Monkey

I didn't get a chance to post any pictures of Penelope's halloween costume. So here it is. She was a little nervous and shy when it came to trick or treating. We practiced saying trick or treat all the way to the door and then once we rang the bell she would freeze and hang onto my leg. But she had a lot of fun seeing kids come to our door. She loves this costume and calls it "no more monkey jumpin' on bed," not just monkey. She's cute!

Singing

Penelope was in a singing mood today while she was coloring, so I just had to take a video. If you cannot tell, she is singing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.

Happy Day!

Today is Penelope's 2nd birthday! What a fun day. Every time she saw her birthday cake or presents this morning she would say "Happy Day." She was so excited. Yesterday we went to the store and bought a spider cake and a Cinderella balloon and today we had a little party for her with just the three of us.

This is a picture of Penelope being embarrassed and so excited as we are singing "Happy Birthday" to her. Blowing out the candle on her spider cake.Yum, purple frosting. Her American Girl baby doll and backpack that Aunt Penny sent. I wish you could have seen her when she opened it. She was so excited she was jumping up and down and yelling "yay."

Grandma Heaton sent a book called "My Mommy's Tote." This is going to be great for church!Mommy and Daddy bought Penelope a working vacuum and a playdoh set. Now she can make a mess with the playdoh and then vacuum it up afterwards. :)

Hello Belly!

Well, I am less than 3 weeks away from having this little girl and boy does it ever show. Check out that belly!!!

In the last 2-3 weeks the belly has grown exponentially. Of course, that is to be expected since this is the time when the baby gains the most weight, but it is still a little unnerving to see my midsection growing so fast.

Penelope likes my belly, especially my shallow belly button. Whenever I mention that there is a baby in my belly, Penelope says "Can I see it?" as she is lifting up my shirt. Pretty cute until the "can I see it?" happens in the grocery store and I am desperately trying to keep Penelope from lifting up my shirt. She also really likes to kiss the baby (which to her is my belly button). Aaron took a cute picture of Penelope kissing my belly button. But as cute as it is, that is one picture that will not make it onto the blog. No one needs to see my big white belly. :)

Smile for the camera. . .

I have always commented that Penelope is all girl. She has always loved pretty dresses, dancing, babies, flirting, etc. You should see it when the characters on her favorite movies kiss or when the prince arrives on the scene. Never was there a happier litle girl! Oh, and every prince is Daddy, of course. My favorite is when she starts giggling and says "They kiss," in her sweet little voice. But somehow, my girly-girl has not mastered the picture smile. She was dressing up in her dress ups the other day and I wanted to get a cute picture. This is what she did when I asked her to smile for me.

Not exactly what I had in mind.

Here is a little video of her walking in her princess shoes. She loves to hear the "click" of the shoes on the floor. I wish you all could see her on Sunday mornings when we put on her pretty dress shoes. As soon as her feet hit the floor, she starts dancing. Clickety, click, click, click.