Our Little Vienna is Officially 2!!!!

The last two years have been full of life changing experiences. Both Mike and I have learned so much about ourselves, each other and what it means to be a parent. Personally it has been such a marvelous experience. Even though there are lots of frustrations, exhaustion and worries, being a mother is such a special experience. Parts of me that I have discovered for the first time are all from having my little lady around. Thank you Vienna for teaching your Mommy so much about love, life and happiness.

Vienna is an amazing little girl. She is so happy and easy going. She seems to be super intelligent to me and loves being around people. She is super friendly, very aware of her surrounding and besides not being that great of an eater, she is perfect! I love how she looks right into my eyes and wants to learn all the time. Watching her grow and learn is so special and she never ceases to amaze both her Dad and I.

Some of the cute things she has been saying lately are...

swim"soup" (swimsuit)

Cu"mum"ber (cucumber)

If I ask her where's __________? If she is feeling lazy or doesn't know where it is, she will reply "It washed away."

"Hem Here" (with the hand gesture telling us to come closer to her) (Come here)

"pack pack" (back pack)

She will often say "What happened?" or "what's that?" if she hears a noise or sees me make a face. So funny.

She absolutely loves hugging and kissing and pushing on my tummy. She is very aware of Lincoln and I think she will do super well (maybe too well) having him around. (I mean smothering him.) She will be an amazing big sister.

So for the most part we kept birthday celebrations simple because we will celebrate while her other family members are here (Grandparents) in the next couple of weeks. She still got like 7 "not real" presents from Grandma and Grandpa so we opened those. She got some cute dresses, great clothes and books!
Vienna always likes to make special occasions and holidays extra memorable (like vomiting in Wal-mart just before the trunk or treat, or having a super high fever and being in the ER for New Years countdown and of course last night, she had us up from 11:30-3:30 with a fever of 104 and being delusional. It got us worried enough to call the Dr's and almost go in, but luckily she said it was going around and to let her get some sleep. Finally after some more ibuprofen and cooling her down she stopped ranting about random things and fells asleep, with enough time for us to get about 3.5 solid hours of sleep. She did much better today, thank heavens.
We got her 2 mini cupcakes and put a candle in each one, she didn't even eat the cupcakes she only wanted to blow out the candles over and over and over, until it literally burned into the cake. She would blow them out, take out the candle and then say "more fire" Hilarious.
Our little pyro......
Her 2 cupcakes at the beginning...fun candles. (good pick Daddy!)
Of course the Kansas Jayhawks (Mike's 3 love after me and Vienna) are playing in the National Championship tonight, so we had Vienna wear her Jayhawks jersey for good luck!!! Let's hope it helps! It's size 12 months...
Oh my, so cute!!!
She was so good at opening the presents (Peggy wrapped them easy just for her). Honestly I think she was more excited to just open something then what was actually inside. Note to self. By 1 thing with a few pieces or parts and wrap them all individually. Much cheaper and for her that was the best part.
Minnie Mouse outfit
Opening one of her Easter Lift the flaps book
Lady bug dress
Bumble bee dress

Our gift to her is awesome, but we planned on waiting until my folks are here in a few weeks. We'll see if we can actually hold out...I got it on Black Friday for super cheap so we have been holding off for a while.

I can't believe we have a 2 year old. I really must cherish every second of every minute of every hour of every day of every week - well you get the point!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE NENNA BEAN

She also got phone calls and skypes from Mema and Papa, Auntie Lanae, Great Grandma Betty called her and sent her a card with $10. Dorothy, Josephine and her Auntie Sonia sang Happy B-day to her on voxer. Vedder and Grandma even helped her blow out her candles over and over on skype. Angela (her Nanny) gave her a ring (which she loved) brought over a giraffe picture for her to color and worked on holding up 2 fingers with her. What a lucky little lady.

WE LOVE YOU SWEET GIRL!!!