Annie Brooke turns 2 !!!!!

It's hard to believe that my sweet girl is 2! These years have honestly flown by quicker than I ever imagined! She is growing up so fast and becoming a sweet and sassy (sometimes more sassy and less sweet!) little girl. I think she even looks more grown up!

To celebrate Annie's birthday we decided to throw this big party in New York and drop a ball at midnight. It was crazy, there were way too many people there, some of them were not invited! :) We actually had a quiet day and night at home. The girls came over that day and we had a yummy pancake birthday breakfast and had tons of fun playing. My parents came over to bring Annie a balloon since we were not having her party until Sunday. Mitch, Annie and I had our own special party around 6:28 which is when Annie was born. We put some cool whip and sprinkles on a cookie and stuck 2 candles in it. We started to sing and Mitch lit the candle. I told Mitch to back up so I could just get Annie in the picture and before we knew it Annie was saying "Hot, hot?" as she was holding her fingers right over the top of the flame!! AHHH, we freaked out and I helped her blow it out super fast! Luckily, we did not have to visit the ER on her second birthday. Lesson learned- Do Not trust a 2 year old near an open flame! Annie loved the cookie, mostly the sprinkles and cool whip!

On Sunday we had a small family birthday party with pizza, cupcakes, and ice cream! The theme- Madagascar- or as Annie calls it "Move it , move it!"! She is a little obsessed with it and Cars believe it or not! We took her to the party store to pick out decorations for her parties and she chose Madagascar and Cars! So silly! Oh well, I'm sure there are many Disney princess birthday parties in our future! Annie had so much eating cupcakes and then she went around to everyone and wanted some of their cupcake and ice cream after she had finished her own! She will be your best friend if you have food! She loved opening her presents! She became a pro at Christmas! She wanted to play with each thing immediately after opening it and then come back to the others a few minutes later to open them!

We will celebrate her birthday in Kentucky next weekend and have a Cars party with the boys! Here are a couple pics!

We are so very blessed to be Annie's parents. She has made our lives so joyful and we love her more than she will ever know! Happy Birthday Annie Brooke!

Diving face first into her cookie!

She got much closer after I took this picture!


What a nut!

Christmas 2009

This Christmas was a great one! Annie was at a great age to enjoy all the festivities this year. She loved seeing lights. Everytime we passed by homes or businesses with lights she would say "lights, lights" and point and she was so excited! She also loved snowmen, she could spot one a mile away! She was so cute all season saying "Merry Christmas! Ho,Ho, Ho!" and "Happy Birthday Jesus!". Santa was good to her and our house is now overflowing with toys. We haven't finished Christmas just yet. We still have to go to Kentucky to have Christmas with Mitch's family. We hope everyone had a great one and here are just a few of the 200+ that were on my camera!

We took Annie to see the lights on Hwy 109. There are SO many! There was also a Santa and Mrs. Claus and a Frosty waving at everyone!

Baking and decorating yummy Christmas cookies with Nana and the girls!


They are too cute in their aprons!

Everyone came over on Christmas Eve after church and Mitch tracked Santa on the computer! They were super excited!

Annie and I sprinkled our Reindeer Food (aka: oatmeal, cinnamon, and sprinkles)

in the grass so they could have a snack while

they waited on Santa to drop off the presents!

Leaving out cookies and milk for Santa!

She had to taste all 3 of them just to make sure they were yummy for Santa!

Santa came!! Annie got all kinds of toys including a tricycle, the giraffe bike, Leap Pad Jr. and books, bath toys, movies and more!

She loved her new giraffe ride and learn bike!

Coloring and making music with Daddy!

Who knew there was a movie named after her?!

Christmas love for Biscuit!

She needed a bone too! She tasted it on several spots to see if any part tasted good! She soon discovered- it did not!!

A power rest time! Opening presents is a work out!

Santa also brought her a lot of toys to Nana and Papa's house! She has a Biscuit Christmas book to add to our collection!

She got a baby, a Little People barn, lots of books, a kitty cat, a lap top and more than I can remember from Nana and Papa but, she still wanted to steal Morgan's baby pack-n-play!

A visit to Santa!

We decided to take Annie to see Santa last weekend. We were not sure how she was going to react to him because even though she had been talking about Santa, she doesn't like to be around men that she doesn't know. Really the only men she likes are her Daddy, Papa, and G-Daddy. She is even a little unsure of her Uncle Del and Uncle Jason too although she is getting better! So, we were heading over to see him at the Streets of Indian Lake and she saw him from across the street and said "Santa Claus!". We got a little excited because she started waving and saying "Santa, Santa!" BUT, the smile and wave slowly drifted away and turn into a "Who is this strange man in a big red suit waving at me?" face! We convinced her to get closer to him but only because he had a candy cane! When we tried to get Annie to go sit with him she was not having it! Here are some pictures!

She had no idea that he walked up behind her and was smiling! She was laughing at the girl taking the picture!

In this one she knew he was there! As if you couldn't tell!

The Zoo!

We took Annie to the zoo a few weeks ago because she is obsessed with animals right now! Any animal she sees in a book, on tv or anywhere for that matter! If she doesn't know what kind of animal it is then she just calls it a "doggie" or "doggie dog" is what she has been saying lately! We took some pictures but we only got video of her seeing the big animals so here are a few of the pictures we took!

At our first stop, the monkeys! She was so excited!

Annie and Mitch waving at me through the meerkat window!

She LOVED the goats! I mean REALLY loved them!

She could have stayed in the petting zoo all day!

"Kitty, kitty" -calling the baby cub!

"Big kitty"! She loved that it walked right past her!