Happy Birthday Nicolynn

Our Baby Girl is 2 years old now. And we are so proud to be her parents. We love her so much, and she is such a blessing to us.

Now I'm going to brag a little bit about how wonderful Nicolynn is, and how good Josh and I have it, so if you don't want to hear it--- look away now!

Josh and I are truly blessed by God. We have (in our eyes) the most wonderful and amazing child. She truly does bring us joy every single day. And I am so thankful that God has allowed us to be her parents for the last 2 years.

Now, I feel even more blessed, because I get to spend all of my days with this awesome kid! And I truly LOVE spending my days with her. She is so much fun to be around. Nicolynn is talking so much now and I just love to hear her little voice. She is also starting to sing! And it is so wonderful to hear. (I know I am her mommy, so I am totally bias) But I just love this little girl to pieces.

Some of my favorite days are when we have no plans, and we get to stay home all day. Staying home, playing with her, acting silly, or teaching her something new, is the best.
(And since I'm pregnant and I'm in the whole "nesting phase", it makes me enjoy staying home with no plans even more.)
Plus, Nicolynn plays so well by herself!!! Sometimes I'm playing with her, and she goes somewhere else and chooses to play by herself. I end up building a really tall lego tower, and she is giving a bottle to her babies. :) But the next thing I know, I'm making her babies a lego bed and we're back playing together again. Life is good.

Now of course, there are those times where life doesn't always seem to be as good... and that's because we're in the "disciplining years" where we get to constantly train Nicolynn to do what is right. And I have got to say, this stage is scary. You have to be so consistant in EVERYTHING. And that is hard to do. It's never fun to realize that everything I do (or don't do), shapes Nicolynn to either be a blessing or a burden to others. YIKES!!!!! But we're trying, and every now and then we get a glimps of how our effort are paying off. And that is totally worth it.

Right now my favorite is when I get to hear her say "Yes Mommy," or "Thankyou", without being prompted. That is the best. I love this 2 year old stage! It is great!!!

And yes, I know I'm pathetic cause I don't like to be without Nicolynn. But I wouldn't feel as blessed if I always wanted to get rid of her, or wanted to drop her off at someone else's house either. So I don't mind being pathetic.

We love our Nicolynn, and we can't wait to spend many more years with her.
Thank you God!!!!

Nicolynn 2 year Pictures

A Beautiful Picture of my Beautiful Baby!!!

Hey Everyone!!! Nicolynn is going to be 2 years old in 10 days!!!! And most of you know, Nicolynn does not do well getting her pictures taken. (disclaimer... she is getting better) But the last time we went to get her pictures taken (granted it was almost a year ago) we had to go back to the studio a second time, and she still would not smile for the camera, and she just cried. The photographer warned me that children are normally worse for their 2 year pictures... BAH HA HA! This can not be and will not be with my child, right? But either way I was determined to at least get 1 or 2 good pictures of her at home before I went out to get her pictures taken at a studio. (I stress out about it every time. I hate it.) So I thought I could survive at home pictures... But instead of getting stressed out, I got worn out.
I did get a couple of good ones, but I am so picky that once I get them printed I'm sure I won't be ok with them. (But we will see) I used to work at a photo lab, and I got very used to nit-picking photographs. Now it is a curse I must suffer with the rest of my life.
Anyway, I did decide to break down and try to get her pictures taken at a studio once more this year too. But if that doesn't go well, I don't need to stress out because I will fall back on these. And she did smile great for me here!

A slightly blurry good one.

A really fun one! (Not lady like, I know...)

Gender Reveal Party

IT'S A GIRL!!!!

Friday Feb 8 we had our family and some friends over to reveal the gender of our new baby. Josh and I had the ultrasound in the afternoon, and the party came a few hours afterwards. 

Josh and I are so excited to have another girl. I am so happy that Nicolynn is going to have a sister. I love having a sister. It think sisters have such a special bond, and I'm so excited for my girls!!!! Now we can't wait to actually meet our new addition.

The party went great. 

Here are some of the "Prego Snack" I had out for everyone.

Chocolate covered Cakeballs

Chocolate covered marshmallows

Salty-Popcorn, Crunchy-Chips, Sour-Pickles, Spicy-Doritos, & Sweet-Choc. Stuff

And we also had "Name your Vote" poster where people could guess if we're having a boy or a girl and then name their guess. Thanks for all your "helpful" names :)

And for the BIG REVEAL: I had a friend make cupcakes and I filled them with pink frosting after the ultrasound. I also was able to skype my sister into the party, since she is living in Costa Rica right now. 

Thank you everyone for coming and Celebrating with us. We had a good time and hope you did too!!!!

Camera Fun with Mama!!