Our fun 2 Year Old

Blakely you are such a fun and happy little girl and we are having the best time with you. Your language has exploded and basically you can tell us everything you want or need. You still like to ramble and ramble and I at times I honestly can't understand what you are saying, but you know exactly what you are saying. It is great to have little conversations with you. In social situations, you tend to be shy at first. It takes you awhile to warm up and then about 10 or 20 minutes you are your usual 2 year old self.
You love all kinds of things: Dora, reading books playing with your baby dolls, pushing around your grocery cart, playing with your kitchen, Elmo-"melmo", Doodlebops, Minnie Mouse, Nemo, Shrek, stickers, jumping, dancing, running away from mommy, playing with Jeb(you call him jebbers) and Chloe-our dogs, going to church, going outside and I could go on and on.
We have been having really busy weeks lately. We go to Kindermusic, MOPS every other week, mothers day out and seem to be running a lot of errands lately-getting ready for Lilly. Not sure how much we will be able to do when Lilly gets here.
We have been really talking about Lilly coming. Right now you know Lilly is in my tummy and that some things around the house are hers. When we started putting the baby stuff out you would say that is mine not baby. Last night you finally said that the baby bath was the babies and the big bath was yours. I know when Lilly gets here we will have some adjustments, but you will be a great big sister.
2 year stats
Weight: 27 lbs (50%)
Height: we think about 33 ¾ inches (50%) the nurse said 35 ½ inches (95%). I think you were moving around to much at the doctors office

My New Bed

Well it is almost been two weeks since you started sleeping in your new big girl bed. You really have done well. The hardest time is when we lay you down, you want mommy to lay down with you. (I did this the first couple of nights.) This week I have stopped laying down with you, you might cry for a few seconds, but then you are fine. You have slept all night long and we are so proud. I just have pictures of the bed. I am still trying to decorate.

I love the bumpers Tambrey!! If there is anyone looking to buy safety rails check them out on ebay by searching portable travel safety rails or their website www.gobedbug.com

Balls, Bubbles and Balloons...These are a few of my favorite things

This was the theme for your 2nd birthday party. You had so much fun and enjoyed playing with all of your little friends. You loved your presents, birthday cake and eating snow cones. I will let the pictures tell the story.

Happy Birthday!

Today is your 2nd birthday-hard to believe. We are having your party tomorrow! Your dad is also having his birthday today! I love you both and can't wait to celebrate!!!
I included a picture from last year and one from today.
Blakely also wanted to wear a ponytail-like her mommy (I think I wear one everyday). Her hair is a still short, but she does have a few strands of hair sticking out.

Orange Beach 2007

We had a great family vacation this past week. We went to Orange Beach and had such a great time. Blakely LOVED playing in the sand and swimming at the pool. She now loves to go underwater and thinks she is miss independent in the pool. She wasn't that excited about the ocean. The first few days the tide was high and I think that bothered her. She did love getting in with her daddy and jumping the waves. We also went on a dolphin cruise and enjoyed seeing the dolphins-the cruise was a little long and we were all ready to be in the ac. Daniel also had a great time fishing. He went every night when Blakely and I went to sleep. Being 7 months pregnant-I got tired pretty easy. The funniest thing about our little Blakely is that she did not like walking in the sand until the last day. She crawled!!! Who knows what she was thinking. She does NOT like to fall and will do anything to prevent that. Overall we had such a great time and hope to go to the beach every summer with the girls.

Lilly will be here October 12th

We officialy scheduled the c-section for October 12. WOW! 2 months from today-I'm sure that day will be here before you know it. I just got my camera back-I promise we will have pictures soon. We are going to the beach and I will try my best to get some pics.

Fun with Friends

We have had a busy week playing with your friends and some new friends too. We went to the water park and you got play with new friends Cole, Hayden, Atticus and Zuzu. Mommy worked with their moms when I got my first teaching job. We also went over to Anna Kate's and you got to play with Anna Kate and Caroline. You all had a fun time playing in the doll house and swimming. Baby Carlee was so sweet and had a good nap while you all played. I left my camera at Sara's so hopefully I will get it back in a couple of days and post some pictures.

Name and 28 weeks

We have officially decided on a name...
Lilly Virginia Pope
Daniel and I agreed on Lilly and then we found out that Daniel's Great Grandma was Lilly and that my two Great Grandmas are Lilly so... her first name will be after three great, great grandmas.Her middle name is after Daniel's Grandmother Virginia Heise, which we call Grandma Gina. She is very excited.Pregnancy is going well. I am starting to visit the doctor every two weeks. We have already talked about the c-section and it could possibly be scheduled for October 12. I'm sure it will be here before you know it. Blakely is getting a new big girl room and Lilly will have Blakely's baby room. So we are busy trying to paint and rearrange our house. Fun times!!!

23 months old

We are officialy on the countdown to 2 years old. This year has really gone by fast. We love you and are so proud of you!

Blakely and Madison

We spent a few days with Mrs. Martha and Madison last week. You all had such a great time together. We went to the Little Gym (ohh- I wish we had one close), the swim park (great for little kids), Bonkers Fun Center, you also got to ride the carousel at the mall (you loved it) and you both had a fun time playing with Madison's toys. Thanks Mrs. Martha for Blakely's haircut. I have to admit I think you both looked adorable in your matching outfits. Thank you so much Martha and Madison for such a wonderful time-We MISS you!!!!

Silly Girl

You are such a fun little girl. You love carrying your purse/phone around and climbing on the table.

Trip to Nana's and Grandpa's

We had a fun filled week with Nana and Grandpa. You got to do lots of great things. We went on a cave tour, hiking/walking, of course swimming and fun times with the family. You did get quite a few scratches and bruises, but keep on going!! You were able to see your great grandma Jenna, great Aunt Linda, Cousin Terry and Cousin Christopher plus Nana, Grandpa and Uncle Sam. Thanks for a great time.

July 4th

We had an exciting 4th at our household-well we actually cleaned and did yard work-sounds fun I know. That night we did have a good time with the Nutt's-grilling and going to see some fireworks. Blakely you enjoyed the fireworks and keep saying WOW! and then waving/saying bye-bye when the fireworks went away. We hope everyone had a great 4th!