Our little girl is a little wedding happy lately.  And when we were in the Disney Store and she saw a princess "wedding set" with a headpiece and a flower boquet she was in heaven.  But Mommy said no.  I did promise though that I would make her one.  And today I did.  She watched the whole process in awe and in anticipation of her headpiece.  Of course as I was almost finished she pointed out that she'd like a bouquet too.  I calmly explained that I had planned to make one all along.  So now she is in wedding bliss.

I don't know what has created the overall fascination with weddings (she likes to draw pictures of mommy and daddy getting married lately too), but she does look pretty cute.  And I see many hours of dress up in her future.

Well, the weather people were right - we got snow!  Then again between them changing the amount all the time, someone had to be right.  At least at some point.  No matter as after all the hype of snow, it was nice for it to finally happen this time.  Our little girl has been so eager for snow and has been let down this year.  So last night when it started to flurry about an hour  before bed we let her go out and catch flurries on her tongue and enjoy it.  My fear was without it, that would be all the snow we'd get and she'd be so disappointed.  Again.  So she went out for about 10 min and enjoyed it and then was content to go and put on her pj's and proceed to bed.

This morning when I heard sleet on the windows I knew she was in her bed peeking out her window.  I didn't have to hear her to know.  And as soon as I got up she wanted to go play in it.  To which I replied can I please verify that the birthday party you were scheduled to attend is indeed cancelled first?  She wasn't even content that long with that answer, but I did want to verify.  The girls parents cancelled prior to the place cancelling, which was nice as they didn't say they were closed until after we'd have left the house to be there on time.  But I do feel bad that the birthday girl has to delay.  Hopefully she is enjoying the snow!

So I was not surprised when our little girl volunteered to go out and get the newspaper.  She was ready to go in her pj's without a coat or shoes!  Uh, sure honey you can get it, but let's first put on shoes and a coat as snow is cold.  Sigh.  But she did comply and then ventured out for the paper.

And there was a part of me that was glad to let her get it.  :-)

Then later we got all bundled up and we all went out to play.  Little man threw caution to the wind and took off running in it and promptly fell into the snow.  He recovered nicely, but was not impressed with how cold it was.  I was told that the look on his face was priceless, but I wasn't yet outside to see it.  See mommy had to get herself ready after getting them bundled and out the door.

They enjoyed just walking around checking it all out.

And then there was some jumping in it

and some kicking of it

and some all around good fun.

They even tried to get the snow off of my car.

But as soon as daddy said he was going inside, little man agreed.

I guess he had enough fun in the snow and was starting to get cold cause you sure can't get him inside easily in nice weather.

But she had other plans.  She wanted to keep playing.  And make that snow angel she's been dreaming of.  But when it came time to make it she was concerned that she'd get snow on her coat, hat, etc.  Gotta love it.  So I assured her that was just fine and she set off to make her snow angel.

She was so cute, but couldn't open her eyes while doing it because she didn't like the little pellets of ice falling from the sky.  Ahhhh what fun in the snow!

Ok, so last Thursday was little man's official 2 year check up.  His weighed in at 30.5 lbs and is 34.5 inches long.  And he absolutely won his pediatrician over with his verbal skills.  She was amazed at how far he has come since his surgery.  And he was an absolut angel waiting for her to come in, reading a Cars and an Elmo book.  So she saw quickly how talkative he can be.

And the best news came the following day.  His peanut allergy has decreased!  He still has an allergy, so we obviously aren't going to be feeding him peanuts and they still want us to keep an epi pen just in case, but it does look like something he will outgrow.  Sweet!  His egg white allergy also decreased, but still remains, though just barely.  So looks like this one will be outgrown too.  And the soy allergy is gone!  And the most interesting news of all - he has a fairly high allergy to seasame seeds.  They didn't test for that last time, but that may be the mystery food that has broken him out a time or two.  So no seasame seeds it is. 

And there was no post this past weekend as I caught something that has had me dizzy beyond belief.  It hit me HARD on Sunday and so I didn't do anything.  Just ask my sweet husband who got to do all the wash, remake the beds, and take care of the kids.  I am feeling better, but I am still not back to 100%.  At least now I have spells where I feel normal.  Just wish I could time them sometimes, but some is better than none. 

