Friday, July 16, 2010

Belated Second Birthday Snapshot



I stole the format from Mendi. Only took me 3 weeks past Noli's birthday to post it.

24 months stats...
*Weight- 26 lb (40th percentile)
*Height- 33 in (25th percentile)
*Diapers- Size 4
*Clothes- 2T
*Shoes- Size 6
*Devouring- Yogurt is your favorite. Other favorites are apple sauce and cereal. A little peer pressure from another kid will increase the amount and variety you eat. You can feed yourself with a spoon and fork and can drink from a cup or straw.
*Gulping- Milk and watered down juice. You also like iced tea from Mom’s glass.
*Snoozing- Go to bed around 7:30 and sleep 11 to 12 hours a night. Take 1 nap a day (noon) that are 1.5 to 2 hours each. Some nights we get to listen to you talk and sing yourself to sleep.
*Teeth- Pretty much all of them, except it looks like there’s room for a couple more molars.
*Mobility- Running and “jumping” (though not really). You can get up and down stairs holding the wall or our hand.


Your Favorites...
*Toys that aren't really toys-
-Cabinets...you love opening and closing the kitchen cabinets and have a hay day pulling out ALL the tupperware!
-Dad’s wallet…only emptying, not putting it back
-The toilet...all sit, no action.
-Cell phone…Even though you have 2 toys and 1 old real one
*Actual toys-
-New tea set and tupperware...especially pouring milk for your baby dolls
-Golly moto...he rides his bicycle as you push
-Little people bus...the song it plays is great to dance to (to the tune of “This Old Man”)
-Sidewalk chalk....we had a great time with the hopscotch course Mom drew

*Activity-
-Walks around the block ... you don’t miss a rock to pick up and like the chickens and ducks at the halfway mark
-Airplane...no problem letting go of our hands at the top
-Coloring...you were complimented at an early age for your coloring. You even know you colors now and will try and fill in shapes in your coloring books.
*Book- Thomas the Train and Courdory
*Song- Wheels on the Bus, Happy Birthday, and Ring Around the Rosie (you came home from school singing “All fall down”)
*Hairstyle- Bangs, bangs, bangs (the rest hasn’t been touched yet)
*Accessory- Loves shoes, but won’t keep any other hair things or bracelets, etc on.
*Food- Yogurt, hands down.

*Place to Be- Outside walking or swinging. You also love being held before bed.
*Bedtime Routine- Bath every other night. You will brush your teeth and then one of us will finish. Then to your room where you’ll turn on your fan. Then we put pj’s on and read a few books. We always end with You Are My Sunshine and some cuddles.

*Quirks-
-Always asking “Oof dat?” when you hear a new noise now.
-Taking off shoes and socks in the car. You’ll even lick your feet!
-Like to sit on the potty but only rarely go.
-You like to watch Thomas the Train, the only show we’ve shown you so far.
-Your “death role” when throwing a tantrum—like a crocodile with its prey. Once you wanted to lie down but stopped because the ground was too hard—you looked confused about what to do!
-When you see a camera, you immediately want to come around and see what the picture looked like, even before letting us take it!
-You give nice little love pats when you hug, especially in the morning.
-On a rainy walk, after Mom explained that the flowers had had a drink, you gave the flowers a drink from your sippy cup
-You love to have a tissue and will blow and wipe your own nose and use it (sometimes after your nose) to clean up everything else. At school, you’ll clean other kid’s plates even if they’re not done yet!

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Noli 2.0







Happy Birthday to Noli last Monday. Noli did manage to dive bomb a sunshine cake made by Mel. Icing was everywhere and I'm pretty sure there were several flashbulbs, but I didn't capture that moment. Noli loved opening the boxes and paper from her gifts and has spent the last several days playing with her new finds.

Goodwin Reunion






Noli and I traveled down to Georgia to see the Goodwin fam for a reunion. Everyone else had their camera out the whole time so I'm sure the whole thing is captured from one side to another. I only managed to take these photos of Myles and Noli having a cuppa and a bath. Mel and I had a coffee on the porch and from then on, Noli only drank out of mugs.

Beaver Pageant



We went to see the lovely ladies at the Beaver Pageant fundraiser preform. Noli and Justin got cute hair feathers. Good time had by all outside of the heat.

Monday, May 31, 2010

First Beach Trip

Chris and Debbie had us out to the Outer Banks last week. Noli was OK with the sand but not with the waves. But she loved the kiddie pool.









Sunday, May 16, 2010

Hats and more









Time for some random photos folks. Noli and her new cub's hat from Justin's trip to Chicago. There are picutres of one of Noli's favorite activities, helping unload the dishwasher. Noli held the bucket for some strawberry picking in the yard (her hair is getting long, no?) Let's see, we also have picture of nana's new gift including her fabulous new shoes and a scrub brush (for mom, but noli liked it the best and I'll be happy if she uses it). Oh and yoghurt face.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

33

I turned 33 last month. The first thing I always think about when I hear that age is that that's how old Jesus was when he was crucified. I'm as old as Jesus made it to. Doesn't that ramp up the pressure to "do something" with my life? Regardless of your religious beliefs about Jesus, In 3 short years between the ages of 30 and 33 he changed the course of western civilization.

Other religious founders also had their epiphanies around their 30s. Paul apparently was also around 30 at his conversion on the road to Damascus. Buddha was 35 when he received enlightenment under the bodhi tree. Muhammad was visited by the angel Gabriel at age 40.

So this could be a big decade for me right? I'm excited to find out.