I got a Nikon camera...

Second attempt with my new (to me) camera~

Sweet childish days, that were as long, As twenty days are now.

-William Wordsworth

It goes so fast! Mary is 2! She delights us every day. She is talking up a storm! And mimicking just about everything we say and do. Mary smiles easily, and has an entertaining independent streak~
Tonight, right after the boys returned from Father-Son camp, we had pizza and cake with Grandma and Grandpa~

Sam wanted a turn as the princess, too~

Mary and I made her cake this afternoon - chocolate with mocha icing~

She loved the candles~

She wasn't quite sure how to blow them out~

Mary dug right in~

She really is so happy and healthy! We are incredibly blessed~

Some pictures with my new (to me) camera~

Sometimes my heart squeezes with the overwhelming gratitude, and humility, I have for God's gift of my children~

1 Dalmatian

Mary was the cutest little puppy at today's Spooktacular~

Mary ♥ 's these slippers!

Emily made some wool slippers for Mary, and she won't take them off~

According to Mary, they're so comfy, I'd like a pair in my size!

Say Anything

Mary surprised us with a new word tonight:

Mimi is talking a ton lately, most of it unprompted. Although, she will repeat most anything, too! Some favorites include "Mow" (meow = cat), "cookie" (pronounced "kooky"), "spoon", "Chuck", "Chuckie", "mook" (milk), and "mookie" (for milky). "Pookie" is potty and "buck" is butt. Just recently she broke out "cool" while showing me a pair of boys pajama pants at Kohl's.

In-between

Mary is at that age of "too big to be held happily for long, and too little to sit quietly for long". Which means that at Sam's concert today, there was a lot of in and out, and up and down. We were in the foyer for a few minutes here~
I love her little outfit! A friend of ours from the library gave it to her, and it's fitting perfectly right now :)

Raspberries!

We were apple picking today, and the orchard we visited had raspberries, too! I'm pretty sure Mary ate close to her weight while picking (there is nothing so delicious as fresh picked berries!) ~
She loved the farm animals on site~