Jail Break

So it finally happened. Naomi has learned to climb in and out of her crib. Michael converted her crib to a toddler bed last night and she slept in it for the first time. She did very well, we only had to put her back in bed once. I think she enjoyed being able to wake up this morning and come into my room to 'wake' me up. We plan on putting up a gate so she can't escape in the mild of the night and get herself into trouble. Our little girl is growing up and definitely not a baby anymore!

Birthday Party

Jessica's cake (she's 2 also)
Naomi's Curious George cake.
Hannah's cake (she's 4!)
Hannah's other cake (she was having two parties)
Naomi was feeling camera shy that day. We had a nice party and the girls got a lot of nice things. I think they enjoyed dumping sand on eachother in the sandbox the most, but they are still little kids. I'm pretty proud of myself, I made all four of the cakes in just 3 days while Naomi and Michael were away in Texas.

Naomi still loves being sung to. We're going to two parties in the next week for her friends, I hope she doesn't expect to hear her name!

Naomi's 2!

Naomi is 2!

It's hard to believe that Naomi is already 2. She is speaking in sentences and able to tell you what she wants and feels. She is also running and climbing at a frightening (at least for those adults around her) pace. She can be naughty at times, but she is a very sweet girl for most of the time.

Naomi is helping make her present.
I'm not sure if she enjoyed eating the cake or playing with it...probably both.
This is her birthday crown. She decorated it herself.
We're almost done! It was so windy both days while this was being put up, we were all coated with dirt.



Naomi loves the birthday song! She enjoys it so much she sings it to herself. She also suddenly decided that she was once again going to sit in her high chair...she hasn't sat in it since before Halloween! Once you decide that you have a child figured out, they will change their mind.

First Egg Hunt!

Naomi had her first Easter egg hunt of this year with the Mom's Club at a park near our house. She did pretty well, there was no pushing or even crying! She did however think that any egg she saw should be hers, and didn't understand why another kid would get to it first and take it.

She's scoping out her next target.

"Look how many I got!"

And now to enjoy her spoils! The candy was mixed with little toys, and she actually tried to eat one of those little capsules that you put in water and get a little sponge animal from!

Here is a little clip of her getting eggs. My voice probably sounds horrible because I have a head cold, so just ignore that!

Seattle Trip

Bremerton/Seattle Feb. 08

We just got back from our trip to Seattle to visit Papa Ken and Granny Anne. Naomi was a good traveler, but was also a toddler.

. Here is Naomi on the ferry coming home from Victoria (on Vancouver Island, Canada).
While in Victoria we took a horse drawn carriage . Naomi loved it! She especially liked when the horse would trot so we could get through intersections faster. This is actually another horse, we rode on Ruby, but I wasn't able to get a good picture of her.
Michael and Naomi in front of The Empress hotel, a very nice hotel in Victoria, it had beautiful garden surrounding it.
While in Victoria we also visited the Miniature Museum and the Bug Zoo. Naomi loved the zoo, but all I wanted to do was get out of there, they kept taking the bugs out of their cages and letting people hold them...bleck!
Here we are at the Seattle Aquarium. Naomi liked the fish especially since she had just watched Finding Nemo the day before (and after....and the day after that....).
I think Naomi is an Eel, I might be a diver, but I'm not really sure. This is also at the Seattle Aquarium

This picture was taken at a place called The Children's Museum in Seattle near the Space Needle. This is a great place for families to go with young children. As you can see Naomi is dressed in Fireman garb and is driving a fire truck!


This was also at the museum in the Alice in Wonderland exhibit. She's having a tea party, but we also smelled 6 different types of tea.
This is another exhibit, it was the entrance to an around the world area where they were able to walk into homes from Japan, Africa, and the Caribbean.
This is a hands on Music area. Naomi and Granny Anne are jammin!
Naomi and I are on a beach on Bainbridge Island. She picked up seashells and rocks. We also went to a beach in Seabeck to find oyster shells.
This is historic Port Gamble, a very cute seaside community. Most of the houses in this town are historically protected and very well kept. We saw the old General Store and Post Office, and long with a Fire Station that had been converted to an Antiques shop.
We also went to another seaside community Poulsbo an old Viking village.

