Cousin Calvin Visits!

penelope has really missed her cousin Calvin!

 

She hasnt seen him since thanksgiving and he has changed so much!

 

Had such a great time hanging out with everyone this weekend!  glad you guys are back in KC so we can get our kiddos together (all four of them soon) more often!

 

 

 



Where does the time go...

i can't get over how old Penny looks in some of this pics...

 

honestly.. is she going on 3? Or going on 13???

 



Easter Part 3 - Friends

and last but not least... a few pictures of Easter with Friends!

 



Easter Part 2 - Daddy's Side

on to the second easter post...

 

penny had a blast celebrating easter part 2 yesterday with gma and gpa h's family.  we took full advantage of the warm weather and spent the day outside... running up hills, climbing in trees, picking flowers, and or course..making flower crowns with grandma.  No princess worth her salt can go a full day w/out fashioning herself some sort of crown :)

 



Easter Part 1 - Mommy's side

I sort of missed the boat on xmas pictures this year, so apparently I made up for it during Easter... i have sooo many Easter pics it's a bit out of control... looks like this will be a three part post...

 

starting with easter morning at gpa and gma d's house.

 

penny had a great time as usual... it's easy to be happy when you are spoiled rotten :)

 



cousins

 

always has to hold or touch baby logan....

 



wrapped around her finger...

 

 

how does one small little lady get 2 adults to say whatever she says???

 

it's impressive.

 



wonder girls

 

 

penny has been VERY excited about the idea of another girl lately and spends a ton of time talking to me about how we are the three girls and how much fun the girls will have and basically all things girls.

 

we had a date the other date and in the car she decided to name us the "wonder girls" and we even have our own theme song!

 

"wonder girls wonder girls were on our way

to help each other and save the day

were not too big and were not to tough

but if we work together we got the right stuff

go wonder girls!

go mommy wonder girl! go penny wonder girl! go baby wonder girl!"

 

(note: she may have stolen the wonder pets theme song.. sorry nick jr.)

 

 



what happens while mommy is away...

i go out of town for one week...

 

and kris has her all tatted up...

 



Growing Girl!

I haven't dont any measurements for Penners on here for a while, but since she went to the dr. last week thought I'd share.

Sorry - boring post for most people - but saves me from having to get out the baby book :)

Penelope Stats - 3/2012 (2 yrs and 9 months)

Height:  36 inches (44%)

Weight: 28 lbs (36%)

BMI: 15 (26%) - it's sad that they start doing this at age 2...

Overall she is still a pretty petite little thing... she must have just shot up in size though.. she was 34 inches only a couple months ago...

we better plan for some amusement parks this summer now that she is over the 3 ft height requirement!



chuck e cheese

 because sometimes you just need a chuck e cheese date with your bestie...

 

penny and payton having a blast at chuck e cheese (but no where near chuck e you will notice. scared the crap out of her today)

 

 

 



negotiations....

EVERYTHING is a negotiation lately.  and no, i'm not talking about my job where i actually do that.

 

i'm talking about at home... with my 2 yr old. 

 

and i never win.

 

i'm going to start bringing her to work to deal with the difficult suppliers - she's way better than me.

 

some examples:

 

 

me: penny it's time for bed

 

penny: um... mom... what do you say i go to bed in about 20 hours? how bout that? okay good.

 

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me: penny, let's go sit on the potty.

 

penny: mom i would but i'm just not ready yet. i'll probably be ready when i'm three.  or thursday.

 

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me: penny, you can't have another cookie.

 

penny: i'm going to count to three.

 

me; what's gonna happen when you say three

 

penny: I'm going to be really disappointed in you.  and i'm going to call your mom.

 

me: my mom will say that i'm the boss because i'm your mommy so you have to listen to me.

 

penny:  no, your mom will she's disappointed in you for making penny sad and you have to listen to her cuz she's your mom and your boss.  now i want a cookie.



card shark

you can never start them too early on the cards.

 

gambling builds character :)

 



it's a....

 

 

 

 

GIRL :)

 

looks like little miss penelope got her wish and she'll be getting a baby sister in a few months :)

 

she has been prepping so much taking care of baby logan that she's ready to be an wesome helper.

 

 

 

she has also started telling EVERYONE she sees about the baby.

 

conversation wtih applebee's waitress:

 

"hi - how are you today"

 

penny: I'm 2 and 1/2

 

"that's great"

 

Penny: did you know there are three girls here?  you can only see 2 but there are three because there is a baby in my mommy's belly

 

"wow - you are gonna be a big sister"

 

Penny: yep, my mom is having a baby girl.  and i like dinosaurs. they are cool.  my favorite is a t-rex. we are going to get a dinosaur book at the library.

 

she has a short attention span :)

snow day

during one of the recent snow days i worked virtually and penelope decided to help.

 

when i was on a call, i look over to see she has set up show beside me and was "working on my mcputer and taking some calls"

 

awesome.

 



helper helper

we have been visiting uncle kyle and aunt mary beth's new house a lot the last couple weeks.

 

they are moving less than 3 minutes away and we are all so exicted to have famliy closer to us!

 

the downside?

 

this house was COVERED in wallpaper.

 

good thing penelope was there to help.

 

no i'm serious.  it was a good thing. pretty sure she did more work than uncle kyle :)

 



baby 2

well it's no secret that penelope is very excited to be a big sister soon.  and she even got to come to the dr. with mommy this week to be part of the action first hand!

 

i had been sick all week and had my first mommy freak out and asked if we could go into the dr for a heartbeat check.  I never did that with penelope but something but maybe you just get crazier with age.

 

anyway - all is fine on the baby front and penny thought it was pretty cool to meet my dr and hear the heartbeat.

 

we started by telling her she had to be VERY quiet and talk in her inside voice, just like at jesus's house.  she took this incredibly serious.  did nothing but whisper the entire hour we were there.  even when teh dr. came in and was talking in a normal voice to her she would only respond in whispers.  she did get out her normal voice to make sure he knew it was a girl though. 

 

when he said "are you excited to have a brother or a sister?" she responded "it's a girl".  very matter of fact with a very serious face. in fact she is starting to get very short and angry with anyone who says otherwise...

 

she really enjoyed hearing the heartbeat and had a huge smile on her face on the whole.

 

that night when i was putting her to bed i asked her what the heartbeat sounded like. she responded "perfect". she really is going to be the best big sister.

 

she was excellent at the dr. and pretty much obsessed with babies the rest of the day. 

 

she asked me later that evening... "hey mom, does the baby have arms yet?"  when i told her that it did she started cheering "yeah mom!! that's great! i'm so proud of you for growing arms!"

 

every pregnant lady loves a little credit.

 

thanks penners :)