Elise's First "Cold Hot Doggie"

Because a normal 2 year old has still a lot of Firsts to go through, Elise is going through a hard 9 month one with her mommy. We went through several months of sickness in which Elise would watch her "Gabba" while Mommy was hanging her head in the toilet. She would sometimes yell "Mommy? You Okay?" to act like the caring 2 year old NOT busy with her cartoons. She sometimes come up to the bathroom where Mommy again is hanging her head in the toilet, and gives Mommy a tissue to wipe her mouth, and ask "Mommy okay?" We had another first ALL her own, with no sickness.

On Monday Elise had another first. Mommy is 5 1/2 months expecting with her new sibling and is always tired and hot, and Elise is always wanting to play with Mommy. Mommy thought it was a good idea to find a shady spot and have an ice cold treat.(since Elise is always asking nicely for them) Elise knows a few colors well I asked her if she wanted a Green one or a Yellow one. She picked Yellow. Mommy opened the small plastic baggy they were wrapped in gave one to Elise and said "taste it, you'll like it".

There was little persuading. She licked, and then presented it to mom claiming "Oh Mommy!!! Cold Hot-Doggie is SOOOOOO GOOD!" Since she loves her Hot Doggies on sticks, it was CLEARLY obvious that what she was eating a Very Cold Very Tasty Cold Hot Doggie in a banana flavor. After another few yummy noises she decided to take a load off and lounge to better enjoy her treat.

Elise's 2nd birthday, Now with New 2 Attitude!

Welcome to Elise at two!!! She talks really well (at least she thinks she does). Some phrases most commonly used around our house in Feb. was "Hi Momma" "Daddy!!!" "El-Phant" "Where's El-Phant" "Gabba". Since then it has expanded greatly and as of recently she has added. "Can I have Treat?" "Hi Mommy How you?" followed by "I good". There is an a bit of a "I need to go to Church" with a VERY RECENTLY "Hey, Wait a Minute..." She is very polite with a bit of excited when she meets other little ones she calls "Friends". It's hard to understand how she can be so sweet n polite and at the same time say things like "Mommy Stop it." "No No No I SAID..." and as of last week "Shut-UP". Since Elise was turning 2, it was time for a Big Girl bed. I was finally able to drag out all the bedding she got for her first Christmas. She couldn't believe that she got this big bed. Daddy showed her how to use her stool to climb up to her bed. We would hand her a book from her book shelf and she was a happy to go to bed little girl. Over the last several months, when Elise was finished with her book, instead of going to sleep...she would get up and get another book. Before going to bed, I would check on her and find her entire collection of Curious George, Dr. Suess, tucked under her head into her blankets and Under her pillow. When she wakes up she usually has her pink Elephant, her best buddy( who she cuddles roughly and mutters "oh I yove you so Mush") and a book she is ready to read.
We watch Yo Gabba Gabba in the morning and get ready for what ever mommy has to do that day. For her birthday mommy had to make up her own Gabba items because it wasn't anywhere to purchase. (Yo Gabba Gabba is her FAVORITE show on Nick) Daddy went to work on a special cake. On Saturday mornings, Elise has a standing daddy-daughter date that includes a trip to Lowe's and a trip to the Grocery Store. She usually comes away with Juice and String Cheese. Elise has special name's for most of the people she knows well. There is Bogey, Gamma Sanra(sandra), Her Ana, her friends Ernie-Truck(that is what she calls fire trucks since that is what Ernie drives), and Meow(Mel). Her favorite person is her Pa-pa(grandpa). She enjoys going to see him and her Granma House (her grandma, as in "We are at Grandma's House). Sometimes she will walk into their home and yell "HOUSE!", in hopes that Grandma will come running. For the last two weeks Elise has come to sit with me on the couch to watch Gabba, and rubs her head on my arm and Groan "Oooooohhhh momma, I yove you SOOOOOO mush". We love our Elise Violet and feel blessed she brings a smile and sweet spirit in our home.

Elise's First AMAZING Snow Fall

We had gone out shopping for Christmas. Elise was tired but being as good natured as she is, she went along with me. She entertained the women we were with but saying Please, and Thank You. It tickled the one older gal when Elise ran up to the jewelry counter and said..."Oh mommy, pretty! Buy it?"

Wouldn't you know it, the one day planned to go shopping it snowed all day. Elise though it was a game to get bundled in her coat and Yo Gabba Gabba hat and gloves. At the end of the afternoon we headed home and Elise chatted me up with her now full words, and broken sentances. We were not far from home when I noticed that the Snow was coming down in BIG snow flakes. Elise noticed too because she yelled "OH BUBBLES MOMMY, YOOK SEE!!! BUBBLES" I giggled and told her that it was SNOW. We got home and I pulled her out of her car seat and told her to run to the front door and knock for Daddy to open it, while I brought our bags in. Elise got out walk a few steps and was in AWE. I realized she had never really seen Snow, or at least this snow. It was thick and white and the pretties snow I had seen in a while. Elise ran to the front lawn and raised both mittened hands towards the sky trying to catch it. I showed her how to try and catch them in her mouth. She ended up with them on her nose. Over and over she said "Oh Pretty". It was the kind of sweet thing that tugs at a mommies heart. To Elise, this was most beautiful amazing thing she had ever seen, and she told me so. (Picture to come shortly)

Elise's First Bollywood Or Trickle Trickle

This is Elise. We thought it would be awesome if Elise was something different for Halloween. So with that, I made her a bollywood dacer! I thought this would be the year that she would get that if she said "Trick or Treat" there is MOST likely a treat at the end of the involved for her. The best we could get out of her was a Trickle Trickle (Treat-Tickle) and when a treat was presented to her, She wiggled her finger and giving a Homer Simpson "oh oo oh" she would take a candy and man handle it. It was good times and now you ask about the costume. Yes Yes Yes...as a Happy Hippy Homemaker I made up the pattern and did it all by myself. I made a top as well but that was way messy and the head hole was WAY smaller then this little girls Fat Noggin. Without further adue...


