Two Years and Four Months

Ainsley is two years old. AHHH! It just sounds so OLD!

Her birthday in MN went amazingly well. She gobbled up her fair share of the 5 boxes of mac and cheese I made. Thankfully the weather held out so that everyone could attend. She was a bit shy at first, but warmed up quickly to all the attention and fun. Everyone was so generous and I won't be needing to buy her any clothes (or toys) for quite some time. When she started slowing down on opening gifts I had her new favorite dress up monkey toy help her out which went well. Thanks everyone for such a great day!

While I am pretty much AGAINST listing off milestones, Ainsley is doing way too many crazy and adorable things not to commemorate her two years with some.

-when we said goodnight on Christmas Eve she responded with "Merry Christmas!" all on her own-

-she'll sing "Happy Dirthday" to just about anyone-

-"ok Bubye" and "See you later!" are her two choice send offs-

-"whatcha Missa Wogers, eada bar, apple jush and wata" is how we start our days"-

-"Coming YaWeez!" is her response whenever she hears Louise crying-

-"Time for nappy time!" is how she lets us know she's ready for bed (or ready for some alone-wreak-havoc-in-the-room-time)-

-frosty the snowman, twinkle twinkle, happy birthday, and edelweiss are her favorite songs to sing-

-yogurt, cereal with NILK!, mac a cheese, hot Yogs!!!, cookies, carrots, pears, bars, and oatmeal with SWEET NILK! are her favorite foods-

-we are still pacifier free but she loves her nankers and soft blankies when she sleeps-

-she has perfected jumping off the ground on two feet and galloping around the house (thanks Musikgarten!)

-she is getting progressively more snuggly and loves for "daddy hold and mommy hold"-

-is still as mischievous as ever, screams a lot for attention and runs around like a mad woman, but boy do we love our little two year old girl-

And not to be overshadowed by her older and much louder sister is our four month old Louise. I realize that I tend to overshadow her little baby accomplishments with Ainsley stories, because lets face it, there's way more of them and they're HILARIOUS!

Louise is

-smiling ALL the time, literally, whenever you make eye contact with this baby, or she locks eyes on something interesting, or just woke up, or just ate, or just ANYTHING! she smiles-

-has started belly laughing! she's been chuckling since about 2 months old but we got her first real belly laugh on camera over Christmas when she was 3 months. Probably the best thing in the world-

-has rolled over a few times but mostly loves to hang out on her back and roll halfway to one side or the other to check things out-

-is mostly content to look around at things quietly as long as she's being held upright in a standing position...seriously, she wants to stand ALL the time and gets very agitated when she's lying down for too long-

-LOVES, I mean LOVES Ainsley. Whenever she hears her voice or catches a glimpse of her whizzing by she's locked and smiling, laughing even. My hope for them to be pals seems to be coming true-

-hasn't made the jump to solid food yet but as she seems to be teething we may be starting soon...she just still seems so young to me! Funny because we started Ainsley RIGHT at 4 months old, that child BIT!-

-is the happiest baby in the world...really, we couldn't be luckier-

So there are my two girls...Two years and four months old. I wish I could just stop time because I can't imagine them getting any more cute or precious than they are right now. But then again, I've said that about every age.