Happy Birthday!! and Snow Daysss!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE GIRL!! I'm only a few days late writing this post. :)

 

You had a great birthday at HOME with mommy and daddy because we had a snow day! In fact we got 10-12 inches of snow on your birthday! Which resulted in having Friday off too! :)

Unfortunately, your mommy didn't feel very well on your birthday....so I feel as if we slacked off a little as far as doing great things - but we did do plenty over the 4 days we were snowed in together! :)

 

Thursday Morning we headed out to have your first adventure in the snow!

It was really deep! You couldn't really walk in it at all.

But we tried....and as you can see it was still snowing quite a bit!

So, daddy held you since you couldn't walk through the DEEP snow....and you really enjoyed brushing the snow off the deck!

Our first family snow day! :)

You wanted to picked up!!

 

 

You started saying "not me" when we ask if you're poopy. This is something I've seen all you kids at daycare do. Miss Sherry will ask who's poopy and you all respond - "not me!"

 

For a while you've been asking us if we're okay. If I make a big sigh, you come running and say "you okay?" if we don't respond you ask again. We've started to say "yes, I'm okay - are you okay?" and your response every time is "not me!" and you shake your head! :) It is just so, so funny!

Look!! Your first snowman! :) His tiny head already fell off.... :)

You love ice - so why not an icesicle! :)

YUMMY!!!

ADORABLE! :)

Uncle Andrew came to play in the snow with you!! He taught you all about snowballs! :)

There's Uncle Andrew hiding behind the deck throwing snowballs!

You can see in the background how crazy the snowstorm was....we have lots of tree limbs down! Clean up when the snow melts should be fun....

 

You are one heck of a cute, cute 2 year old! We are home again today for Snow day #3 - you went to Sherry's yesterday though - so you did get a little bit of friend interaction! :)

Alright, sweet, sweet girl! I love you!!

Mommy

Minnie Mouse 2nd Birthday Party!

We celebrated your birthday on February 16 at 10:30 a.m. We had a home basketball game that evening, so we needed to have your party early enough that you could still have your nap and we could make it to the game! :)

 

So, we had your birthday party in the morning at First Baptist. You had a lot of people show up again to celebrate you. We had a minnie mouse/mickey mouse party!

For lunch we served:

Hot Diggity Dogs
Bella's Baked Beans
Chip N' Dale's Chips
Pete's Potato Salad
Daisy's Dip (carrots and ranch)

Pink Le-Minnie-Aid

Figaro's Fruit Punch

And of course all the cupcakes and cake! :)

I didn't get a picture of all the food - but it sure was delicious! :)

Welcoming all our guests!

You did enjoy your minnie mouse ears! :)

I asked if you wanted to go open presents and you said "YES" so then I went to tell our guests and when I turned around your tall cousin had already got you a present down and you guys were in the middle of opening it! :)

Elijah, Bekkah, and you all enjoyed opening all your presents! You got some wonderful new toys and some wonderful new clothes!!! :)

This is your card from Grandpa-Great and Margie (Margie signed Grandpa-Great's name for him - since we invited him before he passed away)

You love to blow out candles! You also love to sing happy birthday - you will walk around the house singing "happy birthday to you...." You've started requesting that I sing it with different people's name...your cousins....and all your friend's from Daycare :)

You and Mason Jones in your mickey/minnie outfits!! SO adorable! :)

You LOVE your sweets! You LOVE your cake!!

 

You can see the cake and some cupcakes that I made! :) I thought they all turned out pretty good! :)

The entrance

TOODLES! Your Mimi made you this toodles for the bulletin board with your pictures in it! :)

You kiddos loved the couch! :)

We had lots of balloons

The new doll bed you got...we had to teach you NOT to climb in it :)

 

You had such a good day at your party! :) So many friends and family were able to come out and celebrate you! You are very loved by everyone.....and spoiled ;)

 

Happy birthday Sweet girl!

Love,

Mommy

Great Grandpa Jimmie

You have been so blessed to have your Great Grandpa Jimmie in your life for almost your first 2 years! :) Your Grandpa Jimmie loved you SO much....you were his great-granddaughter, and you were so special to him. You definetly had him wrapped around his finger. ;)

Your first middle name "Bonnie" is after Great Grandpa Jimmie's wife's name. Great-Grandma Bonnie. Unfortunately, you never met her here on earth - but we know she has ALWAYS been watching over you. And now, Great Grandpa is watching over you with her.

Your Great Grandpa was an amazing cook. He made the most delicious bread!! I got his recipe from him a long time ago - but I never could make it as good as Grandpa. He made amazing Christmas Candy, and your Auntie M really LOVED his vegetable soup.

Your Great-Grandpa was wonderful at snuggling with you - and showering you with kisses. He gave fantastic hugs and had a gorgeous smile!

But, your Great Grandpa also had an ornery side....he loved to pick on you and me and everyone else. He passed this trait on to your Grandpa and your daddy -- so watch out! :) It was Great-Grandpa if he wasn't tickling you or laughing at with you. ;)

Your grandpa loved to share snacks with you - he had these cookies at his house that you loved to eat

 

Every time you were around your Great-Grandpa would light up!

 

Thursday, January 31st your grandma called us and told us that they wer headed to Fort Scott to see your Great-Grandpa in the hospital. See, your Great-Grandpa was battling cancer for some time. We got to have plenty of visits with him since we knew for quite a while. We knew that this Thanksgiving, and Christmas were probably our last with him....so it helped us all feel like we were able to say good-bye.

On January 31st - the nurses had called and said that they weren't sure how long Grandpa was going to last. So, we decided to go to Fort Scott as well and see Grandpa. I'm so glad we went. We visited with Grandpa briefly - he slept most of the time we were there -- you hung out in the waiting room most of the time with some family, while your daddy and I hung out with Great-Grandpa. But before we left Great-Grandpa woke up long enough to say good-bye to us. You were so cute and waved bye, said "love you", and blew him a kiss. Great-Grandpa actually smiled and chuckled a little while saying that you were so "precious"! :) Your daddy and I both told him that we loved him and we'd see him later. He told us he loved us to.

This is an amazing last memory to have of Great-Grandpa and I can still see how he lit up, despite being exhausted and so sick, when he saw you there in front of him.

 

Great Grandpa passed away early morning of February 4th. He was ready to go and he was ready to go meet Great-Grandma Bonnie. When we went to the visitation you kept walking up to Great-Grandpa and telling us he was sleeping. You would shush people to tell them that he was sleeping! Great Grandpa and Margie got you a little puppy dog to cuddle with to always remember your Great-Grandpa. We laid Great-Grandpa to rest on February 7th.

 

Eliana, I cannot express enough how much your Great-Grandpa loved you - and even though you may never remember him, being as young as you are....I want you to know that you and him had a very special relationship! You are very lucky to have had him here. And you're a very blessed little girl to have him join Grandma Bonnie as one of your Guardian Angels - I know Great Granpa and Great Grandma will always be by your side.

 

I love you little girl,

Mommy