Robin has had some rare midweek days off lately so she got chance to go with Patricia to Ivy’s dance class. It was fun but Ivy was really excited to have mommy there and was a bit distracted. Robin had to pretty much hide the entire class so Ivy could concentrate on her plies and sautes….making taking pics through the glass a bit hard.
First nightgown March 3, 2012
Ivy wore a nightgown to bed for the first time last night. We had an interesting conversation as I was putting her to bed and getting her up this morning:
Me: Ivy, Do you like your new nightgown?
Ivy: Yaaaaa!
Me: Yah, you’re a big girl so you can wear a nightgown now.
Ivy: Yaaaaa!
Me: Ok Ivy, go nite-nite now. I’ll see you in the morning.
Ivy: Dadda, I need pants.
Me: {laughing} It’s ok Ivy. Just go nite-nite.
(Fast forward to this morning…)
Me: Hi Ivy, good morning.
Ivy: Dadda, I naked
Me: No Ivy, you’re wearing a nightgown.
Hmmmm, maybe I’ll put her pajama bottoms on tonight.
Our Little Narcissus February 25, 2012
Ivy has been a little obsessed with seeing pics and videos of herself lately. Every night she asks for Robin’s phone to flip through all the pics of her in it. When she’s done, she hands it back to us so we can take more pics of her. Even before we get a chance to finish the picture or video we just took, she already starts telling us that she wants to see it. In this video, that pretty much starts the moment I hit the record button.
Peddling Skillz February 22, 2012
Ivy has once again taken her mobility to another level….one that requires a helmet.
Where’s Buster? January 28, 2012
This morning Ivy decided she wanted to cover Buster up with a blanket and pretend she had nothing to do it. Either Buster is getting too old to resist or he’s just really tolerant of Ivy’s antics.
Playing with Snowman January 28, 2012
We’ve had a pretty mild winter this year. So far I’ve only had to shovel once. So when the first “real” snow fell (maybe a couple inches tops and all melted in a couple days), I thought we could build a snowman since we may not get the chance again. Ivy was really excited when she watched me build it from the window and kept telling Robin that she wanted to “play with snowman”. Apparently I didn’t build it to her liking because she thought it needed some touching up. Buster decided to help too. He decided the snow was a little bland so he decided to add a little color to it…namely the yellow and brown kind. Gross.
First post of 2012 January 28, 2012
Even a month after, Ivy is still a pretty excited about Christmas. She’s always talking about going to “gi-gago” (Chicago) and getting presents. She still asks where santa is and always asks when she will see all her cousins, aunties, uncles, grandmas and grandpas again, i.e. “go to Logan/Ella/aunties house?” or “grandma go to Ivy’s house?” She obviously had a good time. Thanks to everyone for making Christmas so much fun for her…and of course all the great presents!
Wanna-be Swagger Wagon December 15, 2011
When your wife says, “I am never driving that car again” because she felt unsafe after sliding in the rain a couple times, it makes the decision to trade in the Honda Pilot for another car pretty easy. Since min-vans were out of the question, we instead got the wanna-be swagger wagon. We ended up with a 2009 GMC Acadia SLT. Check out the new ride.
Santa Visit 2011 December 5, 2011
Ivy was very excited to visit Santa this year after our nanny spent much of the week talking about Santa and Christmas. She saw Santa at the mall and immediately knew who he was. She was impatient in the line, but luckily it wasn’t too long. As soon as we were ready to see him though she got scared and didn’t want to visit. However, Santa was great and talked her through the whole picture process. There were no smiles, but at least there wasn’t any tears!
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