bling.

 

a little bling is a regular thing these days :)
bracelets, necklaces, earrings...she loves them all.

the fun kind of busy.

We had one of those "fun" busy weekends this weekend.

It included the first of a few 2nd birthday celebrations on Friday, a playdate/dance party with friends and really time for mommy to see a couple of her best friends on Saturday, and a birthday party for two of Quinn's close friends on Sunday.

 

 

We had such a great visit with grandpa and great-grandma.  We were so glad they could come celebrate and play with us.  It was definitely a memorable visit.  Quinn enjoyed this little Toy Story cake. :)

 



 

We brought these cake pops to our good little buddies, Evan and Noah's Spiderman birthday party on Sunday.  It was so awesome to see so many good friends.  Quinn's favorite part - the bouncy house.

 



 

A quick post - but a jam-packed fun weekend. :)



finally.

winter wonderland has arrived.

 

snow is here.
pretty, fluffy, sparkly snow.
thank you February for delivering, just in time for the groundhog to declare an early spring (geez!)

it has been a beautiful week of slowly falling picture perfect little and big snowflakes.
the kind of falling snow that is pretty and graceful and slow.
finally we can cross off the remaining items on our winter to-do list.
phew! my crazy need to cross off items on any lists thanks you winter.
and because February is a month of nostalgia as a one turns two... here she is last year.

sorting and arranging.

One of my favorite things to watch at this almost 2 year old stage is how she likes to sort and arrange things. It's one more thing that tells me a little more about her, how she likes things in a certain way, how delicate she is about touching objects to arrange them and how careful she is about choosing how she would like them to be, and the little furrowed brow she gets when she is deep in thought making that decision. 

catching the moments.

As our peanut is rounding the toddler curve from little one year old to big two year old, I am working on a new goal.  I realize that babies become toddlers closer to when they start to walk, but for me they are still babies until they are two.  I just believe that, and believe in not pushing to rid them of all their baby moments, habits, little routines too early.  It's way too short as it is.  So babies are babies until two....  And two year olds, well they are like a whole other little species. :)  They are discovering, curious, dramatic and eager to do many new things.  Some mischievious, some loving, all important.  So my new goal...I want to capture all of these moments.  The ones that make her who she is and who she is growing into.  The ones that she can look at later and just know what she was like, because sometimes seeing is just more fun than telling.  

a little hair-twirler she is.

snuggly.

a snuggly almost one year old...

a snuggly almost two year old...