Eliza turned 4

Elize turned 4 last week. I really can't believe it. She is changing so much. I keep thinking that she doesn't look that different from last year, but then I look at pictures from last year and she looks so different.

 

For her birthday party, she originally wanted to do a superhero party as her love for Wonder Woman and the Justice League is still strong. BUT then we saw Frozen and she has fallen in love with it. So we decided to do a Frozen party with a little bit of wonder woman.

 

We have some friends that use to live one street over from us. Before we knew them, we would get their mail, food delivery orders, and occasionally home repair workmen knocking on our door. They had a little girl born 3 days before Eliza and we signed up at the same daycare at the same time. We finally met, and figured out that we lived 1 street apart. The girls have been best buds since they were a few months old. We decided to try out a combined birthday party this year. It helped ease some of Eliza's nerves as she usually cries at her party.

 

They had a Frozen/Ninja Turtle party. Everyone Swam, ate, and played on the playground. I think it went pretty well.

 

Eliza's cake had frozen figures that I managed to hunt down (everything Frozen is so hard to find!) and we incorporated Wonder Woman into the cake. She is behind the cake lasoing Hans:

Eliza and Katerina:

The Birthday Girl:

 

We decided to not open gifts at the party and I think that was the best idea ever. Eliza gets so nervous and doesn't like to open them and it ends up being very stressful for me. So we took the gifts home and she opened them after she had a nap. It was so much more enjoyable.

 

At 4 Eliza:

- talks non stop at home. Although I've been told that she is quieter at school.

- Asks a billion questions. She asked me yesterday morning why Jesus doesn't come to church and she asked me who is the leader of our church.  

- Is very smart. I know I'm her mom so I'm a little biased but others have told me that she is pretty bright.

- She is a great big sister. She shares pretty good. She watches out for her sister and is a good helper to me. She does smoother her by getting in her face a lot though.

- She loves her family. She gets so excited to spend time with grandparents and asks me about her cousins/aunts/uncles and her great grandparents in "Idahoda."

-She seems tall for her age, I will find out for sure in a few weeks. 

- She is well behaved mostly. She rarely gets in trouble at school. At home, she can be a little sassy. When she is tired is when she misbehaves the most. When we get all worked up and in a tizzy, she will tell me that she wants to "start over" and we count to 10, take a deep breath, and start over. Then she is pretty good.

- She loves stuffed animals right now, and reading books. She imagines and lot and loves to play.

- She has started liking to pick out what she wears but can easily be convinced to wear something.

- She loves to have daddy tell her stories.

- She makes up songs a lot.

- She is a joy and we love watching her learn and grow.

 

Eliza bug's birthday interview:

How old are you? 4
What makes you happy? My birthday cake and playing. Oh, and snacks and coloring.
What is your favorite animal? Zebra
What is your favorite thing to eat?  Cake
What is your least favorite thing to eat? Chicken Pot Pie
What is your favorite thing to do? Play with Grace and Elin
What is your favorite tv show?  May Poppins, Frozen, and Wonder Woman
What are you really good at? Playing and doing the parachute
What is your favorite movie? Frozen
What is your favorite color? Purple
What is your favorite song? "Rocky Top", "Icecream and Cake Cake Cake" (a song they sing at exercise class)
Who is your best friend? Elin, Katerina and Nicole
What do you and your mom do together? Stay home, Play, crafts, go to stores, and Sams Club
What do you and your dad do together? Go to Chuck E. Cheese. Help cook dinner. Watch shows.
What is your favorite sport? Going to church
Where is your favorite place to go?  Mall playground and to see Frozen
What is your favorite book? Frozen and Wonder Woman
What do you want to be when you grow up? A cowgirl.

Caroline is 15 months

Caroline turned 15 months on April 7th. She is such a joy to have in our family. She is very loving. When I got home from work yesterday, she came waddling up and threw her arms around me. She patted my back and gave me open mouth kisses all over my cheeks. I could feel her little teeth poking my cheeks. She is marvelous.

 

She began walking a few weeks ago. She has the hang of it but she still waddles and looks like a zombie or an elderly lady with an invisible walker... or perhaps a zombie elderly lady with an invisible walker.

 

She has suddenly become a picky eater. She only wants fruit and bread with occasional meat. Oh yeah, and pizza. She won't touch veggies.

 

She has about 8 teeth with a couple more just under the gums.

 

 

She LOVES bath time and splashes and plays.

 

She says Hi and Bye bye (with a cute wave). She also says Dada and Mama occasionally.

