And what does Malaya want for her birthday...a baby doll of course! Because, clearly, she doesn't have enough :)

Easter

Last year, we had just moved into our neighborhood, and we had a community Easter egg hunt. Malaya was not yet 2 and had certainly never had candy. I thought (since the egg hunt was broken up into age groups) that I would put "baby" treats into the eggs. Well, I was the neighborhood dud. Everyone else put candy in the eggs. Malaya found 1 egg and was happy to open it and eat it. That was Malaya's first experience with candy. Since then, she has called all small pieces of candy "jelly beans".
So this year, we had a neighborhood egg hunt again. Malaya and I were both wiser. I put candy in the eggs, and Malaya collected as many as she could as fast as she could. Jolie, on the other hand, was just happy to shake the eggs and hear the rattle.

Painting the kitchen

So, I thought that my kitchen would be a nice tan/orange color. I had picked it out months ago and lived with a sample of it on the wall for a long time. Then one night Sean picked up some swatches and we chose this color. It is a brownish/redish color. It took me awhile to get used to it, but it is great. We have now painted the dining room and trey ceiling the same color.

One night Malaya wrote on a piece of paper and hung it on her door. At first she said, "You can't come in." I laughed and cried to hear this. I thought it was so funny that she would do such a teenager thing, but it also broke my heart to know that she is getting so big. It also scared me to think of the future too :) Anyway, when I started filming her, she changed her mind about the sign....of course.


Opposite day!

Malaya loves to read

So that's the problem! Jolie would never take a bottle because she does not want to
eat/drink "baby food". She wants big people food. She goes crazy when I am holding a glass because she wants to drink from it. She squeals when I am eating because she wants to have my food. These puffs are just the beginning. She takes handfuls and stuffs them in her mouth. She's an eater!!!


Jolie was saying "whoa" for awhile. Now she likes to say "boom".


Jolie loves the bath. Every night she stands at the edge of the tub and screams with delight. Now she even tries to lift her leg and climb in.

We love to have crawling races down this stretch of hallway!


Jolie can stand on her own for about 30 seconds. I couldn't get her to do it this day though. She will even clap or pat her belly while she is standing. When she pats her belly you can tell she's been hanging out with PaPa lately. (lol)


I finally brought out the walker and Jolie is in love. She would cruise around all day if she could. The problem is she crashes and can't get herself unstuck.

I don't think Malaya will ever give up "mommy's shirt"!


Jolie likes to hold my hand as she falls asleep. On this day, I put Jolie in her crib for a few minutes while I put Malaya down for a nap. When I came back to get Jolie, I found that she had taken her socks off and put herself to sleep by holding her own foot.

Malaya could not vacuum until she had her baby doll sitting on her hip. I guess you can always see yourself through the actions of your children. But don't get too many ideas. Malaya is wearing my slippers in the previous picture, but the "birthday suit" was completely her idea! (lol)