Saturday, April 30, 2011

Violet is 2!

Violet turned two a couple of weeks ago, on April 14th. We had a party for her the weekend prior to her birthday and the difference between last year and this year was incredible. Looking back at last year's video of singing "Happy Birthday" she looked confused as to why all these people were singing to her and I blew out the candle. This year, she sang along (she had been practicing "Happy Birthday" for about a month) and she blew out the candle. She's such a little girl!


To see all the pictures from Violet's birthday party click here.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

More trips and fun

My posts keep getting less and less frequent. It's almost like a quarterly update. Here is a synopsis of January - March.

January
We've kept ourselves busy with more traveling the past few months. In January, I took Violet to Seattle for what is now becoming an annual trip for us. We had so much fun visiting with my friend, Liz, and her parents. Here she is drinking coffee with Liz at one of my favorites coffee spots in Seattle, Vivace. Although Violet's "coffee" is just steamed milk in an espresso cup. Violet has known the word "coffee" for some time now and likes to enjoy a cup with the adults.


To see all the pictures from Seattle click here.

Violet also still loves to talk on the phone. In this adorable set of pictures, she is talking to my dad. She looks so comfortable chatting on the phone, it's crazy. And don't think that my dad was doing all the talking. This was definitely a two-way conversation!








To see all the pictures from January click here.

February
In February we took an incredible 11 day trip to Hawaii to visit family and relax together. Violet loved the beach and swimming in the ocean. Chip and I had a blast building sandcastles while Violet had fun destroying them as fast as we could make them! It was so wonderful to see Chip's family. We even got a date night out while Chip's cousins watched Violet.





To see all the pictures from Hawaii click here.

March
Our good friends Deb and Sean came for a visit with their kids, Austin and Eli. They stayed with us last summer and Violet loved the boys. Once again, they all got along famously. Violet and Eli even had their bath time together, which was really fun to watch. It was a very rainy weekend and Violet loved the boys' matching raincoats and umbrellas, so down the street we went to get Violet her own set. They have come in very handy too, since we've had so much rain this season!




To see all the pictures from March click here.