The Girlies

I am really enjoying the stage both my girls are in right now. I feel so blessed and honored to be their mom. Some days are still a little crazy and I wonder how I make it through the day, but in the end it all pays off. I am fortunate they get along so well and Ryah is such a good big sister to Keslee and Kes adores her big sister. Every morning when Keslee wakes up (she's turned into a sleep-in child, it is only 8ish, but that's pretty late around here) Ryah goes in and in a precious little voice says to Kes, "Hey Beautiful, did you sleep good?" It melts my heart every time I hear it. We then start breakfast, where Ryah think it is fun to touch Keslee's barstool with her feet and anyone knows that you don't touch Keslee's chair because she freaks out, so yes, the teasing does happen, but for the most part they are good 1 and 2 year olds. :)

Ryah's vocabulary has been flourishing like crazy the last couple months. She's picking up on things I didn't even think she listened to when I talk to her about them. Here are some of the things she's been saying/doing lately:

-She likes to put medicine on her "pitsarms" after her morning bath aka deodorant on her armpits.
-She tells me she is so proud of me when I wash her jammies.
-She insists on sleeping on the floor and not her bed. Every night we have to put the big blanket on the floor and make her a bed.
-Asks me every morning what we are doing today? I usually ask her what does she want to do and almost every day, without fail, she says, "I just go to Grandma Tammy's and you can just leave me." She also asks me to leave her at the park, the shopping cart store, etc. She tells me she will stay for just 2 hours, then I can come get her.
-She has some fetish with knowing what time it is. Sometimes she seriously asks every 15 minutes what time it is. I usually round to the nearest hour and say 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock, etc. The other night she asked me and I said 7:30...she looked at me and said, no 7:30 o'clock.
-She loves the moon and gets concerned why she can't see it during the day. I've tried explaining that the moon comes out at night, so that's why we can't see it during the day and she still insists it should be out. I now tell her it is hiding behind the mountain, that answer has lead to the request of lets go over the mountain to find the moon. I mean, seriously, I run out of things to say and she's only 2.
-She tells me when she likes or doesn't like my shirts, hair, etc.
-Loooooves the color pink.
-Tells me thanks for dinner, thanks for doing her hair, etc. She definitely uses her "magic" words.

As for Keslee, she is getting a little personality, too. Just watching her penguin waddle and her smile, I get all giddy inside. She is such a sweetheart and I love that she loves to cuddle because Ryah is not much of a cuddler and never has been. Numerous times throughout the day, Keslee will grab my hand, walk me to the couch and say up because she wants me to sit on the couch and hold her. It is so precious and has been great for me because I tend to go, go, go. Here are some of her funny things:

-Says up, mama, dad, nnnnnnac (aka snack and she really does accentuate the n, it's so cute), dink (drink), out (outside), bak (walk...this one has gotten frustrating because she thinks she needs to walk everywhere like Ryah. There's no more hurrying, well trying to hurry :) in and out of the store for me because her and Ry hold hands and walk like two peas in a pod), baba (blanky or bottle), bumbumbumbum (usually says this when she wants her bum changed.)
-When I ask her a question like do you want me to do your hair, or do you want your bum changed, she runs off and shakes her head no.
-Holds the babies and while feeding them their bottles makes the sucking noise with her mouth, it's so cute.
-Loves to sing If You're Happy and You Know It and Wheels on the Bus. She does all the actions.
-Loves to play the piano. She knows what button turns it on.
-Loves food...this girl is a great eater. I've been weening her off the bottle, so I am glad she eats so good, sometimes a little too good. :)
-Loves her dad. She will push my hands away if I try and take her from him which never usually occurs. She adores her dad.
-Has crazy hair which is why I gel with rock hard gel, hairspray like crazy, and use the blow dryer. You can tell from the pic below.

Thanks for being such awesome kids... :)