New School

Here is Miller on her first day of 2-year-old-school. Do we call that 2K? I don't know. The photo shoot was a little rushed since her first day was also my first day, so this was the best we could do. She's got her new lunch box and "Little Bunny", what else do you need?

Miller is loving her new school. She refers to the teachers as her "ladies" pronounced "yadies." She yoves her yadies. She is learning a lot, doing crafts, and coming home telling us about stories and songs. For example, "Mommy, I read  Little Red Hen. Eveybody say NO, NO NO!" She is also obsessed with Old MacDonald at the moment, which they must sing at school. We are also enjoying getting little snippets of things that happen during the day and quotes from the teachers, such as "Miss P (name withheld for her privacy-ha ha) says, I don't care if you cry!" Her poor teachers don't know what a little Repeat they have on their hands. Friday, she said, "Mommy, B (a boy at school) went tee tee out his hiny ALL over that brown carpet. Mrs. P say NO, NO!" I love it! We also get reports on who bit whom and who went to time out. We are so glad that she likes her new school.

Big Girl Bed

Guess who got a big girl bed for her 2nd birthday? We surprised Miller after her nap with a new big girl room on the day of her actual birthday (her party was the day before.) She was so excited and has never tried to get out of her of her bed at night or at nap time. Hooray!

Birthday Breakfast. 

(When you are allergic to eggs, birthday breakfast is pretty much exactly like all              

other breakfast- a cereal bar, but with a birthday hat.)

So excited about her new bed.

Testing it out. 

 

2nd Birthday

Well, it has only been about a month and a half since Miller's second birthday and I am just now getting around to blogging about it. I haven't written thank-you cards yet either, so if you are waiting one one, I am sorry. Things have been a little crazy around here. Anyway, Miller loved her party. She had a great time and behaved amazingly well for an over-stimulated 2 year old. Here are some pics.

Birthday Girl with Daddy.

Sometimes mommy needs two glasses of wine....at the same time. 

Family birthday pic. 

Blowing out her candles. 

Eating yogurt instead of the egg-free cake mommy made. 

(Which kind of tasted like cornbread, so I don't really blame her.)

Memama, Miller and E Baby. 

There were actual people at her party, but we don't seem to have a whole lot of pictures of them. Plus, I never know if other people want me to put their kids on my blog. I did not get a group shot though-maybe next year. 

Zoo Day

Miller and I went to the zoo right before we both started back to school. She had the best time and wanted to look at every animal for 20 minutes each. She also really wanted them all to "come over here!" She also had fun on the playground inside the zoo until some a-hole kid kept making her hit her head on the little animals that you ride on while his parents just sat there and did nothing. Seriously. Who lets their kid just beat up another kid while they watch contentedly from their chairs? Anyway,  here are some pics.

Little Gym

Miller did Little Gym this summer and she loved it. She also loved watching the Olympic gymnastics with mommy. We may have a little gymnast in the making. I am going to go out on a limb and say that her build will be more suited to gymnastics than ballet, so I think it would be a good choice. Here are some pictures of  Miller in action at the LG.

Summer Time

Miller is starting a new baby school (toddler school?) in the fall, so when I was done taking classes this summer she dropped out of Extremely Conservative Religious School. We have just been hanging out together all summer and having a great time. Here are some pictures of what we have been up to.

Going to the pool/practicing baby swimsuit model poses.

Eating Popsicles. This was actually her first ever Popsicle-she is now addicted,

Taking care of Baby Stella. Also wearing rompers.

Rocking awesome shades (upside down.)

Swinging in the garage with Cocky. 

Last, but not least, hanging out with daddy. 

I go back to school in a week and a half. After a few days of CC-care, Miller will start her new school. It should be interesting. Boo Boo has developed a pretty serious case of separation anxiety from all this time spent with Mommy lately. Hopefully, she will be ready to get back to playing with some friends her age-I know I am!

2 Year Check-Up

We went for Miller's 2 year well visit last Wednesday. No, she's not two yet, but she has had some medical drama (as usual) that we had to check on so we just combined the two appointments. Everything was fine (as usual.) Miller always talks about going to the doctor and gets all excited about it, but the minute they try to get her to lay down on that table she bugs out. She cried more today because she had to lay down than she did when they gave her a shot. She didn't cry at all for her finger prick. She actually watched very intently-maybe she will grow up to be a doctor. Or at the very least, maybe she won't have a panic attack at the sight of a needle like her mommy. Her stats were all medium-ish. Her height and weight were around the 65th percentile and her head was 74th. The kid has a big head, what can I say? She weighed 26 pounds. We aren't exactly sure about her height though, because she wouldn't lay down on the table and was freaking out. The nurse marked up her hair bow with the pen instead of the paper since Miller was struggling so much and then just gave up. I can't believe she is about to be TWO!

At the doctor....

In additional doctor-related news, we went back to the allergist this week to find out if Mills is still allergic to eggs. They also checked for a peanut allergy. They told us to hold off on feeding her peanuts until this appointment, because the egg allergy makes her more likely to be allergic to peanuts. The verdict....we have a winner (the words the allergist used.) If it wasn't bad enough that she has to travel to birthday parties with her own cupcake, now the poor baby is a peanut kid. Ewwwww. I mean, what's life without peanut butter? I hope she grows out of it!