Sarah's Second Birthday Party

We had a very fun birthday party Saturday afternoon at Glamma & Bon Papa's for Sarah's 2nd Birthday. Gramma Sue and Uncle Stacy were greatly missed but we hope that Great Grandma McCollum is feeling better soon. Sarah took a nice nap on Saturday afternoon so woke up refreshed ready for her party. Daddy dressed her in her beautiful purple butterfly party dress. Sarah loved seeing everyone and is so thankful for all the wonderful gifts and time together!!

We enjoyed a ladybug cake from Taylor's Bakery long with a couple of hors d'oeuvres (bacon herb cupcakes topped with cream cheese, puff pastry with gruyere cheese & soppressata, strawberries & grapes, olives, snack mix, sesame sticks, and sparkling raspberry juice, and cinnamon coffee with cake). Sarah did a great job blowing out her two candles with a little help from Nana. We had to sing happy birthday twice (which Sarah enjoyed) since I didn't capture the first time on video:-)

When you ask Sarah how old she is, she says two then pauses for a second and then with a big smile says five. She did her tap dance for everyone and showed what a good puzzle-doer she is. After cake & ice cream, Sarah along with Daddy and Uncle Dick played with Chloe outside for quite sometime. Sarah is a huge fan of puppy play time and loves running around the backyard. She had fun opening all of her presents.

Just about 4 1/2 weeks until my due date and still feel I have a steady list of things I would like to get done before the baby's arrival. I think this weekend, we'll start on the nursery.

Happy Second Birthday

You always hear who fast children grow up and today I feel that is so true. Sarah Margaret turns two today, and the past two years have flown by so quickly!! She is such a joy and delight to her mommy & daddy!

We have had such a fun day already celebrating her birthday. She even calls herself the birthday girl. We sang "Happy Birthday" last night at pasta and she did a great job blowing out her two candles with a little help from Bon Papa. Bon Papa ordered a gooey chocolate cake with ice cream. Sarah loved it! Her stuffed fly puppet joined us last night at dinner. She just loves bugs and especially her fly. She even loves to say the word fly (and fast and farm).

This morning when Sarah woke up, she liked having happy birthday sung to her but didn't like the streamers we put on her door. She kept going "no, no, no" (when saying no she usually says it 3 times:-)). Sarah had her banana, bagel, and egg this morning and then a morning snack of a whole orange (she loves organge now), cereal bar, and a big bowl of oatmeal with a little shagbark syrup and cinnamon. She carried around her birthday balloon almost all morning. Nana came over while I volunteered with the 1st graders at the Oaks. She didn't have too much of her pasta for lunch since I think she was looking forward to going to Goose for ice cream after lunch. Nana, Sarah, and I met Bon Papa and Andy at Goose for some gelato. Sarah chose to have the cake batter gelato which she loved and she liked carrying around a shopping basket looking at all the produce. We were suppose to play with Graydon and Marcus today but Marcus has a bit of a cold so we'll plan on playing next week. More birthday fun tonight when we get to pick out a few toys at Mass Ave Toys for her birthday. Also, she will have her big birthday bash with family this weekend and we can't wait to see Gramma Sue and Uncle Stacy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NANA!

Happy Birthday Nana! We had such a fun time celebrating with you at Hollyhock Hill on Sunday. We enjoyed our fried chicken and mashed potatoes & green beans plus cake AND ice cream for dessert. Hollyhock is one of Sarah's favorite! We love you very much Nana.

Sarah has really enjoyed going to the Children's Museum (only a mile from our house!). Today, her favorite spot was the sand table in Playscape. She shares and plays very nicely with the other kids. We played at the sandtable for at least 30 minutes today. At first, she wasn't sure about getting her hands dirty in the sand but then saw that it was ok and enjoyed playing with all the little toys. She loves walking (we leave the stroller in the car) all around the museum. So far, she does a great job taking my hand. We missed going to the museum this past Saturday with Andy's friend from high school and his family. Sarah took a 4 hour nap. She didn't miss dinner at her favorite Mexican place in Broad Ripple. She gobbled up her refried beans & rice and her quesadillas and used her fork. She loved dipping (no double dipping for her) her chip in the salsa and loved the salsa. She takes after her daddy on that. For lunch, she has loved bean & rice burritos with cheese and avocado. She stays very busy. Her favorites still include her dollhouses and Leap Frog DVD. At Nana & Bon Papa's, all she wants to do is go upstairs and do puzzles. She loves puzzles and can get some pretty challenging ones.

Her two top front teeth are getting better. The one is sliding back down into place but the other is still a little loose. We'll do back to the dentist next week to get them checked again.

22 & 23 Month Photos

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100th Post on the Tresize Trio!

This marks my 100th post on the Tresize Trio blog! Thanks for following along!

Anyone in Indianapolis knows that it has been cold with lots of ice. Which means, lots of playing inside for the past three days. We are so fortunate that Andy has had the past three days off of work so it hasn't been that bad having Daddy home all day to play. I would say the activity that we've done the most is read her Bear books. Aunt Carol passed along Adrian & Neil's favorite stories about Eddie and his teddy Freddie. There are three books in the series. Her favorite is the one where Eddie, his teddie Freddie, and Mom picnic in the woods. She loves the part at the end when the bear eats the blueberry pie and goes yum, yum. Sarah will always say yum yum at the end of the book. She also likes it when Eddie calls for help. Help is one of Sarah's favorite words. When she is trying to do something and she can't quite get it, we've been trying to teach her to ask Mommy or Daddy to help her. So now, we hear her say (usually very loudly) "Help, Mama" or "Help, Dada." Over the past couple weeks, she is putting words together to make short sentences (such as "all done," "night night bugs," "hi mama (dada, nana, bon papa),"

She continues to love learning her letters. She knows all her letters know and loves to look for letters. We had to wait in line at the post office for over 20 minutes and the whole time she looked about for letters. Thanks to Leap Frog Letter Factory, she loves letters and phonics.

