2.5 YEARS OLD!!!

My little girl is halfway through her second year and she has become quite the character! 90% of the time she is a joy to be around, some times though she can be a little diva and by little I mean HUGE! It is amazing the things she can do now and how much she TALKS! We can basically have full on conversations now and it is so funny. She also remembers everything now. I can tell her what we are doing tomorrow before bed and she wakes up and asks me. She loves Jack and is so so cute to him. She helps me keep him entertained, breaks her food into the tiniest pieces so he can eat stuff and they play together so cute. When he sees her he LIGHTS up, giggles and smiles. I love how close they are already. Here are some more fun facts about little miss Gia :)

-29 pounds and 36 3/4 inches. the nurse at the appointment annoyed me because she laid her down and it only went up to 36 so we measured he when we got home :)
-calls us mommy and daddy now. i love it!
-says a million words. puts together crazy sentences.
-can count to 20. knows all her colors. working on shapes now.
-loves reading her books
-tells me to put baby here i want to play with him lol
-is now POTTY TRAINED!!! woo hoo. i had been dreading this forever. but the past 5 days we have been at it and it is going great!
-loves loves loves princesses. she has almost all the movies and has a new favorite every couple weeks
-loves her jewels. wears a necklace everyday and usually bracelets too.
-'she is so beautiful' she loves saying that. we tell her everyday how beautiful she is.
-has a total bedtime routine. must 'sit in the chair', run into our arms and 'hold da hand'. then of course she has all her tigers, see-haw and cow, then her blankets and eventually will sleep :)
-she likes to look at cars with daddy and 'clean the wheels' on his car
-mommy, you go to the gym? daddy you go to work?
-can put on her shoes and undress herself

Gia, you are amazing. I thank God everyday I have you as my daughter. I can't believe you are 2.5 yet at the same time I cant remember life before you. Thank you for making every day brighter and my heart fuller. You made me a mommy and I know we will always be close. I LOVE YOU!!!

December iPhone pics!

Since I actually used my Nikon this month I don't have as many pics as usual... but here they are!

Gia getting our elf on the shelf, Pumpkin, down from the fan. She wasn't super into this elf but got into it as the season went on. I think she was pissed someone was telling Santa if she was a good girl lol. I love her face in this pic though, she was so proud of herself for finding her.

 My mom at the holiday party at her nursing home.

 Jack eating some cheerios

 my card display, it got full very quick!

 my lil man

 naked shots!

 such a little ham

 Playdate at Juli's, here are the Jacks! The girls were too busy being mischievous!

 down the big slide at bounce safari!

 love this pic

 playtime in mommy and daddy's bed!

 getting so big!

 hanging at Gianna's 3rd bday party

 the birthday girl!

 crawling all over

 crazy girl

 she loved jumping on this

 all the kids

 we made this tree and she was so proud of it... took it everywhere with her for a couple of days

 watching tv before bed one night

 sick lil guy eating his yogurt

 who is this BIG guy??

 visiting santa at the mall

 posing for mommy, I would be an awesome stage mom

 no tears, YAY!

 we had to buy her this ugly nemo shirt and she made me put it on her at the mall

 TUSHIES!!!!!!!!!!

 our cookies, before sadie ate them

 letting her nails dry lol

 passed out in the car, this never happens anymore!

 playing at GG's house

 Aunt Linda with Jack and Nicky

 My grandma and grandfather's wedding pic!

 hanging in the stroller at the mall

 watching beauty and the beast :)

 love this face!!!

 crusing along the couch, his new fave thing to do

 playing with the kitchen, I love these pics

 at mommy and me, love this girl

 Gia singing the little einsteins song while Jack dances!

I can't believe 2012 is over. Fastest year ever.