Annie Turns Two!

Our baby Annie is growing up! She still gives us reminders that she is little when she says "wrap up baby" (talking about herself) and says "Rock a Baby" and wants us to rock her as we sing Rock a Bye Baby with her. We had a fun party. Of course Carol outdid herself again by making a beautiful cake just for Annie.






She also made 30 personal cakes for each person with several layers of frosting and cake-beautiful and yummy. On the outside she tied a flower and a wooden spoon-they were beautiful enough for a wedding!






























Annie:
-loves her big brother. Apollo is her best friend and playmate. She does what ever crazy thing he does-stuffing stuffed animals up their shirts, jumping on the bed, running around, etc. In Apollo's prayer the other day at lunch he let Heavenly Father know that "Annie does what I do".
-the nursery leader at church says she's so great-is always cleaning up and is happy
-I can't remember our family without her. She brings fun, joy, and a sweetness to our family.
-Her favorite song is "Rock a Baby" and "Slippery Fish"-also likes "Popcorn Popping".
-She says "Hold You" when she wants us to hold her
-She's been potty trained for awhile. The other day Apollo and Annie were pooping together in the bathroom on different potties (Annie has a tiny one) and Apollo was telling her that our poop is food and you can see it in the poop. When I walked in, he said "We're just talking". They looked so cute in there.
-Annie loves kissies whether they be butterfly, Eskimo, or right on the lips-loves them all
-She has a sweet high little voice that always goes up as if she were asking a question. Like when we say, "Annie, do you need to go potty" she'll say "go?...potty?".
-She's a morning person. She jumps up and says "Good Morning" in the sweetest happiest voice every morning. She's ready for the day (just like dad and unlike Apollo and Mom)
-She loves shoes, coloring, makeup, to "take a bath"-she'll float around in the tub, dance parties (loves music), and books.
-She loves flowers and has to touch or smell all of them as we walk by.
-For the last couple of days, she says "yep" to everything (replacing yea)
-A couple days ago Apollo said he had a secret to tell me and whispered "Annie is the most important sister." There is a lot of Annie love in this house.
-Her little personality is really coming out as she makes us laugh.
-In the car, we were taking turns doing what ever we wanted (sing a song, play a game, etc.). She says "My turn" or "Annie's turn" when it's her turn. On her turn she wanted to play a game. She said "I spy something". Mom-"Is it in the car?" An-"Yep" Mom-"Is it a person?" An-"Yep" Ap-"Is it me" An-"No" Mom-"Is it Mommy?" An-"Yep". She wanted to play the same game on the next turn and figured out she had spied a tree. It's fun that she can start to play games with us.



When Carleton is busy or gone, I pick up sleeping Annie out of her bed and bring her into mine to snuggle with her. As I snuggled with her the other night, I prayed to feel Heavenly Father's love (I guess I sometimes feel like I could always be doing more, be more spiritual and just wanted some reassurance) and my answer was asleep in my arms. He has shown me His love by sending me baby Annie. I look at her and think how pretty she is-her pretty lips, big brown eyes, perfect skin, light hair, kissable cheeks, and little body. She is little for her age and is so much smaller than Apollo and we always say how tiny she is. I think that's why she is still a baby to us.