so, let me start out by saying that i know these posts aren't very interesting. but, i have been the HUGEST slacker on finley's baby book, so if i don't document things here i'm afraid her milestones and important moments will get lost forever. so here goes: her 2 year update.
favorite things to do:
- play with her doll house
- color and play with stickers
- be around other people (friends, family, neighbors, strangers. she loves other people)
- go visit the animals at the pet store. (the workers at PETCO don't ask if we need help anymore)
- play dress up (jewelry, purses, tutus and her new high heels are some of her favorites)
- go for drives to look for farm animals out by our parents houses.
-sing songs (she knows the words to abc's, jesus loves me, the barney song (ugh) ho ho ho hosana, and old macdonald)
- play the tent game in mommy and daddy's bed
-take care of her babies
stuff she's learned recently:
-shapes (well, all the main ones)
-some letters (she pointed to the "y" on the old navy bag and said "y for yogurt")
-how to call daddy (push number two on speed dial)
-all the main colors
-how to climb out of her crib
-starting to draw things that look real, or it's probably more likely that she accidentally draws something and then realizes that it actually looks like a flower or a rainbow.
funny stuff she's said:
-i dumped her pee in the toilet and said, "bye bye pee" and she blew a kiss and said "bye pee pee. love you".
-when i ask her if she's gone poop, she says "no. it's just a skunk"
-i said that the horse was laying on his back and moving around because it was trying to scratch it's back. she said, "no mama. the horse is doing his exercises".
-at bedtime she's learned that if she says "i want to praise the lord more" she can stay up for a few extra minutes.
The mice are her very favorite. Kinda creepy, huh.
birthday treats
the birthday girl got her own special jumbo cupcake.
party favors
the world's cutest banner that Hillary let us borrow-thanks!
luckily i captured lots of pictures of the birthday girl before the party, because once it started i basically got nothing.
she insisted on wearing her pearl necklace.
finley says, "that's my number two. my mommy maaaaaade it. it's so pretty mommy". we might leave it up a little longer.
not sure who ate more treats before the party, brian or finley.
the sneaky little girl somehow managed to get her hands on these without anyone noticing. 
but it was so cute i let her have one.
for about 2 hours finley was the proud owner of a kitty. but, we had to send this gift back with grandma...
