born we have gone to see Santa at the South Hill Mall and it has been a great experience. Well this year not so much. Elliott always loved Santa and would do a great job. Edith was not sure last year and this year we were pretty adamant that we were not going to sit on him. We took her to see him and just visit one day and he came out and talked to her and played with her and she did great but then we came back and tried the actual sitting on his lap thing and that was not going to happen. Elliott went right for him and Edith had the death grip on my shoulder. Santa then said that he had to go help his Elves and left and we got her to sit in his chair and play and then Santa popped up behind the chair and we got a few of those and then she saw him and was okay. We then thought that we would try the sitting on his lap thing again and well here are the pictures.



This was just a fun one that the photographer took. I asked Wes to hold my purse while I delt with Edith and the photographer asked Wes to fix Elliott's shoes and then the picture happened.

Pumpkin Patch

So every year since I can remember my family had made the trek down to Scholz pumpkin farm. Well when Wes and i had Elliott the tradition continued and now with Edith as well. We start of our trip with a stop at the coffee stand and get a seasonal beverage and then head to the pumpkin patch. When we got there Elliott and Edith were so excited about everything. Here is the one picture that mommy say's that we have to have every year. It is really hard to get both kids to look at you at the same time yet alone look decent.


We then headed over to pick out the perfect pumpkin and of course take some more pictures. It just so happened that as we were taking some pictures the tractor was bringing in more pumpkins. Both kids were fascinated by this!


We of course had to do the corn maze and all of the pictures that go with it and the photo opportunities on the way. It is so fun to see our kids having so much fun.

Edith is a little short to look through the cut out but she is trying!



Elliott was our guide through the corn maze. We only had to turn around once.


We tried to take their picture together but Edith wanted to stand by the princess statue!

Disneyland

It is hard to believe that all the waiting is over and we finally were able to go to Disneyland. We spent an amazing 11 days in California with family and Mickey and all of his friends. It just so happened that we were able to go for my birthday again. we made so many memories with the kiddo's and my parents that we will never forget and we are already planning our trip again in 3 years. The kid's had a blast and so did all of the adults. We started off the trip by visiting my Aunt's, Uncle's and cousin's Durate for 3 days and then to see Mickey for 6 days and boy did we fill our days! Here are a few pictures to recap our wonderful vacation.

These are some of my favorite cousins. We are missing 3 from the picture but we still had a blast together!

This is all of the family except the 3 that were missing. Thank you Aunt Patti and Uncle Mike for having us! We love you guys!

The perfect place to take our first photo of our vacation.



Edith would look at the characters but would not touch them.

This was the closest we could get her.

Edith LOVES Snow White now!




Our new favorite sunglasses that mimi bought us



Our delicious cookie treats one night.



This was the very last ride we did on our last day at Disneyland. It was so fun to share this special place with my favorite little man. Thanks for the fun ride Elliott!