Easter Eggs

Seems like every year the thought of dyeing Easter eggs sounds so much more exciting than it actually turns out to be. The boys were super excited to dye Easter eggs but once they realized that you can't dye hundreds of eggs, and that the white crayon doesn't show up that well, and that the colors get old after awhile... the excitement soon wore off. Elizabeth was excited at first but once she realized you can't eat the Easter eggs, she was beyond mad! How dare I put a dozen eggs in front of her and only let her eat one...! Oh well, I'm sure we'll try again next year!

Wall Drug, here we come!

We headed to Wall to spend Easter weekend with the Andersons. We spent a day with the boys and although the weather wasn't the best, we went to Wall Drug, saw the dinosaur, and watched some prarie dogs. Elizabeth warmed up to Sharon, Mike, and the boys quick since we had just spent a week there.

Unashamed Artwork!

"Surprise Mom! Look what I colored - your pretty new blinds and your white walls! Aren't you proud?!"

Funny thing about the whole situation is that the clean-up was her favorite part! I couldn't help but laugh because while we were cleaning, she kept pointing to the wall and saying, "No, No!"

Easter presents

Elizabeth opened a package from Uncle Lee and Aunt Sarah to find some fun Easter gifts. Once she figured out that you can't eat play-dough, all was good! She likes to wear the lamb ears over her eyes... Reminds me of that guy from StarTrek - what's his name mom?

Too hot...

Elizabeth's cousins taught her how to "shhh" with her finger over her mouth for "be quiet." This soon turned into her blowing on everything... Works out well with her food!

"Grandpa Loves Me"

Upside of terrible two's

Elizabeth is so much fun right now. No one tells you that along with the terrible two's come some really awesome moments! Whenever she sees a broom (or anything resembling a broom i.e. this yard stick or even a stick pony...) she starts sweeping all of the floors. She even moves the rugs out of the way to clean! I need to buy her one of those dirt-devil toy sets with a vacuum and her own broom! In this pic she has her new toy basket on her head. She spun around in circles until she was so dizzy she fell over laughing!

Adorable!

Elizabeth loves to give kisses!


(Mental note: do not leave the room when Elizabeth has a bowl of cereal in front of her!)

Obsessed with the park

After a few trips to the park, Elizabeth soon decided this was the only place she ever wanted to be. She constantly gets all ready and insists on leaving the apartment. She will even sit in her stroller, begging Andrew to take her to the park! At the park, she doesn't hesitate to tackle the big slides and will even count to three before she takes off. One time she went down extremely fast and lost her footing at the bottom, falling face first into the sand... I rushed over expecting her to be upset but instead she surprised me. She stood up, dusted off her hands, and headed back to the stairs to go down again!

In our new apartment, the park is only 10 feet from our door and can be seen from Elizabeth's room. Needless to say we have to keep the blinds closed on her window so that she doesn't see the play area everyday! In this picture, Elizabeth is crying because although it's 8pm and she's in her pj's, I said we can't go to the park ... what a mean mom, huh!

Oh happy days...

Andrew surprised me with these beautiful flowers on a day when I needed it the most. Elizabeth had been extremely fussy and not sleeping very well. This day I discovered cold sores on her tongue. A trip to the doctors office confirmed the reason behind her bad mood. Unfortunately, they told us to stick it out with Tylenol and Motrin... Two days later, before a long weekend, Elizabeth had not slept a wink (nor had Andrew or I) and was not eating or drinking. She was obviously dehydrated because her tears (which normally flow like a faucet) had dried up. I pushed us into the doctors office only to find out that the sores were all over Elizabeth's tongue, throat, cheeks, and roof of her mouth! Thankfully, I bought Elizabeth some Pedialyte which helped with the dehydration but we had to wait another 4 days before Elizabeth started to feel better. The whole time I had to remind myself why Elizabeth screamed nonstop because after the first couple hours you forget how much pain she is in and can only think about how frustrating her screams are! Thankfully, after close to two weeks Elizabeth was smiling, playing, and my favorite, sleeping again!

Reading and building blocks

Elizabeth loves to show off her "counting" and building abilities. This day she insisted on taking her pants and one sock off... The next picture is from when Elizabeth climbed into bed while I was trying to nap just to read me an article from Andrew's Jeep magazine... Although I was not happy to be disturbed, I couldn't help but smile and read along!

Presents from Great Grandma Maloney!

Elizabeth got a package full of fun Easter presents from my Grandma Maloney. Elizabeth loved the purse/book (she carries it with pride, seriously, you should see her serious expression!) and she loves to cuddle with the stuffed rabbit. What would we do without grandmas? (Did you notice Elizabeth's professional haircut...? Cute, huh!)

Frienships that will last a lifetime...

This particular Sunday both Nick and Nic were visiting so we all went out to eat to spent some time together.

What a sweatheart!

Looking back, I can not believe I let Elizabeth play with her applesauce, markers, AND THE REMOTE?? She must have given me one of her super cute smiles!

Sledding!

Elizabeth was reluctant to get all dressed up to play in the snow but Andrew coaxed her outside. After a few trips down the snow hill, she was hooked! In the end, it was hard to convince her to come inside. Now whenever she's outside she goes straight for the snow piles!

Smile

My new smile!

Presents!

Our friend gave Elizabeth her old stuffed animals. You should've seen Elizabeth's face when Andrew showed her an entire bag full of animals! It was sooo cute - thanks Sheereene!

Uncles are the best!

Elizabeth loves it when Mike comes over to play with her! To be honest, I think he loves it too..!

Saying Hello!