Thanksgiving in Richmond

This year we headed down Thanksgiving morning to Richmond. I finally got to see grandma and aunt Betty's new house. It is beautiful and kid friendly (fenced in) yard. We had turkey, ham, green beans, sweet potatoes and all the classic thanksgiving foods. Penny got to hang with her granny (Danny's mom) who she doesn't see very often and her 4yearvold cousin Alexa. They played good together. Penny is going through a bit if terrible twos so after a while she would get cranky and be a little bit of a brat, but we are working on her frustration and anger. Penny received so many late birthday presents and almost a whole winter wardrobe from baby gap. Lucky girl. Thanksgiving night we all took shots of tequila, fireball and vodka after a day of beer and wine. So needless to say I was in bed with a headache till 10:40 the next morning. Thank goodness for everyone to watch and take care of penny that morning. So much fun to see everyone.

2 year check up

Two years old. My baby is gone and I have a funny, loud, beautiful, limit testing, tantrum throwing kid. We had your doctors check up today and you refused to let them look at you. You barley stood on the scale which lead to a some what accurate reading of 32 pounds and just under 3 feet tall. You had to get your finger poked for a hemoglobin test and after that you were in my arms refusing to let me even sit down. Here's hoping we get over your bits of anger and frustration which cause some serious drama on your part very soon. And wishful thinking to start some serious potty training soon.

Halloween

Halloween was a blast even with it raining most of the day. We got to hang with our friends and do some indoor trick-or-treating at a local church. You made the cutest cowgirl. We couldn't get penny to wear her hat at all before Halloween. By the time I had explained that she had to wear her whole costume to get candy she had no problem wearing it most of the night. She even held her pumpkin bucket all night no matter how heavy it was. Danny and I also decided that group costumes are way more fun and will force penny to 'match' us as long as we can.