TWO!

I can't believe that two years have gone by since I became a mom... it feels like I've been a mom forever, but I can't believe how big my BABY is! These first two years of life have astounded me. She went from being a little blob of cuteness and cheeks to a total little person with the ability to communicate what she is thinking, ask for what she wants, hold her own opinions, and make me laugh! We even have an inside joke now that only she and I will ever get and she brings it up all on her own when she wants to make me laugh! I LOVE having a two year old too! There are moments when the phrase "Terrible Two's" rings so true, but the sweet moments are far more often and make it all worth while.

Today was a great day to give you a glimpse of life with a two-year-old and almost six-month-old: I went to get Aubrey out of the car seat to put her in the backpack while we grocery shopped. Well... she was covered in poop! I had only put two diapers in my purse in my FIRST attempt to go shopping with a purse and NOT a diaper bag in the past two years... figures, ha! So I can't go in the store, she is covered in poop and really not all that happy about it. So I tell Kenzie that we'll have to go home, she has a melt down cuz she loves Shoprite, but she gets over it and continues to eat the marshmellow I had given her from something else. Ok, so we get home and I have one child asleep covered in poop and another child who almost fell asleep so I gave her my cell phone to keep her awake forgetting that she had sticky marshmellow fingers. So now my only phone is covered in goo and I have to get these two kids inside, cleaned, and in bed cuz it's nap time. Mackenzie, of course, doesn't want to come inside... she gets distracted by wanting to play in the mulch. No big deal, I thought, I'll lock the gates and let her play while I get Aubrey dressed. I left the door ajar in case she wanted to come in. I go change Aubrey and when I realize the extent of her poop I know she needs a bath. I'm holding one naked child when my two year old comes running in with hands that were covered in marshmellow goo now covered in goo AND dirt. She's saying, "Mommy messy, I need soap!" I figure why not just throw them both in the tub? So Aubrey is left naked on her changing table (I know I'm not supposed to do that, thank God she only ate her poopy toes and didn't fall of the table!) I rinse Kenzie's hands and then tell her to get naked cuz she's getting a bath too. She needs help getting naked of course, so I sit on the edge of the tub with Aubrey in my lap while I undress her... then I hear a, "Hello, I'm home!"... "We're in here, Babe!"... Jake enters the scene of naked, messy children and just as he asks me what's going on, Aubrey decides to pee on my lap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are both cracking up... him a little more than me, he's like rolling on the floor, and I'm laughing and half crying from the past 10 mins. of life! So glad he arrived when he did... after he stopped laughing he jumped in and was an amazing help as he always is!

Here are some pictures from her big day this past Sunday! This game always ends with, "Daddy, do again!"

Trying to do the same thing with her baby!

Aubrey is always happy! Especially in her exersaucer!

I want to take pictures of each of the girls on their birthdays on this bench so we can see how they grow each year. Here she is telling her daddy to "sit right here!"

She knew what to do with the candles this year!

Mommy's Elmo cake didn't turn out so hot, so Uncle Andy saved the day and got her an Elmo cupcake which she LOVED!

"Deff and Tia" got her a wonderful tea set that she adores!


Memom got her "Pincess" books... she loves them!

And Aubrey loves eating them!

The Lockharts gave us a caterpillar that spun a cocoon and then hatched into this butterfly!

It sat on my finger!

Bye-bye butterfly!