The Big Girl Bed

Today we had a special delivery! No, not our new baby, the big girl bed! Eryn was so excited that she crawled up on it and even started rubbing her eyes like she was tired. She calls it her "pink bed" and loves it. Now, if only she'd stay in it at bed time... One step at a time, right?

Fairy Princess

This is what Mike would look like in a pink fairy costume! Hehe...

For Eryn's birthday pictures I went for a more girly theme that I thought she'd really enjoy... I let her dress up in the fluffiest pink dress that we could find and found fairy wings for her to top it all off. She loved running around and trying to spin around and see her wings! This was a stretch for me since I'm not really into this girly cute stuff, but I knew she'd like it. The pictures turned out so well that I might have to venture into this girly world again!

Yes, there are more pictures on my photography blog! So, go check them out! www.photographybyvalerie.blogspot.com

Eryn's Birthday

Eryn got her first bike for her 2nd birthday this weekend! Daddy was given the job of putting it together, but Eryn had to help!

The box said "some adult assembly required." What a lie. The whole things was in a ton of little pieces and Mike had to concentrate really hard to get it together.

Eryn was so impatient she took the half of the bike that was put together and tried to ride it.

A tantrum then followed. She kept saying that she needed, "a whole bike!" It was really adorable and surprising that she knew she didn't have the finished product.

The maiden voyage (with her beloved puppy by her side)!

Costco cake! My biggest weakness...

Ready... set...

Go! She blew it out on her first try!

Eating it was the best part by far.

Then, eating it the next morning for breakfast. Yes, My daughter.

Thanks again to all who came over to celebrate with us. Eryn was glad to have friends to share her birthday with. She's had a lot of fun with her newly acquired toys and telling me how cute her new clothes are. What a girl! I was very glad that there were others to share the cake with so I didn't eat the whole thing!

Cookies

After realizing that there was a serious shortage of junk food in the house this morning... I decided to make cookies! Eryn was very willing to help. Covered in her apron from Grandma C. she was ready for being a big girl and helping in the kitchen.

She stirred the chocolate chips in.

Then she had to taste it to make sure it was just right.

It got a little messy.

The suspense was killing her!

They were good! So good that just after I took this picture and was putting the camera away she grabbed one and ran to the bathroom to hide and eat it. Outside of the door I heard, "Mmmmmm..." and a lot of giggling because she thought Mommy had no idea!

Picrure Tag

Chelsie picture tagged me for the 6th picture from the 6th folder in my picture collection. This one was the winner! It's from our visit to Hoogle Zoo in 2007. Ah, Eryn's first trip to the zoo.

Mike's Published Again

On our vacation Mike managed to take some really nice pictures of the temples that we visited and submitted them to the LDS.org website. Detroit and Toronto were our stops and here are the links so that you can see them for yourself!

http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/detroit/gallery/

http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/toronto/gallery/

Eryn's Birthday

Eryn's birthday is coming up! Her evil tantrums have all ready started so I am sure that she's right on track with turning 2. We are going to have cake and ice cream on Saturday April 4th from 12-2pm in between General Conference sessions. There will be plenty for all so feel free to stop by if you're in the area. Give either of us a call or send an e-mail if you need directions. Sorry there's no formal invites, but with 2 vacations this month I really haven't had time!

* Quick baby update - Yesterday I had another ultrasound. Everything looks good, the baby's face looks a little strange in fuzzy black and white (but we're sure she's cute!), and we could not reconfirm the gender. I'm really popping out now, so hopefully everyone can tell that I'm pregnant!