Teething...yes...again

Man...Holly went so quick on all her other teeth, that I think we're paying for it with the 2nd molars. They still haven't shown yet. Friday night she was starting up on the fever again and it stuck with her until last night. At least she didn't throw up and her appetite only lessened a little bit. We managed to get her to the park one day this weekend. Yesterday we went to Folklife for a little bit. We got there early so we saw a lot of the set up and was able to find free parking, so that was cool. They even had a stage for kids' music by the big fountain. But by the time that got in full swing, Holly wanted to go home. I think it's time for me to go through her clothes and clean out the rest of her 18 months clothes, she's fully into 2T now. It does seem like kids clothes are like adult clothes in which one might be a different size depending on the store one would buy from. So sometimes we get the size 3T if the 2T looks too small. We bought new shoes for Holly this weekend, so she's wearing a size 6.5 now, we bought a size 7 too since she's growing so fast.

2 year Holiday Portraits

I think she looks like Shirley Temple here.
My mother's day present.

For Mother's Day David had secretly taken Holiday to get pictures done...all by himself. I was really surprised since I know how hard it is to do with both of us there to baby wrangle. Holly is simply not interested in holding still when she could be playing. In spite of the struggle to get Holly to cooperate the pictures came out great. I don't think David will be doing that on his own again though, it's pretty tough. :)

Point Defiance Zoo

We finally made it to Point Defiance Zoo. The weather dried up shortly after we got there so that part turned out alright, just on the cooler side. We had Grandma Claudia, Grandpa Jet, Uncle Chris and his family. Holiday really enjoyed the aquarium there. Right now she's in the verbal stage where she realizes everything has a name. So she likes to point out things she knows. "Fish" was spoken a lot. The octopus was really squiggly, maybe that's what made her uncomfortable around it. She called out "Elephant", "Monkey" when she saw them, she called the walrus a fish. She wasn't too sure of the cotton candy so she only had a little bit. She loved the play area there, especially the slides. Her cousin Ayden would tuck his knees up to his chest and would essentially cannon ball down the slide. Then Holly fed the goats "nummies" and giggled when they licked her hands. We hadn't actually left the park yet when Holly started falling asleep.

Holly habla Espanol

Last night, I was changing Holly into her pajamas when she counted to 10 in Spanish. Totally blew me away. Especially since we haven't been practicing that.

Holly's new favorite toy - her golf clubs

Daddy bought Holly a Snoopy golf club set last Friday.

And it's the first toy Holly brings out to play with every day since. This is Holly showing Mommy how it's done.

Holly's working on her "stance."

She absolutely loves this golf set. She drags it all over the house telling us about her "golf ball."

Mommy's reading the newspaper for coupons.

After which Holly precedes to wad them up.

Artwork by Holiday

Holly brought this picture home from daycare for Mother's Day.

Holly brought this one home from daycare on Friday. She colored the flowers pink. She definitely colors with intention though not in the lines. I say that's pretty good for 2 years old.

Holly's Growing Up

When I came home from the gym last night, David had a list of stuff that Holly did. I guess she had been drinking her milk and the cat got up in her face. So she offered him her milk and said (direct quote), "Do you want some?" Then David rattled off the rest of the list of her doings and ended bittersweetly with, "And she's growing up." At that precise moment she dug one of my sports bras out of the laundry basket and tried it on. She really is growing up. The complete sentences are coming more often and with better clarity. By the way Grandma Linda, Holly really liked the Hello Kitty t-shirt you just sent her. She said the sparkles were "pretty."