A new thing she loves to do is dance with Daddy to Elvis or Ray Charles. Sarah will go and get her pillow and have Andy hold her in his arms. She gets so relaxed dancing with daddy.

Sarah's teeth are doing better after her spill on Friday. She has been such a healthy girl with no sick visits to the doctors nor accidents. However, on Friday evening after dinner, we were all playing in the living room and she tripped and fell on the rug and knocked one of her front teeth up into her gum. Thankfully, we found a wonderful pediadric dentist. She did excellent at her trip to the dentist (thank you for all the prayers for us and thank you glamma). We have to go back a few times over the next couple weeks to keep an eye on the tooth and the dentist will take x-rays each time to check to be sure the roots are still alive. The tooth should fall back into place over the next couple weeks along as an infection doesn't occur. Maybe this incident will lead Sarah to be a dentist. Glamma thinks she would be a perfect dentist, especially with her fine motor skills.

My doctor's appointment for baby t went well. The doctor did the routine test for gestational diabetes and that came back negative. Everything is right on track!

Our 22 Month "Chatty Cathy"

Two more months until our little girl turns two, we can't believe it! She has really taken off learning her letters and new words. Her favorite letter is the letter "o" and looks for it constantly on signs and around the house (including on her Ohio State sippy and Andy's Ohio State PJ pants). She is excellent at making the sounds of the letters (thanks to Leap Frog) and loves to make animal sounds (monkey, owl, etc). Sarah likes to say "all done" when done with her meals/snacks so she can get down and play. We think it is so cute when she says the word "hole." She also notices ouchies and says oh-no and wants to kiss it to make it feel better.

She loves all her new presents from family. When we were "snowed in" the other day, we were grateful for the new toys and books and even loves to try on her new clothes. A new favorite right now are her bug puppets that we call her hug bugs. The four little puppets have a "bed" in her closet out of a quilt and she must tuck the bugs in before she goes to sleep. (She also keeps pointing to the closet saying"bug").

On the way home from Bravo's the other night, (about a 25 minute trip) she sang songs and talked the whole way home. She uses a fork and spoon well. Favorite foods include raspberries, greek yogurt, and meat lasagna.

It has been a wonderful MLK Day with Andy having the holiday off work. We went shopping and found a birthday present for Bon Papa, a new swimsuit for Sarah along with some new ladybug pjs & GAP hoodie sweatshirt to match Andy. I think we'll take a family trip to Starbucks after nap time.

Baby #2 is doing well and my 3rd trimester starts Sunday. So far so good and feeling great. The baby is very active and feel him/her move lots during the day. It is already time to go to the doctor every other week.

We just found out that on the weekends, we can take Sarah swimming at the Butler indoor pool at the Health & Recreation Center where Andy & I go workout.

That is all for now. Enjoy the photos!!

Christmas Time is Here

21 Month Photos

It is so much fun for Andy and I to notice all the little things that Sarah does that we think are just precious as she begins to speak and understand so much more each day.

At the Meridian Hills Country Club Family Christmas Party, we had such a wonderful time with family! There were all sorts of activities; including getting your photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus, a live reindeer and a carriage ride around the grounds. When Sarah and I first got there, there was no line to see Santa so we went up to Santa and Mrs. Claus. I asked Sarah if she wanted to sit on Santa's lap, and she said "NO!" and clung tigher to my arm. So, no photo with Santa. We tried after we had some yummy dinner buffet when Andy got there with my parents (who made it safely with not too much delay flying in from Washington D.C.). As soon as we got close to Santa, she held onto Andy tightly saying "no, no, no." So, we thought we try a carriage ride. On the way to the carriage ride, there was a reindeer in the lobby. At first, Sarah called out doggy but as she got closer she saw the antler and was a little hesistant but did want to go pet the reindeer with Uncle Dick & Andy. The highlight of the evening by far was the carriage ride. It was so beautiful with the 4 inches of snow on the ground and then light flurries. We all bundled up and had so much fun. Sarah loved it. Uncle Dick came to on the carriage ride. She wanted to go again!! I think for her birthday, we'll have to go on a family carriage ride around the Circle!

When we came back from the family christmas party, we tracked some snow in the house. Sarah kept pointing to the snow on the rug by the door saying "oh-no!, oh-no!" She loves her "oh-no's" when something spills on her shirt or pants she'll point to it and say "oh-no." Also, on our first floor, if the powder room door is open or cracked, she'll just walk by and be sure that it is closed since we keep it closed most of the time.

She had so much fun at Mass Ave Toy store on Saturday and then lunch at Bazbeaux with Mommy & Daddy. It was a very fun family activities for all three of us and a special day. Sarah loved going to Mass Ave. Toys because most all the toys are out and can be played with. She spent the most time in the baby doll and doll house section. She loved the baby dolls and the high chair and baby bed and then would go play with the doll house. She also loved the "real" shopping cart just her size. It was easy to get a few last minute ideas for her christmas:-) Lunch was so much fun too! It was such a delightful weekend!!!