2-year/Fall/Halloween pictures

We got Danica's pictures taken earlier this month and I just got the e-mail from JC Penney that they were available online. We combined her 2 year, fall and Halloween pictures because they all fall so close together. I can't believe my baby is going to be 2 this month!!
We had a really hard time getting good pictures with the hood on her costume.

I usually don't get the multi-image sheets because they are so expensive, but they gave us a free frame and the border was so dang cute!!
I love this one. I'm not sure why I didn't get a hard copy of it.
Can you tell her shoes were just a little too big to wear without socks? :)

I think she looks like such a big girl with her hair done like this.
Little miss shorty pants. :) We always have to roll her pants so she doesn't walk on them.

Don't let her be too deceiving. You should know she is not this precious all the time. ;)

Goggles

Danica's friend Xavier was over at my house while his Mom, Stephanie and her husband John were out to dinner. Danica found an old pair of goggles of mine so I put them on the kids. ;)

Rocking with Daddy

Matt has this game for the Wii called Guitar Hero III and he's getting really good at it. Danica likes to watch Daddy play his guitar and I found a really fun toy guitar for her. I was making dinner and Matt was playing his game when I started to hear Danica's toy guitar making noise. She was rocking out with Daddy. ;)

Memories

1. As a comment on our blog, leave one memory that you and I(or any of my family members) had together. It doesn't matter if you knew us a little or a lot, anything you remember!2. Next, re-post these instructions (if you haven't done this already) on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

On the jet ski

Grandma and Papa getting the jet ski ready.
Papa taking Danica on her first jet ski ride.
Doesn't it look like he's going to let her drive? :)
You can't see her but she's on there with him.
And they come back... I guess it's nap time. :) (sorry Jim, I chopped your head off in this picture.)

Camping

Isn't that a mischievous look?
Danica really loves her "Papa".


On Thursday, we went out to Wildhorse Reservoir to go camping. The first day was really nice. Danica got a little sun on her nose and cheeks because the sunblock rubbed off in that spot. I felt so bad. I got really sunburned everywhere because I was so preoccupied with getting sunblock on Danica. :)

Naked swimming

We were about to eat dinner and Danica decided it was time to go swimming. I didn't have time to get her suit and swim diaper, so I just stripped her down and let her take a dip before dinner. I made sure to only get side and butt shots. :)

Swimming

Grandma has a great little pool in the back yard. It's supposed to be for Timex (the dog) but we cleaned it out so Danica could go "swimming". This is what the braids looked like later in the day, by the way. ;)

Elko trip

Danica and I took a little vacation to Elko to visit Grandma Christy, "Papa" Jim and Uncle Daniel. My mom hasn't had the chance to french braid a little girl's hair in a long time, so she was super excited for Danica and I to come out. The braids didn't last long on this "almost 2 year old" so I knew I needed to take pictures right after they were done. :)
This is Tortellini the tortoise. Danica really liked the "turtle".

Danica's first trainies

We've been trying to potty train Danica for a while now, and she doesn't seem to mind having a wet diaper. So I thought if she felt the wetness without the diaper, she might want to go in the potty more. Here is Danica's first pair of "trainies". (That's what Marianne and I called the really thick panties we used to wear when we were little). I got a little nervous with just the panties on, so I put a pair of nylon underwear over them. :) She thought they were really fun. I hope this leads to faster and better potty training so we don't have to have 2 in diapers come January!

We have Danica's strollers on the back deck. We heard her playing outside and noticed she was sitting in one of her strollers. :) It was like she was driving. It was really funny.

Danica the exhibitionist

We were cracking up when she has figured out how to pull her stretchy shirt over her head to expose her belly. She just walks around like this! :)

Bathtime

I know it's just wrong, but Stephanie and I couldn't resist putting them in the bath together. Xavier didn't know what to think, but Danica was having a good time!

New slide

Our neighbor gave Danica this slide after her daughter grew out of it. I was pretty impressed that she figured out how to climb up it and slide down pretty quickly.

Danica's new boyfriend

I've been friends with his mom, Stephanie since we were pregnant with these two. He is exactly a week older than Danica. They are so cute together. :) Danica gets all girly and giggley when Xavier shows up. I don't think he knows what to think about girls yet. She tries to tickle him and he yells at her. :) Their favorite thing to do lately is run up and down the halls and scream.

Our new living room set

I was so excited because now it looks like grown-ups live here. :)

Nice legs!

Danica running around with no pants on. It was hot that day!