Twinkle what you are

One of Naomi's favorite songs is Twinkle Twinkle. She hears it every night before she goes to sleep and I guess it has rubbed off! She now sings the song to her stuffed animals or in this case the baby from her 'Little People' family. If you can't quite tell she is saying "Twinkle what you are" over and over again. She then very carefully puts the baby in the crib and then goes to sleep herself. I guess she forgot she was sleeping though since she rolled over to play with the airplane. What a goose!

Christmas

We had a very nice Christmas down in Las Cruces with our family. Naomi enjoyed playing with her cousins and spending time with grandparents, great grandparents, aunts, and uncles. She doesn't quite understand about going home and not seeing everyone everyday and therefore asks repeatedly after them.

She is still at an age where Santa Claus is scary. When Yaya asked her if Santa was her friend she loudly replied "NO!". Maybe she will feel differently next year when she realizes that Santa brings her lovely things.

She needed some help opening her first present, you'd think she'd remember after opening all of the gifts under our tree at home!
She's helping Yaya make a salad for Christmas dinner.
The girls are 'helping' daddy win his game.

Don't they look like Angels! I can't believe we got all of them to stand still long enough to take a couple good pictures.
CHAOS! But we sure did have fun!

So have you ever...

...asked yourself why maybe you shouldn't turn your back on a 20 month old?

It's a good thing to think about and here's why:

Amazing what she can learn from watching isn't it?!?

By the way, all of this was done while I was publishing the Snow Day post (about 1.5 minutes perhaps).

Snow Day

We had just a little bit of snow on the ground this morning, so I took Naomi out to play, as you can see Baby came out to see it too. She seemed to enjoy it, but was glad to go inside for some hot cocoa after about 15 minutes.
I'm not sure why I got this durty look.
Her checks are red because she's eaten 5 handfuls of snow.

Is it ice, snow, or dirt? Naomi isn't really sure.

More Video

Just some more daily life with Naomi.

Dion's Pizza Tour

As part of our Mom's club we went on a tour of Dion's pizza. I can't remember the name of the young man who showed us around (sorry guy!) but he did a very nice job.
He gave each child a piece of raw dough and then told a group of children of 2 and under not to eat it....HAH! Naomi likes raw dough.
She put two peperoni's on the pizza then actually ate one. However, she would not eat any of the pizza after it was cooked...go figure! It was a fun tour though.

Video test

Blogger now offers uploading videos, so we'll see if this works!

I think we have success!

Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving with our families as usual. Naomi and Yaya made some name tags for the tables.
Naomi loved having her hand panted (good thing we took her clothes off though!).
She didn't get why we were pressing her hand on the paper at first, but was impressed with the outcome.

After some additions Naomi's hand became a cute turkey! Everyone was thrilled to see their name on her hand print.

We enjoyed out stay, but I think the pugs were glad to see us go!

Naomi's Hat

Naomi has found a passion for hats! It started with the hood of her Halloween costume, and now when we leave the house she often times insists that she wears a hat. Plus she actually smiled at the camera!

Halloween

What's in there? Naomi was not impressed with the insides of a pumpkin and refused to touch them! I thought for sure she would be really interested. She did love to take the tops off and move the candles around.
Here's one pumpkin (by the way, both pumpkins were grown in Yaya and Grandpa's garden!)
Here's Naomi's pumpkin, if you can't tell it is a Monkey complete with a tail. I'm not sure why, but that's what she asked for.
What do kitties say? "Meow!" She really loved having me draw the whiskers and nose on her face. She called them her 'pretties'.
Which candy should I eat first? She did end up eating 1 sucker and 1 candy bar, boy was she hyper. Dr.'s can say that sugar doesn't cause it, but sugar does affect kids!

We ended up having a very nice Halloween, we trick-or-treated at 5 or 6 houses before we went home. I never could get her to say 'trick-or-treat' so we settled on please. She always said please and then thank you, then she would try to invite herself into the house.

Naomi was good at handing out candy too. It was fun to see how she reacted to other kids being dressed up.

Zoo Boo 2007

Naomi enjoyed herself at this years zoo boo. She was amazed that if you went up to people they gave you candy! She also enjoyed her first camel ride!

Cute Pictures

Just some cute pictures I thought I'd share!