All About Austyn . . .

  It's official, our baby girl is now 2 years old. I'm amazed once again at how fast time fly's. I can remember when I was little and my parents use to say "don't wish your life away, time goes by too fast", and thinking yeah right, not fast enough. Once again, they were right (that seems to be a pattern). Yep, Austyn is 2 and loving every minute of it. I think this is the best age so far. The things she comes up with are mind blowing sometimes. Just the other day she asked me for a snack. So I asked what she wanted and Goldfish was the answer. As I'm getting them for her she walks away. I say "Austyn I thought you wanted a snack?" her response "Nope!" I asked her again "you don't want a snack now?" her reply "just kiddin mama!". What? I couldn't believe my ears, could my not even 2 year old really be joking with me now and doing it correctly? Yes she was!

  We had her 2 year old check up and everything was perfect. The doctor asked me how 2 was going and I said perfect. He looked at me funny and said he'd never heard that before, usually people are complaining and overwhelmed with the terrible twos. I feel like that's an expected part of this age. Of course there are times where I'd like to pull my hair out, but for the most part it's so enjoyable and fun. She weighed 31 pounds, and was 34 inches tall. Still right there at the top of the charts for size. Makes me wonder if she will want to play sports and if so which ones will she choose.
  We had her Birthday party at Lone Pine again this year. It's such a perfect place for a kids Birthday. She had so much fun with all her friends. Thank you everyone for coming and celebrating with us.

I had to document this picture, because Austyn has

always been scared of Uncle Bob. I have proof that

 she gave him the time of day!

All her friends on a cow train ride

Look how spoiled I am everyone!

Happy Birthday to You

Eating cake with her buddies

Cheese

Her pink boots have rarely came off

since her party

All the little helpers opening presents

She was in heaven with her new boots and 

her stick horse

This was her on her 1st Birthday.

  We took her to Chuck E Cheese on her Birthday. I hadn't been there since I was probably 8 or so. I think she was a little young to fully enjoy all the games and rides, but she had a blast in the tube tower and the slide. After we all played and played and played to try and use up all our tokens (which we never did)  we had enough tickets for three pieces of candy, one mini slinky, and one crown. What a gimmick. 

  She still loves to ride on anything and everything. Loves to be outside doing something all the time. She is starting to get into the the T.V. watching thing. Which right now with Jordan not being home a lot and my back being so bad, I'm not fighting it too much. She can put 4 to 6 word sentences together now. She knows her colors, numbers 1-3 in order and the rest are out of order, starting to really try and sing the alphabet, and learning her shapes. She is still an amazing eater. Her new favorite thing is cereal. I think if she could she would eat it for every meal. She has done a complete swap on her attitude about being groomed. She rarely fights us when taking a bath, brushing her hair and teeth, or getting her nail trimmed. And she loves getting her toes painted. Still really enjoys reading books, and is really starting to color and draw. My favorite new skill of hers is her pretend play. It's adorable when she makes me cake and cookies in her kitchen.She is also a dancing fanatic. If she hears music, she's moving to it.Very cute! I'm also very proud of her manners for her age. Please and Thank You's usually happen on their own. We don't have to prompt too much anymore. And I love how friendly and outgoing she is to most everyone. I'll say no more she's perfect (in our eyes anyways)!
  I do have to say she has quite the sassy streak in her (not sure where she got that, must be from Jordan :) ) When it comes to me disciplining her, we can definitely go rounds (luckily it doesn't happen too often). And  sometimes I feel like no one wins when we battle. But if it's anyone else disciplining her all they have to do is look at her (literally) and she stops and is perfect. I guess I'd rather have her act amazing for everyone else and put up with some struggles along the way on my side. I feel like at this age there is less forgiveness as a parent as far as setting examples and expectations, and being consistent. This is the age that she starts molding into her own person. SCARY!!!!! Yet exciting. It can freak me out if I get to thinking about it. Am I doing everything right? Have I forgot anything? Should she be doing more of this or that? Then Jordan comes along with his laid back attitude and settles me down. But it is scary when there's no owners manual for the  little sassy pants.
  I'm so excited for the Holiday season this year. Shes old enough now to be involved and we can start our own traditions with her. Yeah, I love the Holidays and can't wait to spend them with her. That's the updated version of Austyn at 2 years old. I'm trying to soak up all the little moments before we have two running around. Our next feat is to move her to a big girl bed, but I don't think we'll have a problem.