Shelby's 2 Years Old

Shelby is 2 years old now! I cannot believe how fast these 2 years have flown by. She has grown and changed so much and we have loved every minute of it. We celebrated Shelby's birthday with lots of friends and family at Bounce U in Bedford, NH. There were lots of bounce structures for the kids. The adults could go on them too. Shelby wasn't crazy about the bounce structures but she liked seeing the kids and running around. Madelyn didn't like the loudness of the place at all so between soothing Madelyn, chasing Shelby and catching up with friends and family we didn't take many pictures. The pictures aren't in the right order. Madelyn is waking up from a nap now so I need to post them quickly!

Here is Shelby and Madelyn trying out one of Shelby's gifts from Nana, some cute glasses:

Here is Shelby and Ella back at the house after the party. They got such a kick out of playing together. Here they are chasing each other around in their tutus, giggling the whole time.

Here is Shelby being shy when we were singing Happy Birthday to her. By the end of the song she was smiling and clapping.

Enjoying some pizza and goldfish after bouncing. Shelby was so excited that I think she only sat to eat a couple goldfish.

Shelby's Elmo cake:

Here is Shelby having some dinner after a little nap. She was exhausted after the party. Ella entertained her while she ate by knocking the life size Elmo balloon around.

Looking forward to another fun year with our sweetie pie, Shelby.

March 2011

Another month has flown by. We are so looking forward to the Spring and Summer so we can get out and get more fresh air. Shelby is turning 2 very soon and Madelyn is almost 4 months now.

Shelby has been playing with her kitchen alot and has really gotten into coloring. She loves her crayons. I have caught her coloring on the wall a couple of times already! Luckily they are washable crayons. She is now sitting at the table in a booster seat. No more high chair. I think she was really ready for it. She is really good in her booster seat and I think even eating better. She has been so good with Madelyn. Besides from stealing her binky sometimes, she is really sweet to her. She gives her kisses and plays with her feet. She also likes to lay on her play mat with her.

Madelyn is smiling and cooing now. Sometimes she can be really talkative. She is also grabbing for toys now. She loves jumping in the jumperoo. It is funny to see her bouncing. She loves to watch Shelby and Shelby likes how she can now get a reaction out of Madelyn. She still has her beautiful blue eyes. We hope they aren't going to change. Still wondering what color her hair is going to be. Sometimes it looks blonde, sometimes red and other times a light brown. It looks brown in most pictures.

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

Shelby loves checking herself out in the mirror. It is so cute. I was able to catch her on video today. She was checking out her new barrett in her hair.

Bye, Bye Barrett...

Sisterly Love

Sorry for the delay in posting. Things have been busy here with caring for the girls and starting back to work. It has been so snowy this winter so we have been staying in a lot. Shelby isn't a big fan of the snow unless we are watching it from inside and I am the same way. Thank goodness for all the toys Shelby got for Christmas to keep us busy. Shelby and Madelyn are both doing great. Shelby is almost 23 months and Madelyn is almost 11 weeks. Madelyn loves watching Shelby and Shelby thinks Madelyn is funny.

Shelby loves all the toys we have been pulling out for Madelyn. Madelyn loves laying on the play mat below and Shelby is usually right beside her playing with the hanging toys or turning the music on and off. Here Shelby is hogging the play mat for herself!

Shelby is in need of a haircut! Her hair is growing like crazy. In the meantime, we have been trying out some fun hairdos. She thinks it's hysterical when she sees herself in the mirror with a pony tail!

Madelyn is growing like crazy. On Monday, the doctor said she was already 14 lbs. and 10 ounces. Her rolls are getting bigger and increasing. So cute. Her eyes are still a beautiful blue. I thought they might darken up but they haven't so we are hoping they stay blue. She is smiling more and more each day and coming close to laughing.

She loves napping in her swing.

Look at those chubby cheeks!

Madelyn the Meatball!

Shelby had the nickname of Poopy Pants when she was younger. Not having much experience with babies we could not get over how often a baby poops! So we called her Poopy Pants for awhile. We stopped as she got older because we were afraid she would think her name was Poopy Pants and not Shelby. Madelyn has gotten the nickname of Meatball. She is curled up most of the time and has a big, round tummy. She looks like a cute meatball. She is 7 weeks now and I am starting to put her in 6 month sized clothing. I can not believe how quick she is growing. Here are a couple of pictures from today that I thought were cute.

I actually got a shot of Madelyn smiling. She is starting to smile although usually not because of anything I do. Here she is smiling at the curtains next to the changing table. Something about them amuses her because I have caught her smiling at them a few times now.

Madelyn patiently waiting for me to clean the changing table and get her changed after she peed all over everything. Love the rolls!

On my birthday, Maryann and Ella came by for a visit. It was a nice visit. Shelby and Ella have a blast together. I didn't get any pictures of them playing because things can get pretty crazy with them. I did manage to get a couple pictures of Ella holding Madelyn and Madelyn and her play date.

Madelyn looks bigger than Ella in this picture!

Madelyn and her play date. They look pretty similar! Similar coloring and eye color! Poor Madelyn! Shelby gets the new toys, new clothes and Ella as a play date. Madelyn gets the hand me downs and plastic play date! Just kidding-she was getting lots of attention from Shelby and Ella even while she was sleeping.

Shelby's New Buddy

For the last two meals Shelby would not eat without her new buddy, Jesse. She really likes her. She will cry with big tears if I take her away or she drops her by accident. I have already had to clean some applesauce out of her hair.

She does try to keep her out of the food most of the time.
Shelby hugging Jesse.

Christmas 2010

The girls must have been really good because Santa and our family got them all sorts of great presents. Shelby got this well stocked kitchen. When she came down Christmas morning she didn't even notice it right away and started playing with some of her old toys. I had to start playing with it before she noticed it. When she did notice it she ran over to check it out and then gave us a great big smile. It was pretty cute.

The kitchen was so neat and tidy for about a minute.

Shelby loves balls. Bouncy balls, ping pong type balls, whatever. Santa must have know and filled her stocking with about a dozen different balls.

There was also some wrapped gifts under the tree.

Including Jesse from Toy Story and Elmo for the bath tub.

Shelby loves Jesse. She was excited to see her but a little shy when she heard her talking. She won't touch her for a few minutes. After she warming up to her she has been carrying her around a lot. Tonight at dinner, she wouldn't eat unless Jesse sat with her!

Here Shelby is having Elmo and Jesse kiss.

Madelyn enjoyed watching all the excitement. Shelby tested her gifts out for her.