what a beauty

my sweet princess!!

happy swing pics

so this is such a great example of life with a 2 yr old. my previous post was her freaking out on the swing. this post is of her having a blast swinging upside down!

being 2

bug sure is good at being 2. here she is on the swing ~ her favorite activity. who knows why she is mad. her shoe is dirty, she wants to go SO HIGH, she wants a new shirt since these dora pjs she had to have on a few minutes earlier are NOT her zebra pants. i love it. you never know what you are gonna get. she keeps me on my toes.

contrast

back when i was single i had this really great apartment. it was really cute, and decorated awesomely. {love that word} they even used it as a model to show potential tenants. it was clean, organized, and just mine.

i loved it....at least i thought i did.

now i am married and a mommy to the sweetest little girl. i have a new place to live. it isnt clean, it isnt organized and it is ours. not mine.


















~ i would rather have a messy house and a full heart than a clean house and an empty heart

dora party :)

here are the rest of the pics from the party. 1st there was a HUGE dora jumpy house. then she got a tattoo. then she got her face painted for the 1st time :) then she got to listen to a story read by dora! then a hug from dora :0) happy girl!

hokey pokey

today i took a day off of work so i could take bug to a bday party. the "real" princess dora was there. it was awesome. more pics to come this week but here she is doing the hokey pokey :) look at her serious face!

pacis

i know i know that she is 2 and it is about time for her to get rid of the paci. but come on isnt this funny?? she loves to play with them!!

being her mom

i hope i am a good mom to my bug.

this past christmas my mom gave me a calendar with quotes for each day. on january 15th i read this:

"It will be gone before you know it. The fingerprints on the wall will appear higher and higher. Then suddenly they disappear." ~ Dorothy Evslin

i want to appreciate each day.

getting messy while she learns how to feed herself















eating an entire ice bream bar that resulted in chocolate all over her, her clothes and her stroller



















playing in the mud getting her socks dirty



















getting tissues everywhere



















tattooing her legs :)



















splashing in the water until all her clothes are soaked!



















getting on the counter so she can get it "by herself"!!















playing with mommies stuff



















not getting angry about writing on things she shouldnt bc she has not learned that yet















i love this little girl. she makes me laugh every day! i hope she loves me as much as i love her. enjoy this video of her being exactly who she is!!

and another

my blog wont let me format correctly today for some reason. so here is another cute one :)



funny baby!!

randoms 2

plant flowers with grandma
pic strawberries
reading book with OB {grandpa}

more randoms of the bug

all of the following taken with my iphone and edited on picnik.com



i got water up my nose mommy



water goggles



playing with trains at barnes and noble

tolerance

i swear the more i learn about what is going on in this world the less tolerance i have for ignorant people. the less tolerance i have for selfish, self centered people. i know Jesus calls us to love others but i also feel like he calls us to call people out on their issues too.

i am sure there are lots of specks in my eyes but lately i have been so disgusted with peoples behavior.

today alone i removed a friend from facebook bc of some of his ignorant status updates. 2 days in a row he has been insulting to not only me but to so many of the people in this world who are already fighting an uphill battle.

i follow a mom on her blog as well as her twitter. her child is very sick. today she twittered such a selfish self~centered comment that i was actually shocked that it came from her. bc her child is sick her blog has become very popular. bc of her popularity she no longer seems to have time to answer peoples questions about her. sad.

anyway i just needed to rant. i cant believe some of the horror that is going on in our world and some people are worried about the stupidest things.

swing

my bug LOVES to swing upside down now.