proof that the twos aren't all terrible

Cake and ice cream, catching on to blowing out candles, Dad for a whole afternoon, indoor bouncy house place for only $3 (!), friend time, rice AND pineapple as part of dinner, and gifts that are extremely adored.

What's not to love about a 2nd birthday?!

she's two!

Or she's "two parties" as she keeps telling everyone (what this means, we do not know).

We love our funny, sassy, bossy little Addy!

the super-strength toilet

Good news: Our complex installed new water-efficient toilets in our apartment the other day. They are neither light pink nor my same age. Dreamy.

Bad news: These new toilets flush so loud you swear they could suck you down to the underworld. It's like a jet plane taking off, which is soothing when you're standing right next to it.

It's like perfection met the sound barrier. Awesome.

nessy

I made the Loch Ness Monster.

She made it better.

Conquer the beast, Naked Baby Doll, conquer the beast.

i guess we're real parents now

At 1:30 a.m. we found ourselves cleaning puke off the kid, the crib, the floor, etc. We've dealt with atomic spit up, but this was a first.

We're calling it a rite of passage.

30 weeks down

Yep, still growing.

19 weeks

20 weeks

24 weeks

28 weeks

30 weeks

Holy shnikeys. She'll be here in no time! Awesome yet terrifying.

worst sound ever?

Hearing your daughter fall down the stairs.

Doug was downstairs and I was upstairs when she fell last night. We wonder if she tripped on the pants she was wearing. I have no idea how high up she was, but I swear I heard her falling for a good 5 minutes so she must have climbed pretty far. And I also think my screams of "DOUG!!!" and much more colorful language echoed through the house for even longer.

Ugh.

Fortunately she seems completely fine (which guardian angel do I thank?!), but we were all a friggin' mess afterwards.

Guess that's the last time I'll ever let her climb stairs. Or walk. Or leave my side. Or function without me.