So the sad fact is that I am doing my first post without pictures.  Because that's just how  bad I've been feeling.  Here's to hoping that this weekend is better than last!

Today our little man is 2!  Happy Birthday!

At breakfast he discovered the decorations were up.

And he was excited as he could be - exclaming "Mickey Mouse!" all the way!  And of course there was the Clubhouse

and even two little goodie bags.

Even his sister declared "I love you birthday boy!"  So sweet.

Then after nap there was a Mickey Mouse cake made by Mommy.

Which he was more interested in than last year, but still only ate a bite or two.  He really isn't very into cake.  Or most sweets for that matter.

But he did eat some

and of course she had some too.  She wanted a whole ear, but settled with sharing one with him.

And it left Mickey looking a little lopsided.

But we helped even him out by eating the other ear.  :-)  Though I did learn that while the icing was to die for white, it was meh with the black food coloring in it.  So I'll have to think hard about how I do any future cakes based on that.  But cream cheese icing on a yellow cake - wonderful!

Then of course there were presents. 

And naturally he had an assistant.

Well, I guess he actually had 3 assistants as he wanted all of his toys opened right away.  So that was our job.  :-)

He was very excited with all of his presents.  And enjoyed hearing all of the cards - adding "the end" at the each of them like they were short stories. 

And then it was time to play with all of them.  Including a new hockey set we got for him.  Oh, boy.  He loves hockey, I'm just hoping he can keep his hockey stick under control.

And for dinner Daddy is making his favorite - angel hair pasta with homemade marinara sauce.  Yummy!

Wow, it is hard to believe that our baby is almost 2.  As in he will be tomorrow.  Wow!  Doesn't seem like that long ago I was bringing him home from the hospital making our little family complete. 

So, tomorrow we will celebrate on his special day.  Wish me luck tonight as I decorate his Mickey cake!

In honor of his special day, here are some random facts about our sweet boy:

*He loves to play toys whether it is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, blocks, Mr. Potato head, "Queen" cars, you name it.  The boy enjoys playing!  And trust me when I say he can get every single toy out in the play room.  But it is hard to get upset when he will actual play with each toy as he gets it out.

*He is into knowing every character's name.  He has learned all the characters on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, in the movie Cars, on Seasame St (though he doesn't watch it), etc.  If he sees a character somewhere he wants to know their name.  He loves to do this in a store, in a book, etc. 

*If he isn't ready for bed he will very politely tell you "No, I play (or playing) ______."  Fill in any toy there.

*He can count to ten.  The catch is he will not do it if you ask.  He has never liked to "perform on demand."  But if he is playing hide and seek with his sister, when it is his turn to count he will count to ten and then say ready or not here I come. 

*He loves ketchup.  He has dipped many foods in it that I do not think should ever go in ketchup.  But it has it's upside.  Last night he had "nuggets" with ketchup.  (Just don't tell him it was really breaded fish fillets.  Nuggets are good, but apparently fish isn't.)

*He will sit on the potty now before bath time.  However, that is the extent of his potty training.  I see a long road ahead of us with this.  And no we aren't really trying just yet as I think it would be close to pointless - I just want him to be able to sit on it without crying for now.

*He had surgery at just 18 months old.  He had his adenoids and tonsils out and tubes put in his ears.  While the recovery from surgery was rough, it has had a dramatic impact on his life.  He has not had a single ear or sinus infection since.  Yeah!  And even though he technically passed a hearing test before surgery (with noted reduction in vibration), we can tell that he can hear better now.  And with it his verbal skills have improved exponentially since recovery.

*He can say milk, but usually will ask instead for his Bob-Bob cup as his milk is almost always in a Spongebob cup. 

*As noted in the last post he firmly believes that anything his sister does, he believes he can do too.

*He is typically a very polite boy that always says thank you.  Please doesn't come quite as naturally, but is definitely part of his vocabulary.

*He is generally not a fan of change.  For instance he will typically not eat a new food the first time it is introduced, but once it is "familiar" it is ok. 

I could keep going on and on, but you get the idea.