9.19.2008

Happy 2nd Birthday Carys!!

We had a great time at the birthday party last weekend. We loved seeing everyone and visitng Courtney and Eric's beautiful home for the first time. There were lots of sweet little pirates running around, but I thought this one was especially cute :) Sylvia had soooo much fun playing Carys and all of her great toys, but her favorite thing had to be Ethan and Carys's swingset. Sylvia loved the slide, and only her strong desire to "drive" the steering wheel that is in the little playhouse area above the slide would let her overcome her apparent fear of heights. Her poor little legs shook everytime she stood up to reach the wheel, but that didn't stop her!

Mommy unfortunately dressed her in a skirt that was a little to big, so after spending half of the day showing off her cool new style that involved most of her diaper hanging out, we ditched the skirt. I had to laugh when John took a turn changing her diaper. She has started to tell us know when she is "going potty". As John was starting to put on her clean diaper I heard her say what sounds like "poppy", but really means that she is wetting her diaper. John was trying to decipher..."puppy??". Luckily, the new diaper was in the right place, and we contained our messes :)

Here are a few photos from the day. Ethan is truly faster than a speeding bullet, so that was a rare shot. How comfy does Sylvia look with Eric? Very nice to spend time with cousins. Luckily, Sylvia slept soundly for a good 1/2 of the trip home. We spent the other 1/2 of the trip making up words to a lullaby song to try to get Sylvia to sleep. Each of the 100 verses was followed by a little "again?" from the back seat. Obviously, Sylvia isn't too picky in her music taste yet...