MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Merry Christmas to everyone I love!!!!

Guess who came to my house last night???? SANTA!!!!!!!!! He left me lots of gifts under the Christmas tree.


In exchange, he ate a bunch of cookies that Mama had above the received from friends yesterday.


And I also got lots of gifts from family. Thank you everyone! I am still not getting this whole "gift opening thing". But I'll get the hang of it soon I'm sure!


BIG KISSES!!!!! MWAH!!!!! XOXOXOXOXOXO

My 2nd Birthday!

I am 2 years old now...am I a big girl or what? My big party was last week, so my actual birthday was pretty low key.

In the morning, we went to the Ferndale Ice Festival, where I got to see lots of ice sculptures like this one of Jessica Rabbit. There were lots of people strolling the sidewalks, people selling hot chocolate and goodies, real live reindeer (WOW) and general Christmas cheer. I just loved seeing lots of people walking around again. It was the first time in over a week that the temperatures were above freezing (33), so it was "warm" out.


After that, we went to Nello's for lunch. Here I am giving Papa lots of kisses (I sure know how to make Papa's heart melt, eh?)


After my nap, we headed to a Portrait Innovations to get our pictures taken. More on that later, though everyone should be receiving their Christmas cards this week!

After two hours at the studio, we hurried home and ate. Mama and Papa sang Happy Birthday, though I wasn't crazy about the candle as you can tell. But Mama's homemade egg-less cupcake were dee-licious!!!!! I ate almost the whole cupcake!!!!


I was so tired and really didn't have the energy to open presents that night, so I got to open them on Sunday. I received lots of super fun gifts! Here I am maneuvering my way through my pile of gifts.


I got a super cool train set from my Mamy and Papy! Papa is trying to teach me how to use the remote, but right now I just like watching the train go.


Opening gifts isn't as fun as playing with them - though Mama says I won't be saying that by my next birthday!!!


I love crawling through my new tunnel!!!


Night night time. Isn't our xmas tree pretty?


THANK YOU EVERYONE for all the birthday wishes and presents. As you can tell, I am a very happy, spoiled baby...or uh, big girl!!! MWAH!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!

I am 2 years old today!!!!!! Mama and Papa can hardly believe it....two years ago I came into this world with big eyes and a loud cry. I weighed 7 pounds and 7 ounces. Mama and Papa were so happy!!!!!

Now I weigh around 27 pounds...we'll find out for sure at my doctor's appointment in 2 weeks. As a big 2-year old, I love to run, play peek-a-boo and hide and seek, push my babies in the stroller, do puzzles, dance and jump to music, and listen to "head, shoulders, knees and toes" about 50 times a day!

Here are some pics of me from newborn to big girl!!!!

In the hospital after being born....


Playing with Papa when I was just a week old....


In my car seat at 3 months old....


In my pretty party dress for my Baptism week....


Looking at the prettiest baby in the world....


Enjoying a warm sunny autumn day....


All fancy in my gorgeous dress....


One year old Natalie!!!!


Good morning sleepyhead!


Strolling downtown Royal Oak at 16 months...


Meeting my cousin Talia again last summer....


20 months old!!!


Helping Papa make coffee just the other day!


I can't wait to open my presents and eat some cake (egg-free of course!). More about my big day to follow....

My Birthday Party!!!!

Okay, so I am not officially 2 years old YET, but I prefer weeklong birthday celebrations! Mama and Papa hosted a 2nd birthday party for me and my 7 great friends from our parenting group. I have known Colin, Aiden, Abby, Carson, Kyle, Avarie, and Mia since I was 4 months old, so it was so fun to celebrate the big 2 with my friends.

Here we all are - 2 years old!!!!!


We're 2 so patience is NOT a virtue! As you can see, Carson already bailed. Take the picture already!


As the perfect hostess, I made sure to kiss all my friends.....


...and their parents.


My best buds Colin and Aiden, with cutie pie Abby too!


Mama reconnected with Andrea and Mia, who have been M.I.A. for a while! (Mama made me write that - how lame!)

The group about to sing Happy Birthday to all of us!

Mama and Papa are blessed to have such great friends and to have me....a perfectly healthy, sweet, fun 2 year old girl!

Oink Oink!!! Gobble Gobble!!!

Last week was quite eventful. It started off pretty rough, as I came down with the swine flu. It was awful...I was sooooo sick for four days and lost 10% of my body weight! But on Thanksgiving morning, I woke up without a fever and felt much better. And good thing too because Mamy and Papy (Grandma and Grandpa) came to see me from Las Vegas so I finally got to play with them. I wasn't quite 100%, but close enough to get lots of love and attention!


Did I mention that they also bought me lots of toys for my upcoming birthday????

Papy read to me and played with me a lot.

Bonding time.....

Am I a super cute swine flu patient or what?

I love to hug people's toes. Don't ask....I'm 2, I don't know any better.

Another new thing...I like to watch tv while hiding behind the ottoman or behind the Christmas tree....

Helping Papa brew coffee always makes me feel better.

And story time with Mama helped too.....

I have fully recovered from the flu and am eating A LOT!!!! Big kisses to Mamy and Papy for coming to see me, taking care of me when I was sick, buying me lots of toys, and cooking so that Mama and Papa could rest and take care of me. MWAH!!!!