She's {THREE}

our sweet rose is THREE!!!
i asked her what she wanted to do for her birthday
she wanted to go the park with her friends...

can do!

she had a GREAT time with all her friends,
i am so thankful for friends!

 

 

 

 

 

 

she asked for a chocolate cake and ice cream.
fantastic!

at {THREE} she...
LOVES animals, dogs & horses are her favorites
likes pink & purple
dances & sings in front of the tv and oven
only wears shoes that are too big and would rather not wear any
HATES to have her hair done (unless daddy does it)
plays with dolls & princesses
still only wears size 2 clothes still
loves french toast & eggs with hot dogs
LOVES mints
LOVES, LOVEs, lOveS lipstick
carries a purse everywhere
LOVES her friends & nursery
is finding her sense of humor
is daddy's girl
LOVES bub
wants a pink motorcycle
speaks very well
can't wait to go to No No's preschool
LOVES chocolate ALOT!
is STUBBORN
is best friends with her dogs
can do a somersault
likes to push Nolan's buttons
is AMAZING!

Happy Birthday my sweet ROSE!!!
Love,
Mommy

Happy Birthday Rose!!!

she's {two}!!!

well i can't believe it! evyn is two!

we celebrated her birthday with a small family gathering on sunday evening.

masyn was put in charge of decorating and organizing the party and she did a most fabulous job!

grandma & poppy stopped by after church to wish miss rose a very happy birthday!

it was exciting to see that we were all on the same page. there seemed to be a united garden theme and no one planned it that way! love it!

can i just say how much i LOVE the picture above with nolan and evyn!

the guests arrived at 6:30. just in time to sing happy birthday and devour the strawberry trifle and flower cupcakes.

she had a great birthday!

and at two our {little} evyn rose is...

25 lbs 10 oz. & 33 1/2" long

(at 18 mo. she was 24 lbs 10 oz. & 33 1/2" long...interesting...)

she talks a TON and very clearly

she LOVES to {fix} things.

i told shawn she'll be his mechanic. {that's another story for another post}

she definitely runs the show. no matter what the show is...

she still refuses to keep anything in her hair

she'll wear anything, but only when she wants to. she's very particular about it.

{right now she will not take off the jammies nana made her and she has two different shoes on and one sock}

she's sassy and can be thorny at times. true to her name

she makes the ugliest little face and thinks it is hysterical.

{we are still trying to capture it on a camera}

i love it when she says..."hip...hip...hip...hip...HOORAY!"

the hip sounds more like a very high pitched "hIEp"

gavin and dad are still her favorites

my favorite is when shawn comes home and she runs to him with her right arm bent and swinging back and forth as if it makes her go really fast...maybe it does :)

wilson is her friend. she LOVES dogs.

nolan gets the brunt of most of her aggression and masyn loves having a sister to play with

and i get the snuggly girl who still wants her mommy when she gets an owie

she is our rose. we adore her. everything about her.

{as i write this post, nolan is calling me crying because she is being mean to him and trying to take his chair...did i mention she's bossy?}

so yes. we love everything about her and wouldn't want it any other way.

happy birthday rose!

you are PERFECT!

{Friends}

did i tell you that we kept chelsie's pooch?

yep. wilson is officially my dog {don't tell chelsie} and evyn's bestest friend!

she {loves} this dog and he listens to her.

come wilson. sit wilson. move. down. treat {his favorite}.

they are good friends!

{Eighteen} Months

our rosie posie is eighteen months!

and it's my favorite age...



i could have dressed her up, made her hair all pretty with bows, and got some great photos but i'm not going to {at least not today}... today i want to capture her just like she is. everyday.
mostly smiling, unless she's not getting what she wants and then she's yelling at me or biting nolan.
she's fiesty. really fiesty.

she's curious and smarter than the other kids at this age. she understands and insists.



she's independent



she's stinkin cute, even though she HATES anything in her hair.



she LOVES to pick all the flower buds off my plants and give them to me.
is a horrible eater.
is our only climber
loves her blankie
she loves to lay on our bed and watch tv
she loves the bath
and diet coke {it's a problem}
loves animals & dolls
takes off her diaper when she pees {that's a bigger problem}
and you can set your clock by her
she refuses to give kisses unless your lucky
she "shh's" everyone
her favorite thing to say is "help" and it's so cute
she's super loud and i'm pretty sure all the neighbors are tired of hearing her yell "mommm"

dad is her favorite. i LOVE it when he comes home. the minute she hears him you can hear her little feet running from wherever she is and when she gets close, she starts to giggle. melts our hearts everytime.

she's bubs favorite {for now} he loves her spunk.

and speaking of, i have a little story.

when i was pregnant with her, shawn had gone to the temple one night and when he came home he said, "we're going to have a girl and we should name her rosie". i objected and said if we had a girl, we would name her evyn rose.

now. shawn is always right, {even though it kills me to admit it} and i should have listened to him.

she is our rose. we all call her rose. gavin calls her rosie posie, but for the most part she's rose or rosie.

i always tell people that she is definetly our rose.
she is beautiful and sweet
with a thorny side...

and we LOVE her to pieces!

Our Future Pianist

we came home from church today to the light tapping of piano keys.
evyn and daddy weren't feeling well so they stayed home,
evyn was happiest sitting at the piano "singing" and playing a sweet tune.
daddy was happy to lay down on the floor while she played.

No Crying...Finally

after 14 long months of screaming every time her feet touch the water, evyn has finally decided that the bath is not so bad after all...

loads of fun! yeah!

Happy, Happy!!!

hope you all had a great st patricks day!
we did.
nolan turned THREE!!!

daddy was out of town so we had a st patty's day party
complete with friends, family and silly string!!!

stay tuned!!!