That time he was a cat

  The first graders had a play last week called "The Unity Tree".  Ford was selected to be a cat, which quiet frankly didn't make him happy.  He wanted to be a dog!

 

 It was a cute play about getting along and loving each other even if we are different.

 We had a good sized lake behind our house.  The boys went fishing last weekend with Trey and Ford got a bass.

 Upward is over...

 We finished up the season yesterday morning.

Random cuteness

 When you miss your 7:00 bedtime...

 The 3k kids playing on the football field.

 Before school....

 Annie really wants to go to school too....

 My kids sleep in the car a lot....

 I hope they sleep in the bed together until they go to college...

 Annie had a play date last week.

 When your momma makes you take a picture and it's not what you want to do.

 Birthday shopping at Target

 And lunch at Newks....

The weather was great last week...

 Last night before she turned 2.

 On Thursday Trey and I took the boys to see Wild Kratts Live as one of their Christmas presents.

 We ate at the ....

 Then headed to The Cannon Center for the show...

 The struggle was real on the way home!

Head over hills for my two year old

This little girl that I get to call mine is TWO.  It’s really hard to believe that time has flown by so quickly, it all seems like a blur.  

 You hold that precious newborn and literally a blink later, years have passed.   It’s no surprise that our Annie girl was an unplanned surprise.  My dad, BoomPa, says just about weekly, “You should be ashamed about all that crying you did after you found out you were pregnant with Annie.  We needed her.”  It’s funny thinking about all the crying I did.  And boy did I do some crying.  She wasn’t planned, by me, but she was by God because his plans are soooo much better than ours.  The timing wasn’t right for me… we were building and Trey was in session.  But God allowed us to find out we were pregnant early in the building stages and we made a few adjustments and unlike her brothers, my water didn’t break and she stayed put so her daddy could see her grand debut.  Now I can’t imagine not having my little sidekick.  She has brought so many smiles when my heart was absolutely breaking over my mother being sick and dying.  God knew.  He had a plan.  She came to help heal our broken hearts.

 Annie is expressive in facial expressions and verbally.  I looked back at Ford and John Brantley’s two year blog posts and she falls somewhere in between where they stood at age two.  She’s talking but not like Ford was.  I would say that Annie understands 95% of everything I say to her.  She can say lots and lots of words, but doesn’t necessarily put many phrases together.

 Here are some of her regular things to say: “Ohhhhh”    “Bess you” (Bless you when one sneezes or coughs)    “Howd Chew” (hold you…when she wants me to pick her up)       “Pease Momma” (please Momma)        “Nooooooo Bit Bit”        “Ohhhh gosh”     "Moosh" (move),   "WHY?"    "Osh" (off)   "wuh wuh" (I love you)

 Annie LOVES: Mickey Mouse….anything Mickey Mouse, juice, jewelry, make-up, shoes, animals, dogs, momma, the shower, golf cart rides, being held, popsicles, gum, ketchup, outside, balls, cows, baby dolls, real babies, dinosaur chicken nuggets, pizza, spaghetti, church, her Bible, family members she sees often, candy, Curious George, shoes, other people's shoes, and outside.

 Annie doesn’t like: brushing her teeth, when her brothers hold her down, not being held when she demands being held, riding in the car when she's tired,

 Annie Facts:

Clothes: 18m-3T…depending on the article of clothing
Shoes: size 5-7
Diapers: size 4
Naps: 1 nap from 12:30-2:30ish
Bedtime: 7:00
She's left handed, has one dimple and has brownish green eyes

Ford's two year blog
Bitty's two year blog

 Her favorite number to say is "two".  Most everything you ask her is "pink".

Annie's 1 year old blog   Parts 1-4 of her birth story can be found there as well.

 Thank you God that your plans aren't our plans, and your plans are perfect.  Thank you for healthy children and for blessing me with three of you babies!!!!!  We are all head over hills for Sarah Suzanne "Annie" Lamar!!!!!!!!