Ryan and Casey plus 2

Christmas 2012 was amazing! We loved seeing the experience through Whitney's eyes, I think we were more excited then she was to open her presents!!   We got a kick out of how she opened presents this year by tearing off one little piece at a time asking, "what is in here??" after each one!  Of course she immediately wanted to open and play with each gift she got, but was pretty understanding when we said she had to wait.  It was a little surprising that she would lose interest in opening gifts so quickly but that was mostly due to the fact that she wanted to play with something else she had just opened :)   Whitney really had a Christmas week and opened many presents prior to the big day thanks to our wonderful neighbors!  She got a diaper bag from Jim and Priscilla which she just loves!  A crocodile, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, flashlight from her friend Lizzie and Minnie Mouse bath accessories from baby Zack! Would...

Our weekend was filled with one Christmas activity after another.  It was pretty tiring but very fun!  Whitney loved seeing Santa and even sat on his lap!   Have to share first that I bought the supplies for Whitney's Jake and the Neverland Pirate birthday party and when she saw the plates she exclaimed, "Shiver me timbers!!!!"  Ryan and I cracked up because we have never heard her say this before at all.  Obviously she heard it on Jake but hasn't said it haha:) These are after bath time on night this weekend.  This is Whitney's silly time.  We are lucky she is clothed in the first picture because this girl loves her naked time (with a diaper of course) and for some reason it always happens right before bed.  **That probably stems from the fact that I used to tell her that she could take her clothes off after dinner...haha she would ask all day long to be naked so I just started giving her a time so she would not keep asking!!! O...

I mentioned previously that I knew the terrible twos were coming and we have seen a lot more evidence as of late.  She is testing us on everything, her favorite word is no, and I've seen more tears in the past few weeks then I ever have before!  I must say though that is isn't as bad as I first thought it was going to be; perhaps we are just at the tip of the ice berg but she has been doing well with handling her own meltdowns.  She usually asks to go lay in her bed, she wants to be alone but does calm herself down without my help.  I was very pleased by this as there are some children I had in Kindergarten that could not do that...heck there are adults out there that don't quite grasp how to calm themselves:) Crocodile tears: All of the sudden we have a huge problem with personal space and pushing.  I know where she is coming from, I tend to get anxiety in social situations and don't often appreciate someone in my personal space but the only diffe...