Easter and 2 Year Photos

Over Spring Break, I took Courtney to get her 2 year and Easter pictures at our trusty photographer, Creel. He takes such great pictures and truly has a talent for capturing the true personality of people. Courtney was no exception! We've been going to him since she was a newborn so it was old practice for me. However, this is the first year that she actually knew what was going on and was talking to Creel. He was amazed at how much she talks! Me...not so much since she talks my ear off!

Each year, the photographer has a live bunny and lamb to take pictures with the children. I had forgotten about this until a friend reminded me. I had spent so much time building up putting on a pretty "Fancy Nancy/Princess" dress that I had forgotten about the animals. Oh no! The morning of her pictures went like this:

Me: Courtney! Today is your picture day and you get to wear your Fancy Nancy dress!

C: Fancy Nancy Dress! Me so happy!

Me: Yes! Are you going to smile?

C: Okay

Me: There are going to be animals there. A bunny and a lamb.

C: Bunny! Lamb!

Me: But don't be scared. They're no bigger than Holly. And you love hugging and playing with Holly, don't you?

C: Not scared.

Whew! Crisis averted! I think. I hope. I texted everyone for prayers. I waited.

We got to the studio where I was on pins and needles. She loved her dress and kept reminding me how pretty and happy she was wearing it. Until I took her sweater off (it was chilly that day). She had a typical tantrum and I caved in and let her wear the darn thing. Then came the animals....

I held my breath and stood back to watch a bomb go off. Nothing. What? No crying? No screaming? No piercing shrill of a child being tortured? Success! She loved both animals. She even demanded that the bunny be brought back in so it could have a picture with her and the lamb. She's like Dr. Doolittle. Well, not really, but she loved the lamb and talked about it the rest of the day. Here are some samples of her studio session.


















A special shout-out to Courtney's nana and mimi for the cute dresses!

Hope everyone enjoyed your Spring Break! Ours ended with snow!

Update

I realized that it's been awhile since I last posted. We've been so busy that I haven't had time to sit down and post anything. However, I'm officially on Spring Break so now I have some time.

Clay has been super busy at work with designing new bank sites. He also took his first test towards his architecture license. It was an exciting day around here when he took it! We should find out in a few weeks if he passed it. He's a good test taker so I'm sure he did.

I've been busy with school from attending musicals, parent-teacher conferences, and preparing for our upcoming district testing before our state test. On top of that, I've taken on tutoring a former student of mine 2 nights a week. I'll be honest, he was one of my favorites last year and he's in my sister's 5th grade class this year. His mom called to see if I could help him out with Math and Reading. I adore his family and loved that I was able to help him! I'm anxious for the end of April and all this testing to be done so I can breathe a little bit!

Courtney is growing everyday. We went to her 2 year check up and she was 27 pounds and 34 1/2 inches. She's still in 18th month clothing which is nice since it's a bit chilly outside. By summer she'll be in 24 months and thanks to her friends and family, she's outfitted for the summer! She's talking up a storm and learning all sorts of things at school. The other day she started singing "Ol' McDonald" Neither one of us had taught her that, but we found out her teachers did. And boy is she Miss Independent! She doesn't want help with ANYTHING! Her favorite saying is, "No! I do it!" So we stand back and watch. Sometimes she's successful and other times....well...not so much.

I'd post some pictures, but it's giving me fits. Oh well....maybe next time!