Tia Allred Blog

Vivienne turned 2!

I just love that sweet girl.  She keeps me busy, but my life would be incomplete without her.  She loves fiercely, and has the biggest, most beautiful almond-shaped brown eyes.  I can't believe she is already this old!

We celebrated her all weekend long!  She had a special birthday breakfast.
And we snapped a few pictures of her wearing her traditional birthday hat.
She had a special birthday cake with some cousins who dote on her endlessly!
She got a little baby doll and stroller as a birthday gift from me and Brett.  She adores that baby doll, and sleeps with it every night and nap time, carries it around the house, and snuggles it constantly!
My sister, Cassidy, sent them a little package with these cute bear ears that she made for them!  They love them! (Thanks, Cass!)
Happy birthday, baby girl!  You are loved more than you will know!

Both of our parent's sent the kids the cutest Valentine's Day cards this year.  They were so excited and loved reading them over and over.  Brett's parent's taped a $10 bill in theirs and told the kids to buy a treat.

So, last weekend, we decided to use it!  We needed to run some other errands in town, so we made a fun night out of it.  Dairy Queen actually has a really good deal on kid's meals, so they got a whole dinner and big ice cream cone with their money.
They were both really excited about being in town.   Landon held the money the whole drive over (even when he fell asleep in his car seat) and gave it to the cashier when it was time to pay.

I had a lot of fun putting my hot rollers video together, and have been wanting to keep playing around with mini-movies.

Landon has been learning how to use the toilet.  Along with that, comes the very important responsibility of learning how to wash hands really well.  I think it has been his very favorite part of the whole process.

This is what he looks like almost every time he washes his hands.  He had no idea I was snapping these until he looked over at me in the last photo.  The kids cracks me up!
I also love the fact that the back of his shirt is tucked into his jeans!

He even figured out how to raise only one eyebrow, from watching his face in the mirror.  Once he figured it out, he froze his face and started saying, "Mom, I did it!  Look, I did it!".

Man, he is the cutest.

And then just as quickly as the goofiness began, he resumes his hand-washing...

...one pacifier just doesn't cut it anymore...