Easter Morning



Elodie was born on an Easter Sunday so the holiday always reminds us of that special day....  This year, Elodie was very excited about the idea of the Easter bunny but seemed a little disappointed when she came out to the living room and there was no bunny, just a basket of stuff.  She quickly moved on though and had fun with all the goodies and finding eggs hidden around the living room.  We have some videos somewhere and we'll have to upload!

Elodie's Easter Basket

Checking out her goods

what's this?

it's a hippo daddy!

Found an egg!

Easter Eggs

Elodie loves to decorate!  Her aunt's Katie and April sent an egg decorating kit as part of her birthday present and it included VIBRANT dyes and stickers, decals, etc.  Too bad Mommy undercooked the eggs this year... who ever heard of soft-boiled Easter eggs?  It wasn't really a problem until our Easter morning egg hunt when Elodie would throw them into her Easter basket and they cracked....

2 Year Old Stats (and a trip to the Bakery)

Elodie had an AWFUL two year old check up with the doctor!  She was very excited about the idea of going to the doctor and was talking about it all day, but once we got called in to go back to the exam room, all the memories came flooding back and Elodie remembered she did not like this place.  It should have been the easiest appointment ever - no shots, no taking clothes off!  But, Elodie totally freaked and would not let go of Mommy for once second.  So... we didn't get very accurate results on her height and weight, we'll have to try to measure her ourselves soon to compare.  Apparantly, she's 35" (dropped to the 78th percentile!)  and 27 pounds - 56th percentile.  I swore she must have gained more than that in the last 6 months, she's ridiculously heavy!   

Anyways, she was all happy as soon as we walked out of the exam room with a lollipop.  We went to the park for a bit and continued on to the bakery for chocolate bunny cookies!  That was fun!

Big Apple Circus

Elodie loves the circus!  I think it's because one of her favorite Yo Gabba Gabba episodes is about the circus, so she knows all about clowns, costumes, acrobats, jumping through hoops, etc.  So a few weeks ago we took a little trip out to New Jersey to see the Big Apple Circus, which is really a Small circus, but perfect for a first live show!  (we left at intermission!)  Elodie seemed to really enjoy it and it was so fun to see her little face amazed with the performers. 

outside the big top

this picture just makes me laugh. not sure why the look so upset!

acrobats!

so interested!

this picture is so dark, but she is grinning and clapping and so cute!

Guests at the Little Gym

The day after Elodie's birthday party, the Leibenhaut's and Leung's came to her Little Gym class.  El had so much fun showing off all her skills and loved dragging Grammie around to the various apparatus.  Even Baby Lena got in on the action!

Flips with Grammie

more flips

laughing Lena

somersault with daddy

walking up to the balance beam

monkey bars

Lena on the beam

Elodie showing Lena how to walk on the beam

Lena likes it too!

a pensive moment with Daddy

Lena and Papa

Slap and Clap time

and the best part,,,,  stamp time!

Happy 2nd Birthday Elodie!

Oh Elodie Grace… where to begin!  You are TWO years old already, how did that happen? 

You amaze us every single day.  We could not have imagined all that you’d be as a little two year old.  You love to laugh and love to make us laugh!  You like to do everything by yourself and have learned to ask for help instead of have a crying fit.  You love to sing songs and change they lyrics.  You love to ride on Daddy’s shoulders and you are getting more and more adventurous – climbing and jumping all over the place.  You can count and you can recognize many letters, especially “E for me!” 

You are still quite shy at times and like to tell us when you’re scared, usually of strangers.  You still love to sleep in your crib and don’t even attempt to climb out.  You wait patiently for us to get you and you make sure all your stuffed animals are sleeping comfortably in the morning.  You looove pasta and pizza and cheese.  You eat reasonably healthy, but don’t really like to try new things.  You finally are enjoying the shower and don’t fuss about that anymore.  You like to change your own diaper and use the potty pretty often.  You love to play with your cat Mitzi and give her lots of treats and face nuzzles.  You love to talk on the phone and pace around the house at the same time.  You like to paint your face like a clown, wear band-aids and tattoos and nailpolish.  You love reading books and are getting more and more interested in listening to the stories and like to read some of your favorites all by yourself.  You are happy and you make us even happier!  We love you Elodie, can’t wait to see what year three brings! 

Love,

Mommy and Daddy 

April 4, 2010

1 year old

2 years old

April 4, 2010

1 year old!

2 years old!

Cake Time

And finally it's Cake Time!  Elodie sang Happy Birthday beautifully and this year she did not put her finger in the flame!  Happy Birthday Elodie!

After the party at the house, we went out to our favorite pizza restaurant, and they made Elodie a chocolate pizza! 

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New Scooter, Finally!

Elodie has been talking about getting a scooter for her birthday for MONTHS!  A green one! With a helmet!  We didn't think she'd actually even want to ride it once she got it, but she LOVES it and is surprisingly good at it for only trying some of her friends' scooter a couple times before. Fortunately, she's slow as molasses now.  I'm not ready for her to start speeding down the sidewalks of Brooklyn!

test run

i can do it all by myself

taking it to the street

daddy, can i have one of those when i turn 2?