My Sister is Pregnant!

My sister Rachel and her husband just found out she's having a baby! Yay! Anna will have another cousin to play with. Check out her new blog:

gnrpendleton.blogspot.com

Winter Fun With Anna

Since it's been so cold lately, we've had to get pretty creative with indoor activities to keep Little Banannas entertained. She got a tent with a tunnel for her birthday from her Grammy and Poppy and that has been a big hit! She loves the tunnel and she always wants me or Kevin to go through it with her. (easier said than done!) Houston the cat also likes the tent. It's his new hideout.

One of Kevin's favorite things to do with Anna is play dress up. Anna likes to put some kind of hair bow or headband on, carry her purse and of course, throw on her high heels. She loves to hear the sound the heels make when she walks across the hardwood floors.

We've had quite a bit of snow/ice lately, more than I've seen in a long time. Anna has been very impressed with the snow. She calls it "soooooon". "Look Mommy, sooooon!" (a little backwards but cute nonetheless.) When she walks across the ice, she says "Whoa, slippery!" We've had a lot of fun playing in the snow.

 

 Anna just went to the doctor for her two year checkup. According to the doctor, she is doing great! She's 26 pounds and 33 3/4 inches in height. She continues to be in the mid 30th percentile. They checked her eyes and everything looks good. The doctor did tell us to do a better job at brushing her teeth! I'm so bad about remembering to do that! :) But hey, she's healthy and that's all we could ask for.

Happy Birthday Anna!

Anna is officially two years old and the day of her birthday, she woke up acting like a two year old! Cranky Princess! But hey, it's her birthday and she can cry if she wants to.

Of course I had to send her too school in her Birthday Girl shirt so everyone would know it's her special day. 

Kevin and I bought Anna a playhouse for her birthday so when we got home from work, we took her outside in the 15 degree weather so she could see her gift. SHE LOVED IT!

 

 

 Look at that face. She was so excited! Seeing that face made it all worth it to Kevin, since he had to put it together in the freezing cold. Good job Daddy!

Ding Dong! Who is it?

See her peeking out her window.

I'm so glad she likes her playhouse. She got so mad when we had to take her inside but it was way to cold to stay out there too long. And because it's been so cold this week, we haven't had a chance to let her play in it. Every night she walks past the window and says "house". Hopefully we will make it above freezing soon and she can play all she wants.

Anna,

I can't believe how one minute I'm holding you for the first time in the hospital and the next I'm celebrating your 2nd birthday. Time has gone by way too fast but your Dad and I have enjoyed every single moment with you. You make us laugh everyday and you are such a sweet and loving little girl. We are truly blessed to have you. Thank you for being such a sweetheart and for making every day a great day. We love you Banannas!

Anna's 2nd Birthday Party

We celebrated Anna's 2nd birthday with a Dora the Explorer party at The Wonder Place on Sunday. Anna LOVES this place. She had so much fun running around and playing in all the different play areas. It was definitely a good place to take a two year old who's attention span is very short. A lot of our family and friends came to help us celebrate the occasion and we all had a good time.

Here's her cake. It was a Dora cake of course. I thought it turned out so incredibly cute. Thank you Mickey's! It was so good!

Anna liked her cake and wanted to play with the Dora figurines.

When we started singing Happy Birthday to her, she flashed this shy little smile to everyone. It was so cute.

She needed a little help blowing out the candles but we got it done.

Here's a few of the kids eating their cake. Yum Yum!


This is Reed (Anna's future boyfriend). He was a big fan of the cake. :)

Avery and Jacie

DORA!

Boots!

Anna with her Papa playing in the sand.

Lindsey put together a big birthday cake for Anna.

Avery playing dress-up.

Jacie played dress-up too.

Of course all the boys at the party played with the car track. It's manly!

Little Miss Caitlyn

This is Mia, she's in Anna's class at school.

And this is Gracie, another little girl in her class.

And then there's Tyler, the stud of the class.

Anna's birthday was a success and she didn't want to leave. In fact, she pitched a royal fit when we tried to drag her out of the place. But we bribed her with the presents. Since all the kids were having so much fun playing, we decided not to open presents at The Wonder Place, and instead opened them when we got home.

As you can see, she got a ton of gifts! Look close, she's behind all those presents somewhere.

She loves her new Dora suitcase.

She loved this stroller/child seat/diaper bag set my sister got her. She insisted on carrying everything and walking around the house. She was being such a good mommy to her babies.

Thank you everyone who came to help us celebrate. Even those who couldn't be there, we know you were there in spirit. Thank you for the presents and of course, thank you for loving Anna. You all made her 2nd birthday very special.