Happy Birthday, Autumn!

Jan 2010 - Autumn's Birthday Present! from Deb on Vimeo.

Jan 2010 - Autumn's Car from Deb on Vimeo.

Jan 2010 - Cutting Fruit from Deb on Vimeo.

Gram made the adorable outfit for Rosalyn and Uncle Mike sent the food, tray and wooden knife. Autumn really loved cutting the food and handing out the halves to everyone.

24 Months = 2 Years!

Dear Autumn,

You're 2! Okay, when I'm writing this in May you are more than 2, but since I want it to be in January when I need to look back at this information I am dating it the correct day.

It seems like January was a long way away, so there isn't a whole lot of specifics that I remember other than what I wrote down in my notes as you did them.


Dec 31, New Year's Eve fireworks
"Fireworks, bam, bam, in the sky, sparkly, Autumn cry"

Jan 6
I told Autumn that the Christmas tree is going away tonight. She's spent a lot of time processing that. "Take away Momma Dadda tree, outside, it's gone! Dadda home, outside, take away, uh-huh!"

Jan 4
Garbage trash (instead of can)

Jan 5
You'll say, "Watcha Goerge?" and if I say "no", you'll say, "Watcha Tigger and Pooh?", and if I say "no", you'll say, "Watcha Mickey Mouse?"

Jan 8
If you do something and I tell you that if you do it again I will take it away from you, you hand it to me and say, "Take away?" So you get the concept, but just don't think of it as punishment. Or you will move on to something else, do something that you think I won't like, you'll look at me and say, "Take away?" It is usually something that isn't wrong so there is no reason to take it away.

Jan 10
TeeBee (TV)
MooBee (movie)
Leabe it on! (if I try to take off your clothes and you don't want me to for some reason)

Jan 11
Backcake! (excited to see your backpack just before we left for MDO)

Jan 17
No fall again!

Jan 20
You've discovered the meaning of 'need'. As in you "Neeeeeed the beggie stick" You "neeeeeeeed the lowgurt". Need!

Jan 2010 - Feeding Ducks from Deb on Vimeo.

Jan 2010 - Raking Leaves from Deb on Vimeo.

Retrospective Perspective:
One Year Ago

Love,

Momma and Daddy

Playgroup Birthday Party

Here is the table I made for the Rainbow Party. I had a food for every color, plus the rainbow cupcakes.

The birthday girl!

10 kids, 8 adults. We were outnumbered!

Blowing out the candle on the cupcake she wouldn't eat! Silly girl.

It was a lot of fun, and we had the most guests in either of our houses ever. I was happy that Richard was home because we could sort of divide and conquer the care of both Autumn and the playgroup guests. Autumn tends to get more needy when kids are playing in her space and pretty much just wants to sit in our lap. So having the other parent for her to be able to go to was great.

Rainbow Cupcakes

Here are the rainbow cupcakes I made for Autumn's playgroup birthday party that was held on the 15th.












And here is Autumn helping to vacuum the house the night before the party.

Jan 2010 - Vacuuming from Deb on Vimeo.

2009 in photos

2009 in photos from Deb on Vimeo.

December Then and Now

Feeding the Ducks

We took Autumn to feed the ducks at the pond in our neighborhood. I wasn't sure how she was going to react, but she was so excited! Towards the end she fed a duck a piece of bread and it nipped at her finger. For the rest of the day she was saying, "Feed the ducks! Bread. Get the finger!" She still talks about it and we have a bag of bread waiting for the weather to warm up just a bit so we can take her back without her hands turning blue!

December - Feeding the Ducks from Deb on Vimeo.

December - Ducks and Her Finger from Deb on Vimeo.