2nd mini birthday playdate...

yesterday we had another mini birthday play date with our friends from la leche league.  it was a nice group, but a little harder to organize schedules.  the kids all had a great time playing and us moms had a nice time catching up as we rarely are all able to get together at the same time.  we lucked out with the timing again and had the place mostly to ourselves!  bowie has been getting some amazon packages in the mail and we will wait until next week on her actual birthday to open.  and mom and dad are getting her an art easel!  she keeps saying "happy birthday bow bow!" and knows she will be "2 years old!" 

5 year anniversary!!!

people ask you "where do you want to be in five years or ten yeas down the road?"  when i married jarad i would have never guessed we would be celebrating our 5 year wedding anniversary in washington with one perfect daughter and a little boy on the way in what we consider our dream home!  life is good with this one and i am proud and blown away at the life we have built together. 

holding on....

holding onto every last moment before my baby turns 2 years old next week!  never in my life did i think i would consider 55 degrees warm, but we enjoyed the sunshine at the arboretum today while rock hunting!

little sponges...

i'm not gonna lie, i woke up today and was just not feeling it.  the weather was cold, i was tired and emotional and just feeling cabin feverish!  i had no plans for the day and i was feeling overwhelmed to come up with something new and exciting for bowie to do.

we ended up having a fun morning playing with play-doh and coloring.  then as i was getting some chicken defrosted for dinner, she went in the play room and was awfully quiet for a few minutes.  when i went in to check on her, i found her playing with her felt board.

the funny thing about her felt board is it is an old toy from my cousins when they were little, so going on 18 years old!  some of the felt figures are teletubbies.  when my mom was here we pulled up some old teletubbie youtube videos and they truly are dumb, but bowie liked them.  so i walked in on her lining up all the teletubbies with the sun and bunny in the background (just like the show).  i was blown away at how her little mind works and how they are sponges soaking up everything!

then she found all the felt people and had them sitting on her mini couch.  she is so funny!  i love watching her play like this!  it made for a fun day after all, i guess i just needed to change my perspective!

stormy days...

how the weather can turn so quickly!  we had beautiful weather and all of the sudden a major wind storm followed by cold rain, boooo!  here we are post toddler time just playing in the play room.  i got a cuddly dog and a busy toddler. 

sun shinny day!

yesterday was another beautiful sunny day!  we had 3 in a row!  i feel like i can almost taste spring and summer, it's gonna be so sweet!  this little ray of sunshine enjoyed playing in the backyard with her bucket and shovel, hopefully she has more of a green thumb than i do!

time change...

tried keeping bowie to her normal schedule yesterday which seemed to work well with the time change, although she had a hard time going to bed.  but this morning both wilfred and i found it hard to wake up and get out of our cozy bed...