The BIG Turkey!

 My favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner... THE DESSERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So excited For Christmas,,,, I could pop!!!!!

Love,
Anna

Gobble Gobble Gobble!

Happy Thanksgiving! Wishing you lots of Happy and hope you "gobble til you wobble!" :)

Gobble, Gobble!

Love,
Us!

26 months old

Happy 26 months old to me!

Most of what I am doing os the same as last month, but here are some highlights of the last month on me!

*I LOVE apples, rotisserie chicken

*I am talking more clearly and in semi-sentences. I still do a lot of "Anna talk" and people are amazed at how much mommy and daddy understand me:)

*I prefer to take my pants, panties off, climb up on the potty without a stool or potty seat, pee or poop on my own, wipe (not poop though), get off the potty, put on my panties and pants ALL BY MYSELF> Please don't help me or I will have to start all over from the beginning.

*I still LOVE reading, dancing and music. I am even starting to sing songs with mommy; SnugglePuppy, Justin Bieber  Baby and Baby it's cold outside are my favs to sing right now. The rest I just lip sing.

*I love telling mommy and daddy NOW. I say it really nicely, but it is usually what I want to do at that moment. I am also really good at saying please and thank you at the appropriate times. I am also working on "I'm sorry" with Ashley.

*I call our Christmas tree a HOHO tree. I absolutely LOVE Otter, our elf. Christmas just ROCKS!!!

*My hair is still our of control. When mommy tries to do a ponytail I tell her "OUCH, it hurts!" I am actually really into saying "ouch" when anyone touches me when I don't want to be touched- even if it's the lightest tough. I'm also really into saying "belly hurts" before I have to go poop.

*My favorite toys are books, little people, dolls,  and of course Lambie, Baby Bop, Bunny and Daddy's Lambie. I also love my kitchen.

*Some of my favorite songs are still Baby, We are little Robots, Dancing Queen, Honey Honey, Hot Dog Dance, Baby Bop Hop and the Twist.

 *I love to paint, color and do stickers!

*When I see more of one thing, I start to count. I still don't say 1 or 2; I start with 3. I say thee, four, ive, six, ate, nine, den! (3,4,5,6,8,9,10!)

*Mommy thinks it's the cutest when I tell thing I love them; I say "I you!" She really loves that lately I have started saying "Mommy, I you!" "Baby, I you!" "Daddy, I you!" "Otter, I you!" She also thinks it's cute when I tell someone to move by saying "beep beep!" 

*I call grandma "mom" because that is just what mommy does :)

I sure have so much fun being 2!!!

Love,

Anna

Baby, I Know.....

This morning while we were driving to meet Aunt Anne (Au A) and Kate for breakfast, Ashley got a little fussy in her car seat. Usually when one of us gets fussy in the car mommy tells us, "I know. It's hard being in the car... I know...." So I looked at Ashley and said, "Baby, I know. I know." I said it over and over again and mommy thought it was so cute; me taking care of Ashley. Even when we got to the breakfast place (super yummy eggs) I was telling her "I know" throughout the entire time there even when she wasn't being fussy. I am such a caring big sister!

Love,
Anna

Nativity

This afternoon we put up our lighted garland and our Christmas tree with the girls. Anna was SO excited and kept saying "HoHo" every time we said Christmas. We kept telling her that Christmas was about a lot more then Santa' it was about a baby Jesus. TOTALLY confused, we got out her nativity set (that my mom got her last year) to show her Jesus and "the gang." She really enjoyed playing with the figures, mostly just taking them out and putting them back into the styrofoam box.

Then before bed, after reading her night night story (we read about Christmas Day), Anna walked up to her nativity (which we set up on her dresser) and turns them all around. We asked her why she turned them around and she told us "Ba." Apparently she wanted them all the face her picture of Barney and her! Sorry Baby Jesus, Barney won out tonight!

We laughed and laughed and laughed! OH how Anna loves Barney!

Much Love,
Jenny

The mommy

Lately mommy has been trying to get me to realize that I am not Ashley's mommy and that I am supposed to be the fun big sister and not the mommy who says no!

She is trying to tell me that Mommy will take care of telling Ashley "no no" and I just have to worry about myself and playing with Ashley. I keep reminding myself by saying "A (Anna) play.... Momma, Baby No no!" Mommy thinks it's pretty cute when I say this out loud to myself and to her!

Love,
Anna

Peas and Dank Doo

I am getting really good at saying Please (Peas) and Thank You (Dank Doo) without having mommy prompt or remind me to do so. It makes mommy really happy when I say these two things to her, to strangers, to friends and to family; especially without her help.

Love,
Anna