Sunday, October 5, 2014

Everything Embry: Second Birthday Edition

Embry's Minnie Birthday Party!

We had a very successful, fun party for Embry in Austin this past weekend! We are so lucky our "golden girl" is so loved by so many! We had a low key party of about 30 friends and family members doting on our little 2 year old! We had cupcakes, cookies, lemonade and of course, champagne ;) It was the perfect afternoon and we spent most of the party outside and most of the little kids ended up naked in Mimi and Papa's pool! Hah!

Birthday Chalkboard Print from Fly On The Wall Ink !!!




Minnie Cookies by Aunt Ruthie!

Fun Minnie cupcakes!


 








 
First birthday and second birthday =)
 
Embry and Aunt Rudy! Wish I got pics of E and her party guests!

Embry, Morgan and Nolan






 
Our whole family =)
 
Baby Lux loving the pool

Auntie Al and Auntie Em!

Ford, Embry, Nolan, Morgan, and Lux
 





 
 

Birthday Week in Austin

We had an awesome week in Austin! It's so nice to get to catch up with family and friends while we're in town and we were busy bees the whole time! She had so much fun staying at Mimi and Papa's and all of their toys. I thought we may have to rip E away from their doctors kit, but luckily she got one for her birthday! (Thanks Al and Em!) She discovered McDonald's Barbies and the old school Fisher Price Little People from the 90's! Also our old Mr. Potato heads and tons and tons of play doh toys. They also got their own little kitchen for their house and we spent a good portion of each day eating "snacks" Embry serve us. So fun! We also had a fun day trip to Sweet Berry Farm in Marble Falls with Mimi, Ruthie and Ford. Embry napped four hours that afternoon, so the farm, pumpkins, hay ride, and train ride were totally worth it!

We were there on Embry's real birthday (October 1) and although we missed Daddy desperately (FaceTimed multiple times a day), we had an awesome day with a play date and pizza out with both sets of grandparents, a few aunts and uncles, and friends! Embry was a PRO at blowing out her candles on a 'smores pizza cake! She even asked us to do "more, more, more" so we relit the candle and sang again! Hahah!


Last Saturday at home before headed to a birthday party!

Snoozing on our way to Austin

Helping Auntie Karly open all her baby shower gifts ;)


Smooches for baby Greyson

Snuggles with Auntie Emily



Snacking with Uncle James in Mimi and Papa's new kitchen

Play Doh Toys!!!



Chalk time



Cutest chalking cousins

Doctor Embry!

Lunch with her dolly

Mall Playscape

Don't tell Uncle Jon ;)

Toddler basketball


Oh, poor Papa's foot!




Barbie timeeee

Story time at Barnes'N Noble

GNO at Chuys

Birthday bike from the Harts

Baby doll Ergo carrier from the Harts....cutest ever!

Birthday girl! October 1st!!!


Pizza for the birthday girl!

E-Pa with both babies

S'more pizza!



Woo Hoo!

Kiki an E-Pa with the Birthday Girl

Flying with E-Pa




A big hit- a Minnie Mouse camera!



Playing doctor with Kiki and E-Pa

FaceTime with Dada

Sweet Berry Farm!





Mimi and her grands


Hayride!

 
Lovey girl on our drive home. We've noticed she now wraps one finger in her lovey to cuddle.

Crazy 4 hour nap hair


Tracing Papa's feet
 
Right after her party she insisted on getting her letter puzzle out from Kiki and E-Pa

 

Coloring at Kiki and E-Pa's house


Witches cape! Flying girl!


Flying with E-Pa

Helping Kiki harvest basil

Picking flowers for Mommy while wearing a cape

Snoozing on the way home
 
Happy to be home!
 

Videos

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Embry: 24 Months Old

24 Month Stats

Weight: 28.5 pounds (taken at home)
Height: 34.75 inches (taken at home)
Diapers: Size 5
Clothes: 24 month, 2T, 18-24 mo or 24 months pajamas
Shoes: Size 6
Eating:  Eats 3 meals a day, 2 snacks a day.....or lots of snacks a day! Drinks around 8-16 oz of organic whole milk per day and lots of water. Favorites are cinnamon toast, chicken and cheese quesadillas, raw broccoli and bell peppers, mandarin oranges, grapes, fruit snacks, granola bars, any carby snack (crackers, gold fish, etc)
Sleeping: 11+ hours straight through the night (8:00 pm-7:00 am). Nap at 1:00 pm, typically for 2 hours, sometimes 3 hours. 
Teeth: 13 teeth...so her three other canines have all three just barreeeeeellly come through. Like little tiny sharp pricks of the teeth..so I guess 16 teeth almost.
Words: I started keeping a list a few weeks ago of words so I could tell her doctor at her 2 year well check and after a few days we're well over 50 and I stopped keeping track. Biggest news is she's putting two words together now! 
Favorite Toys: Special stickers (reusable stickers), jewelry, magnetic paper doll, makeup mirror, magnadoodle, coloring (she calls it drawing), pull string puppy dog ("woof woof"), Little People, kitchen, Mimi and Papa's doctors kit and Barbies
Favorite Books:  Pink Purse book, You Are My I Love You, Minnie Bow Flap Book, Farm Counting Book
 
New Things
*Finally putting two words together! First one was "more Ford"  and another cute one was  "more me" when looking at pictures of herself.
*Finally now saying Mimi! And saying Fordy for Ford, the cutest! (I call Ford Fordy all the time) Also, calls Athena "Theen" or Woof Woof
*Jumps with both feet
*Last month I said she plays independently SO well. It's still true a lot of times, but her most said word is " 'mon " (come on). She wants someone playing with her, RIGHT next to her a lot!
*Has been going to the gym childcare 2-5 times a week all month and loves it.
*Very, very proud of artwork she brings home from MOPS and the gym childcare
*Pouts! Oh man, when she doesn't get her way she huff and puffs off and will lay face down and wait for us to notice her....hahah
*Has started to voice her opinion when I announce we're leaving somewhere she doesn't want to. She used to just go with the flow, but she is starting to realize she can throw a little fit and try to make me stay longer....
*Quite the little mother. Bathes, rocks, feeds, kisses, lays down, pats her babies backs.
*Girlfriend DANCES ALL DAY LONG. All day! Shakes her little booty when she's happy about anything, which happens all day long!
*Very into twirling when she gets a new outfit on. Also likes to show off her new outfit and hear compliments ;)
*Social butterfly! Never meets a stranger. We had a few new people come visit for evenings at our house, or out to dinner with this month and she immediately show off!
*On that note, loves to show off in front of new people!
*Could do sidewalk chalk all day long, everyday
*"Draws" our family...draws dots or blobs and assigns "mama" or "dada" or "me"
*Has been in a big daddy phase- gets really excited when he gets home and a lot of times asks for "dada" when she gets up in the morning and nap
*Still has a tough time sharing! Has a bad habit of swiping toys out of friends (and cousins, haha) hands
*Always claim she's talking to Papa on the phone. Always Papa. Haha
*Does her shape sorter correctly and easily now. Also identifies shapes correctly and says "star" and "heart" when she sees them

..........and that's a wrap!!! No more monthly posts for our little two year old!!!!!