Two Cute

I said a while back that I would get a post up of Carsyn just to update and fill you in on what she has been up to.  She turned 2 a little over a month ago and soon after she had her 2 year old well check.  She weighed a whopping 30 pounds and was 34 inches tall.  This is roughly the same size Addison was at THREE!!!  I think her pediatrician pick up on my concern because he instantly asked me what kind of milk I had her on and when I told him skim he told me she had to be on at least 1% and there was no need to worry about her.  He said her activity level will balance everything out.  She got a perfect report.  She is in that stage right now where you can ask her to repeat what you say and she will so her vocabulary is increasing by leaps and bounds.  Some of her newest words are phone, TV, seat, color, night-night, and love you.  She is also starting to put words together- "Tank Tew Mommy" (Thank You Mommy), "Un a color?" ( Want to color), "Dares Addy?"  ( Where's Addy), and "Peez Mommy".  Some of her favorite things are coloring, The Doodlebops or "Bops", Ninnie (Minnie Mouse), watermelon, cheese, Andes Mints, yogurt, strawberries, grilled chicken, baked beans, The Hokie Pokie song, riding with Addison in her Power Wheels car, playing with sidewalk paint, Crocs and flip flops.  She is doing really well going up and down stairs as long as she can hold onto the wall or pickets.  She likes to push her babydolls around in their stroller, and talk on the phone.  She still loves gymnastics but would love nothing more than to spend ALL of her time on the trampoline.  She has recently named her blanket and pacifier- they are now Nonnie and Pappy.  I'm not sure where this came from but I am wanting to get rid of Pappy and now I am afraid it is going to even harder.  Since I have been home with her 3 days a week we have been working on colors and she has mastered Pink!  However, every color is Pink so we still have some work to do. She recently met with Mrs. Karen for her 2 year photo shoot and as usual Karen did a fabulous job- we had to meet twice because Carsyn wasn't very willing to cooperate the first time.  She still is very much a bit of a spitfire. So this is what our little 2 year old has been up to.  We look forward  to what this next year holds for her.

It is Official

Addison has started Kindergarten and is a Ithica Titan.  Her first day was Friday August the 6th and we all made it through with not many tears.  We went to open house the night before and learned that she would be in Mrs. Langford's class also known as the Ladybug class. This tickled her pink because we had already decided that her outfit the first day would be her ladybug outfit- I guess it was destiny :)  We all went the first day and I knew that if she did OK I would do OK. I had already had just a few minor breakdowns so I hoped it was out of my system.  We waited at the front for Addison's BFF Olivia and while we were waiting we found Trey a little boy that was at MLA with her since they were little.  The 3 of them somewhat stuck together all through Pre-K. We all headed to the Kindergarten hall together and I think that helped ease Addison's nerves a bit.  We dropped Olivia and Trey off at their classes and then took Addison to hers.  She sat in her seat and started coloring her Ladybug and didn't even turn around to say goodbye.  That has been almost 2 weeks ago and she loves it more and more everyday that she goes.  I am so excited  for her and I hope that her enthusiasm continues long past the Ladybugs!

JULY,JULY,JULY

I know every year before anything gets on the calendar that I will have 3 busy months July, October, and December.  This July has been no exception and will be followed by a busy August because my cousin Erika is getting hitched and Addison starts Kindergarten.  July  starts off with the fourth and we haven't been the last few years because of pregnancy and the fact that it falls right before our week long vacation to Garden City.  Well this year I convinced Steve that we needed to go since we haven't been in awhile.  It was a short trip but worth it and we were even able to catch the fireworks over Lake Murray by just driving back and forth over the dam.  Here are a few pictures of our Independence Day!

                                                                       

After the fourth it was back to Georgia to get packed and ready for the beach.  I started packing as soon as we got back and all day on Monday the 5th.  By the time we were all loaded up there wasn't room in the car for an ant.  I am so bad about over-packing but you never know what you may need.  So we headed out on Friday the 10th and we were beach bound.  We had a great week at the beach and in typical  fashion for my kids Carsyn didn't warm up to the beach until the very last day.  We had our yearly July birthday bash for 7 people who have birthdays in July ( Steve, Carsyn, and myself are included in this group).  It was nice to just hang out with my family and I have long traded my nights of going out to the clubs in Myrtle Beach for just a nice cold beer on the dock with my family.  Here is a slide show of our week at the beach that by the way went by way to fast!

We traveled back to GA on Carsyn's actual birthday and it bothered me a little because we weren't doing anything fun on her actual birthday. I guess at least she is young enough that it doesn't make a difference to her. We did go to dinner and sang Happy Birthday to her that evening so I guess the day didn't go without some celebration. Steve guilted me in to having a birthday party for Carsyn here in Georgia the Sunday after we got home from the beach. We just invited our neighbors that we have become really close with, my mom and Steve's mom came, and Addison's BFF with her 2 sisters (one who is Carsyn's age). We did a ladybug theme and I found the cutest cake at Publix along with awesome party favors on the internet. Here are the pictures from her party.

Notice I am the one opening all of her gifts.  She opened the first one and then wanted to get back in the pool.  She had no interest whatsoever about the pretty bags and wrapped presents.  It was her party so I let her do her thing.  Thank you to everyone that helped us celebrate!  July was over before I knew it.  I always feel like when we get back from the beach Addison's birthday and Halloween are here in the blink of an eye.  I wish I could just slow things down a tiny bit. Addison starts Kindergarten on Friday August 6 so we are preparing for that both physically and emotionally.  I really haven't had any breakdowns yet but I'm sure when I drop her off the floodgates will open.  I will post pictures as soon as I can and I'm trying to think of a clever post for a 2 year update on Carsyn.  It is a daily thing with her now as far as words and her budding personality.  Hope everyone as had an awesome summer!