So, here's how our February looked. It was a busy month!
We started the month out by going to dinner with our friends to celebrate Ash's birthday. As always, it was a bucket of laughs and good times! We played with cousins at the Dino play place at City Creek, went to Airborne to jump out some energy, hung out with the grandmas, and fell asleep in the car.
We decorated the annual Valentine sugar cookies, and Gwen was pretty into it this year! She loved "helping frost" which really just meant licking all the frosting off the knife.
We celebrated Valentine's Day! Gwen helped me make a card for Dan, and thought she was so big using markers and scissors.
Dan brought us home a dozen red roses, and got little G a soccer ball. She loved it! Gwen had a delicious Valentine Dinner of Spaghetti, and after she went to bed, we ate Noodles and Co by candle light. Ah....romance...
2 days after V-Day, our little miss turned 2! I can't even believe I have a 2 year old. She is the sweetest, sassiest, snuggliest, funniest girl around. We had a birthday party for her on Saturday, and then celebrated just as a family on Sunday.
Some fun facts about our Miss Bear:
*She loves to be doing whatever we are doing, and hates being alone.
*She loves to take baths
*She is a great napper and sleeper, and eater
*She loves chasing Chloe and playing tug of war with her
*She can communicate just about everything she wants. She is an exceptionally good talker.
*She is so silly and loves to know exactly what is going on at all times.
Some of my favorite things that she says right now are:
*Yep!
*What's mommy doing? (Which she asks 5000 times per day)
When asked, "Gwen, what are you doing?" She replies, "Um, dust haning out."
She loves to "sneak up" on Dan, and every morning, she wakes up and says, "Let's sneak-um Daddy!"
She frequently says, "That scoundrel Daddy!"
She calls Dan DZ (cause I do...his middle name is Zachary....) So whenever she's looking for him or wants him for something, you can hear her little voice yelling, DZ!!
*Hold you please, Mommy (I told her that I'd only hold her if she said please, and now she says it all the time.)
*Mmmmm, I yike it! (Which she says about almost everything she eats)
*Hi beauful mommy! (I can thank Dan for that one! Melts my heart every time!)
*She loves adding the word "Super" in front of everything. The typical things are: "Super perfect!" "Super Hot" "Super Spicy""Super Tall"...etc. It's awesome.
*Mmm, it's really tasty!
*If she asks to do something and I say, "Not right now." She quickly responds, "Maybe yater?" or "Maybe can do it Saturday" (She knows when dad is home!)
*She knows what she wants and when she asks, she'll say, "How bout a...." filled in with any of the following: snack, tic tac, fruit yether (leather), gold fish, toys....
*I need it. These days she needs everything. I need a snack, I need a toy, anything. She always needs it. And now she says, "I need a want....." she doesn't quite understand the difference, but it's really cute!
She is our smart, sassy girl, and I've loved these last 2 years with her. She has grown and changed so much, and forced me to do the same. Life sure is different than it was before she was born, but I can't even remember what it was like to not know the love I have for her. She has brought so much joy into our life!
And last but not least, we've been able to enjoy a couple days at the park, (YAY for warm weather!), listening to music on her very own Skull Candy Headphones (Did I mention that Dan works there now?) and going to Kangaroo Zoo with some friends.