 

 

She folds her arms for prayers which is more of one hand on top of the other. The she says "AH" for amen. It is really cute.

 

She follows her sister around and loves to get into things. She loves to play. She loves stuffed animals and baby dolls. She loves to put play purses on her shoulder and walk around.

 

 

Daycare has commented that she is such a sweet girl. She did start occasionally hitting yesterday at school. We gotta stop that quick.

She also sneaks into the bathroom and licks the water off of the shower curtain. Good thing it was a clean new shower curtain. She is sneaky.

 

 

We adore her. So much.

 

Our Bear.

Caroline's First Birthday Party (Back in January)

Caroline had a lovely birthday party back in January. It was a hot air balloon/up up and away theme. We kept it small with just family and it was actually pretty relaxing and fun. I really enjoyed it.

Her hot air balloon cake:

We decorated the mantle in honor of Ms. Caroline with her favorite stuffed animals and things about her. I think this may be our new tradition during birthday time.

Princess Pea:

Hot air balloon stress balls, a must-have for any parent of a toddler.

Holly and Carebear.

Uncle Tommy and Aunt Angela. Aren't they cute?

Papaw and Memaw.

Like father like son.

Again, like father like son.

Sweet girls.

River, Angela, and SuperDeb.

Aunt Holly and Uncle Ryan.

Unlike Eliza, Caroline LOVES opening gifts. Everything was the most exciting and best prsent ever.

Cute little River.

Unlike Eliza, Caroline DID NOT LIKE her cake. It was weird to her I think.

The awesome balloon fun made up for the yucky cake. She laughed and laughed when the ballon would hit Papaw's head.

 

She had a wonderful birthday party.

 

 

Caroline is 1 Year Old!

Caroline turned 1 on January 7th. She has been such a joy to our family. Before she came along, I was a little worried about how it would be to have two children. Now, I'm so glad with have two. She doubles the laughter and the fun (and the laundry but that's ok). It has been so fun to watch Eliza grow in her role as bit sister. So far, these sisters are very opposite, but I have the feeling that they will get along (most of the time) and that they will love each other forever.

 

Caroline at One:

 

- She weighs 20 lbs 6.5 oz and is 28 3/8 inches tall.

 

- has 3 teeth with a couple more trying to pop through.

- is not walking but cruising everywhere. 

 - She loves to stand up on her own without holding on to anything, and she claps for herself. She is so proud.

- is a picky eater. She won't eat baby puffs or several table foods that she use to like. It is hard finding what she will eat.

- She will eat (and loves to eat) string cheese, baby food sweet potato, graham crackers, waffles, and pizza (she is her father's child).

- She has FINALLY started sleeping better. I mean, she usually goes to bed in her crib awake with her blanet. Then she wakes up once around 2 am, snuggles/eats, and goes back to sleep. So that is nice.

- We found out she is allergic to penicillin.

- She loves to be read to. Especially if there are flaps to lift, or touch and feel books.

- She is still friendly with most everyone and loves to climb up in your lap.

- She LOVES going through her sister's room and pulling out all the toys she can find.

- She is very sweet and we cannot get enough of her.

   

 

Soon I will post pictures from her birthday party.

 

We love you Carebear!

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

Christmas Eve we had fun around the house. We made Andes Mint cookies for Santa. They are his favorite. Eliza was a big helper this year.

Daddy helped make chocolate pudding for our Christmas Eve dinner desert. Eliza was excited for Santa and wrote him a letter. She told him that if she heard him that night she would come and 'caught' him by his boots. She had trouble going to sleep that night.  

Our tree with gifts and Santa presents.

Eliza got a wooden dollhouse from Santa that she loves.

She also got some justice league magnets that she loves.

Caroline got a wooden Noah's ark from Santa.

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She loves her new book.

Kase and his new gloves.

Eliza had asked for Wonder Woman, Hawk Girl (a justice league character) and Wonder Woman's mommy. She got two out of three.



After we opened gifts, we headed over to SuperDeb and Grandpa's house for lunch.

Scott and Katie

Grandpa and Caroline

Eliza got an awesome Justice League from Grandpa and SuperDeb. All the Justice League rode on Wonder Woman's invisible jet.

Olsen and his super cool car rug that Grandpa made for him.

Caroline's first Christmas

River


We had a great Christmas with everyone. I took the week off to spend with the girls and it was magnificent. 2013 was a great year. I was sad to see it go. It was the year of our sweet Caroline's birth. We enjoyed family and friends. We watched our girls grow. We are excited to see what 2014 will bring.


Happy New Year!