My Little Princess

We are celebrating Eleanor's birthday tomorrow and I can't believe she is going to be two. She is so smart. She counts to ten, knows all the letters in the alphabet and is forming sentences and talking so much. I understand everything she is saying and it's so fun to talk to her now. Here are some of my favorite things that she says...

Whenever we are eating meat for dinner, we give her little bites and she always comes back saying, "More meat! More meat!"

Every time I get her up in the morning she says, "Daddy at work. Harper sleeping. Thory!" Something along those lines..she likes to keep tabs on all of us and Thor is always following right behind me.

When she wants to watch one of her Netflix shows she grabs the remote and says, "Show?" She turns it on but when she can't get it to work she says, "Not working!" It's so funny.

She loves watching the song "Wheels on the Bus" and every time the bus rolls away at the end she says, "Bye bus! See you soon!"

I took her on a walk on her little bike a couple of days ago and whenever we passed anyone she said, "Hi friends!"

Sometimes she calls Brandon and I babe because that's what we call each other and it's hilarious. When I ask her, "Where did daddy go?" She lifts her arms and says, "I don't know." Then yells, "Branon!" And takes off looking for him. Haha. I taught her our names in case she ever gets lost and now she likes to use them sometimes.

Lately I've been turning music on in our bedroom at night and she gets up on the bed and dances. She has been handing me the remote and says, "Music?" I turn it on and she goes, "Oh yeah." 

Every time we are driving on the freeway and she sees the Y on the mountain she yells, "Y!!!" She is so observant and can hear and spot helicopters and airplanes way before I do. Which she always waves and says goodbye to.

When she is done with her food she says, "All done?" Basically saying let me down.

Having so much candy after Easter she walks up to me constantly and asks, "Candy?" I tell her she has to eat something healthy first and she says, "One?" Because sometimes I cave and say "Okay, just one." But when I don't cave she goes to her next plan and says, "Big kiss." I give her a kiss and tell her thank you but still no candy. She then moves to "Hug". Which I'm not going to lie. She usually wins.

Whenever Thor comes back in the house after being outside she says, "Good boy Thor. Good boy." While also patting his back. It's possibly my favorite. 

There are really too many favorites to share but dang this age is just so great. She's so great.

5 Months

Harper Grace is 5 months on Sunday. Sunday is also Mother's Day and Eleanor's 2nd Birthday so I am posting a couple days early. She is so much more petite than Eleanor was at this stage but I think that is solely due to the fact that she will only breastfeed. Not even take breastmilk from a bottle. We had switched Eleanor to formula at this point and she chunked up so fast. I see so many similarities in them though. Everyone tells me Harper is a little Brandon. Which I am totally okay with. I mean...she couldn't be any more adorable. She got tested for allergies this week and we are just waiting for the results to come back. Hopefully we can figure out what is making her itch so bad. Other than that, she is the happiest baby.

She wants to suck and chew on everything.

THREE

  Thor turned three on Saturday! This dog has brought so much joy to our family and I will never regret our spur of the moment, crazy idea to get him. I had been telling Brandon for a while that I would eventually want to get a dog. His response was always, "No dog." I started showing him photos of frenchies though and he was easily swayed. I wasn't planning on getting one any time soon but Brandon actually searched frenchies for sale in the area and he came across the cutest litter being sold close by and he asked if I wanted to go and look at them. My response was, "Okay we can go. But just to LOOK." Ha!
  Steph ended up coming with us and when we got there they were running and jumping around the front yard and my heart couldn't handle the cuteness. There were a couple of females and Thor was the only male left. (They had actually named him Beast. Which is why my dad started calling him Thor Beast. A nickname that really stuck.) We were instantly drawn to him and the second he was placed in my arms I looked at Brandon and he looked back at me and didn't even ask. He just said, "I'll go get the checkbook." Do I have the most amazing husband or what? I tell you. He is everything. So we brought a puppy home that day. To our basement apartment that didn't allow pets and quickly moved to a new place. We basically uprooted our life for him. Okay not really. 
  He has brought so much happiness and love into our home. It's been three wonderful years of ball chasing, bed hogging, serious snuggling and someone looking up at me every time I'm eating. Watching every bite I take with those adorable eyes that get whatever they want. We love you Thor.

April

Another month, another haul of photos.

These pants from Zara are seriously the cutest thing ever.

At Harper's appointment to see if we can figure out why her eczema gets so bad. They had me go off dairy and eggs to see if she had an allergy but it's been a few weeks and I'm not convinced it's helped... I'm certainly hoping she isn't allergic to those. We have an appointment with an allergist in about a week to possibly help figure it out.

Watching Joseph run laps at the track and going up and down the stairs.

She loves playing with my wedding ring. Also, first time she let me braid her hair. Now it's almost a daily thing.

Brandon, "Hey babe, do we look related?" So. Cute.

She loves brushing her teeth now.

Watching dad mow the lawn.

That saggy diaper, butt crack combo.

Fell asleep on Steph.

She has the most beautiful smile. And she doesn't hide it.

She looks so big in her carseat now!

Steph was wearing this headscarf and Eleanor wanted to wear it.

Matching my nails to my lipstick. A more well put together day for me.

We finally got a double stroller!

Twins.

I don't understand why she enjoys this.

He likes to get close.

Those tip toes.

Really into The Secret Life of Pets.

Brandon, "Did you know you can request money from people on Facebook?" He sent me a test to see how it worked. He's so funny.

Eleanor watching Brandon make sushi for lunch.

And eating all of his rice.

We went to Maryanne's homecoming talk on Sunday. I asked Eleanor which shoes I should wear between two pairs and it was so cute watching her sit and actually think about it. "That one." I love this age.