JD's 40th Birthday

November 22nd

Pat brought home a balloon from church and Melody was in heaven!!

She loved throwing it around and trying to catch it.

Later that day we went over to Mana's for Sunday dinner and celebrated JD's birthday.

We were entertained by these boys playing a game together on their iPods.

Here's the 'cake' that Karri made for JD.

Melody was so ready for a cupcake that I let her have one while JD was opening his presents.

We all made him cards with glitter on them, because he really hates glitter.

These two are always acting like idiots, and I love it.

JD was very sneaky. While we were singing and I was getting ready to take pictures, he 

just leaned in and blew out all his candles and made us all crazy! It's just like him to do that.

I love this brother of mine and all his shenanigans. 

Before we left, Melody was giving hugs and ran back to give one to JD, it was super cute.

Happy Birthday brother. LOVE YOU!

Random November

Pat, Xander and I went to see the new James Bond movie Spectre and Mana watched 

the girls. When we got back to the house to pick them up this is how we found 

Melody. She was quite content being surrounded by princess toys.

When big sister's at school, that means I can play in her bed and with her toys! She'll never know!

Melody found Jaina's snow boots and was trying to walk around in them, 

but they were too big and kept falling off, so it made her mad. She only 

tried a few times before she gave up and went to do something else.

Friday (13th)

Mara and I have been wanting to see the new movie Pan since it came out in October, but didn't have 

the chance until it came to the Water Gardens. So we went on Saturday night and had a mommy 

daughter date at the movies. We both really liked the movie and had a great time, except for the 

fact that it was freezing when we left the theater and Mara only brought her jacket. It's a 

good thing we live close to the theater so we could go home and warm up.

Saturday (14th)

Mara and Xander took Melody out in the back to play for a bit and Xander sent me these 2 pictures. 

Pat and I were in sync in our clothing choices and wore Star Wars apparel. 

This is the only Star Wars shirt that I own and he has countless shirts and items.

Saturday we spent a few hours looking for a new car for Pat. His Honda Civic is on it's last leg 

and we don't want to go into winter with a car that could die at any moment. We just got the 

radiator replaced a few weeks ago too, but it's still having problems. So Mana watched 

the kids so we could test drive cars. We found one that we like, so we'll see if we can 

get it. I really hope so, because the Civic is 20 years old and this new one we're looking at 

is only 3 years old and will be able to help us out for years to come.

A trip to the mall resulted in these amazing pillowcases for Pat & I. 

They are my most favorite! I wrote on Instagram: 

We finally got that thing that we never knew we always needed!!

(Friday 20th)

Melody has been in a stage where she doesn't want to eat anything unless 

it's milk, go-gurt, or anything soft. But finally I found something 

else that she's willing to eat: TOAST. She also likes tuna fish sandwiches!!!

I watched the neighbors kids and Melody was so excited to have friends over. 

She and Josh are just a few months apart and she kept hugging him!!

We put on a Mickey cartoon DVD and Stephen and Ben were in awe.

It's always fun to have friends over to play, especially while Jaina's at school. 

Melody's 2nd Birthday Week

My baby is turning 2!!!  

I can't believe that she's that old already. I hate that the first years go by way too fast.

We had our birthday celebration at Mana's house on Sunday (8th). Before 

dinner Melody snuggled up with Karri to watch kitty movies on her phone.

After dinner it was time for presents. She was being really cranky, 

so in order to make her happy she sat with daddy to open presents.

Karri gave her some personalized books, that have her name and 

Karri's name in it. There's a Winnie the Pooh and Toy Story books.

A newer Toy Story short was released on Blu Ray and since 

Melody loves Toy Story, this is what JD & Chris gave her.

Her awesome cake made by Karri!

She was really wanting to play with the figures right off the bat, but had to wait to be sung to.

And blow out the candles.

Yay!!!

I love taking pictures, but sometimes I hate it because I'm not 

in the picture, but I made sure to get a picture with my girl.

We set her up in the high chair with her cake and toys.

She didn't eat much cake because all she wanted to do was play with her new guys.

She really loved her 'Woody, Buzz'

Happy Birthday my little one. We will have more fun pictures on your actual birthday.

November 12th

Melody's 2nd Birthday

Sadly we didn't do much for her this day. Mara was home sick from school, and the rest of us have been 

feeling under the weather on and off for the last week or so. We opted to stay in and have a family night. It's 

been a struggle to get her to eat normal foods lately, but she really likes the marshmallows in Lucky Charms.

We had some fun taking selfies on my phone.

Pat was eating a popsicle, so Melody had to have one too.

We had to see if her tongue was turning yellow like her popsicle.

Then it just became a game of sticking out our tongues.

Grandma & Grandpa came over on Friday (13th) with their gift. A new pair 

of jammies, a new shirt and pants, and Ariel & Friends Little People.

We already had the Ariel set, so we exchanged it for the Belle set that we don't have.

All in all I think she had a good birthday. You never know when they're 2, if they understand 

birthdays or not. But new toys are always fun! Now we just have 6 more weeks until Christmas!!

Here's a collage that I made of her second year