For further adventures of Elise's Halloween picture session(which was taken by Bridgett n Rory's AZURE PHOTOGRAPHY ) Click their Here or Here. There are some amazing bubble pictures there as well.


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Elise's First Comments

Notice that I did not say baby??? This is not by little baby any more. She is my little person...VERY little person. She is my toddler. I forget that everything I do and say is going to come out in her actions and little mouth. I found this out the hard way...not with a swear escaping from her, but with a comment that I use when I am talking with friends, on the phone or even conversing with her dad.

I noticed a few months ago that Elise started talking on the phone. Not talking with anybody, she was just yammering. Sometimes she would stop, like she was listening to what the other person said...and then laugh. I giggled because "look how cute! she's JUST like her mom". I would Te-he because "look she thinks she is big people".

A week ago I had an intense conversation with a friend of mine. It was over the phone so all Elise got was my side of the conversation. There was a lot of me yelling 2 special words I say when I strongly agree with what is being said . The following day I got up wandered around the house getting Elise her cuppy of milk, some eggs for breakfast, and I looked for a cold can of Coke I hid in the fridge. I found the coke, with two eggs. I set the coke down and stumbled over to the stove and started to cook. In Previous posts I showed Elise trying to drink a Coke her self. She, THINKING she was sly, made a move for the coke. She picked it up and took off running. When she realized just how cold that coke was she dropped it. "Ohhhh mommy...Coooooolllllld." I laughed because really how sneaky and quick she THOUGHT she was, from how clumsy she REALLY was made me say "Ya Thought you could get away with it?? Its WAY cold huh??" To which she responded almost TOO enthusiastic. "I KNOW".

Elise stayed with her Grandma and Grandpa one night. It doesn't happen often but when it does Joseph and I make the most of it...by coming home and turning in early and sleeping in. AHHHH anything past 7:30 am is HEAVEN. When we went to pick her up Grandpa told us this story. He turned on the fan in their TV room, but to get it started he reached up and gave it a little bit of a push. Elise looked up and saw what he did. When it kept spinning she said. "Huh...Cool", then returned to playing.

Baby calls everything round Bubbles

Elise is saying a lot more that isn't gibberish and needs translating. Although the translating part is fun for mom. Elise will waddle up to whoever and begin just yiddish, jammma, and gargle gargling wait for a response, and then say "Yeah? okay" and waddle away. Then they will turn to me and ask what Elise wanted in which I will translate "She just asked if she could barrow 50 bucks for her mom can take her out and buy her something nice. You just told her yes". I then wait to see if they fall for it. But because she has been sneaking in real words to her yiddish, it makes it easier for her to get want she wants, and tell me what she seeing. Recently she got her ball out and told mommy..."yooksee? bubble!" and began rolling it around. We went to the store and saw balloons, and she yelled "Mommy!! yooksee?? Bubble!" The first Sunday of the month the family gets together for a big family dinner, Grandma too her out side and showed her bubbles...real bubbles that she loved to play with. I want to thank Bridgett for making sure she captured the moment! http://azurephotography.blogspot.com/

Baby's first realization that she isn't the "baby" anymore.

Elise and I went to McDonald's with a friend of mine. My friend was VERY mindful of Elise and thought that it would be a great time for her to Play on the slides and climb through the tunnels in the "Playland" area of the burger joint. Out of ALL the slides and the tunnels and ALL the things to do, Elise toddled up to entrance to an area of this jungle gym and sat down. She sat happily, and waved at us...talked to a boy who climbed over her to get to the slides, she clapped her hands while she sat, and sat for long enough for us to snap a few pictures on on our phones. (since it was the only thing we had on us that was camera like.) I don't think she was aware of the greatness of this place which is FINE BY ME. The longer she stays oblivious to this McDonald's jive, the better.


Elise learned a hard lesson this week. This lesson was so hard, that I was glad she learned it now. Aunt Yarley had a baby girl on July 24th(happy birthday to Rory that day too). We were there to see the baby with cousin Taylor, Grandma, AND Grandpa. We entered the room and immediately began to too and ahh over the infant. Elise leaned over to see what the Hub Bub was about. She saw the little peanut of a baby wrapped tightly in her blankets. Elise then looked at me and sighed. She saw that The Grandparents were cuddling and loving this little bundle, and began to be jealous. HER Grandpa was HOLDING something that was not her. That night Elise broke out into fake crying when she didn't get her way. Usually when babies are around Elise likes to see them and pets them saying "baby". Recently we learned that she likes to lean clear over to the babies she sees and yells "TICKLE TICKLE TICKLE".Tonight she saw that Grandma was holding little Tater Baby(Taytum Rae) turned her nose up and began to beg for attention. She didn't care what was in Grandma's arms, because it wasn't her.