Cupcake Day

Hi again.

Today is Friday. Duh. It's Super Bowl weekend which means that it is Puppy Bowl weekend/Red Hot Chili Peppers halftime show weekend. Sweet! Go Peyton!

Here in Towson, there is this fancy little gourmet cupcake shop called, "La Cakerie." They have the most delicious cupcakes known to man. La Cakerie moved their shop a few streets over in downtown Towson several months back and today is the grand re-opening. They are practically giving away their cupcakes and other treats. Some co-workers and I are going to check it out! Side note - the owner of the store was featured on the show Cupcake Wars and won!

It's no longer in single digits here... at least for the next few days. Whoever thought that the upper 20's would feel so good. Float on..

Charleigh. Me.

 

Charleigh.

 Me.

Charleigh.

 

I see a lot of resemblance now. I couldn't find any pictures of Greg at this age to compair. I'll have to look tonight. I need more baby Greg pictures! Lol. I'm sure he will love if I ever get my hands on those and post them here ; )

Float on...

Random update

Hi. It's Tuesday. I'll just give a random update today.

Shout to my godparents and their son Benny. Benny and his beautiful wife Sarah welcomed their 3rd baby this week. Maverick Benjamin Smith was born on the 24th. Mom and baby are doing great. My godparent's children grew up with Zach and I. We were all very close.

In less than a month Greg and I already have a baby sitter lined up and we get to go see Young the Giant live in Baltimore. They are a band we both love. In June, the most amazing thing was just announced! JACK JOHNSON, YES, THE JACK JOHNSON IS COMING TO BALTIMORE. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10am. I am normally the tight wad of the family and try to save every penny, but you better believe I will fork over whatever need be to see Johnson live. It's a dream come true.

It's cold. It's cold everywhere. This winter has been something else. Stay warm friends and float on...

Charleigh turns 2.

Happy 2nd birthday Charleigh! Today we celebrate you with a lot of pictures!

You’ve only been on this earth for two years, but let me tell you little girl, you’ve been in my heart my whole life.

You were in my heart when your papa and I heard a song on the radio called “Charlie” for the first time and I made the promise that if I ever had a baby girl, her name would be just that!

So let's talk about what you're up to these days. You love Disney Princesses with a passion. Cinderella is still your favorite. Ariel is a close second. You love to color and watch movies. Your favorite movies (besides princess movies) are Lilo and Stich, Wall E, Up, and Alice in Wonderland. Stickers are always fun and you’ve recently discovered your love for painting. I always buy a sheet of poster board for you to paint on, but you rather enjoy painting your feet and hands… Yeah.

You moved up to the 2-year-old classroom early at daycare. You got moved up at only 1 year 7 months. You’ve done awesome. They keep telling us your very bright. Your vocabulary has taken off since you moved up. You can count to twenty. You know your ABCs. You can make full sentences. You have music Monday where a local music shops comes and bring instruments for your class and you sing. You have soccer Tuesdays in your gym at “school.” A local gymnastics place comes on Thursdays and sets down mats for the daycare to do tumbling. That is your favorite.

You take one nap a day between 1-3pm. You go to bed at 7pm and usually sleep until 6-7am. You have been a fantastic sleeper since 6 weeks and we can’t thank you enough for that. We moved you into a big girl bed early. You were only 1 year and 8 months. You've done very well with it.

You do Gymnastics every Saturday and you’ve recently done better at following instruction with minimal meltdowns. You typically take swim lessons in the Spring at the local YMCA. We hope you will enjoy the water!

We do timeouts. You have been known to hit and more recently, scream “no.” That’s fun. I have recently seen some behavior warning me that sharing is going to be something we have to work on. Shouting “no mine,” isn’t ladylike my little firecracker.

You crack me up. You give the best hugs and the silliest kisses. You say I love you too. Sometimes you’ll just walk up to me and say “I love you too, Mama.” You like to make your papa and I laugh. When you do something silly and we laugh, you do it again and again.

I now know more about Disney princesses than one should. I am a master time-out giver. My car is filled with Cheerios and my CD player with children's songs. I am constantly reminding you that ladies don't pick their noses and no, you can't eat stickers. Never a dull moment ; )

Thank you Charleigh for making our family whole. Thank you for being you.

 

Float on Charleigh, float on...

Charleigh's 2nd birthday party weekend.

A HUGH thank you to my mother, my step dad, my husband, both of our families, and my friends for loving our Charleigh. You all have made the past 2 years even more special. Thank you and float on...