First off, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MISS BETH!!!  We love you.

This morning I was watching too tv and I was getting into everything I shouldn't have and getting on Mommy's nerves.  She decided it was high time we pull out the playdoh and get to molding!  Mommy pulled it all out and laid it on the table for me.  She decided to run and get the camera and when she sat back down I was making a funny face and saying yuck.  Turns out, I didn't know it wasn't for eating.  I thought since she made me sit at the table that I was getting food.  Silly me.  Mommy laughed at me and helped me get the bite out of my mouth. 

She showed me how to use the scissors and the "hair press" and the rolling pin and the cookie cutters.  It was great fun.  I look forward to doing it again.  Check the photos page for images of the fun.

I've been to the Discovery Center before, but cousin Jacob hasn't.  Him and Uncle Keith and Aunt Alyssa came to say Happy Birthday to me!!  When they got here we went to our favorite restaurant for lunch and hung out.  Then we headed up the hill to the Discovery Center.  There was hardly anyone there!!  It was awesome.  I ran and ran and ran.  Jacob just wanted to run and since it was past my nap time again, so did I.  We eventually checked out all the different rooms.  I really liked the bike room and the music room and I found a head. 

Mommy doesn't know where I got it, but I came running out with it. 

Before our family got here, I had to go to the doctor's for my two year check up.  I'm perfect.  Tall, but perfect.  I'm 39 pounds, 37.5 inches tall and the size of a small four year old.  I'm proportionate and growing nicely.  I'm on par with all the behaviours I'm supposed to know and everything in/on my body is perfect.  I'll need braces when I get older though.  Mommy said we'll cross that bridge when my adult teeth come in.  I got one shot, the chicken pox vaccine and was a pro.  I just whimpered a little bit and said ouch and then I got a sticker and a lollipop!  YUM!!  The part I didn't like was running down to the lab for blood work.  I got in there and laid down on the table right away but then some guy grabbed my arm and wouldn't let me move.  I didn't like that one bit.  I cried a lot and said ouch, no, no ouch.  It made Mommy very sad to see me in pain like that but she knew it had to be done.  Mommy is expecting all my blood work to be normal, but she thinks she'll call them in a few days just to be sure.  I fell asleep in the car on the ride home since I was up so late again last night. 

I'm just not sleeping like I used to.  Mommy thinks it's my teeth.  I'm still working on my two year old molars.  Tomorrow, we do NOTHING!!!!!

After a really exciting weekend, our outing today was the grocery store.  Blah!  We ran into friends though.  Lisa and Alaina were there and I met Ann and Quinn for the first time.  Mommy said she just loves being able to go places and run into familiar faces.  It really makes her day and all these great Mommies make her smile. 

I was up way too early and woke up really cranky.  I ended up waking up the whole house.  Mommy was pretty upset with me about that too.  We are really sorry, but you know, sometimes it's hard to go back to sleep. 

Andrew and I played some more and watched some tv.  I didn't eat anything again and that is starting to worry Mommy.  I'm not eating much lately.  After we all got dressed, we packed up our stuff and headed out to the Aquarium.  We had to go to New Jersey again.  Those are some crazy bridges you have to cross to get over the Delaware River.  On our way there, we were sitting at a red light and to my delight there were TWO HORSES standing there!!!  Mommy said she hopes that over the summer we can head out to Philadelphia and do the tourist stuff there and that I can ride one of the carriages that the horses pull.  That would be fun. 

We got to the Aquarium and saw the sleeping hippos and Andrew's Daddy said we'd check back later to see if they were up.  So we headed to the "old" side and saw all kinds of cool fish and stuff.  The sharks were way cool.  We saw most of the cast of Nemo there!!  Bruce, Crush, Nemo, Dory, Ponyboy, Anchor, Chum, anenomes, Mr Ray, an octopus, and we saw an alligator.  And guess what!!!!  I got to touch a jelly fish!!!!!  Mommy was so proud of me for touching one.  I wanted to touch a little shark but the water was too cold and it was too deep.  We didn't get it on film but Mommy said she'll never forget it.  We spent a lot of time watching Nemo's.  After we had some lunch we saw the hippos and the big shark tank.  I was way too tired to spend anytime looking at the sharks.  I was really scared to be in the shark tunnel too.  It was time to go home. 

Mommy said she'd never looked forward to sitting in a car for 3.5 hours before.  Boy was she tired, especially after chasing me around so much.  I really was a good girl.  Had a few tantrums but for being so tired, it was to be expected. 

I slept half way home and then watched Finding Nemo again.  I was really excited to see Daddy and be home.  It was a great weekend.  Thanks again to Scott and Maria for letting us stay with them.  We love you guys and are looking forward to seeing you again hopefully soon!!!

So much for going to bed early and getting good sleep before our trip.  I was up past 10PM last night and then I woke Mommy up at 1AM for awhile.  I got to sleep with Mommy after watching some Blue's Clues and playing around.  I was not happy to get that wake up call at 7:30AM either.  Mommy said I should have slept more. 

We finished packing and piled into the car, said bye bye to Daddy and Vicky and off we went.  I watched Lilo and Stitch and Finding Nemo on the way there.  No nap for me, well, until we got to New Jersey.  (oops) 

When we got out of the car, we were at the Philadelphia Flyer's practice arena for Andrew's skating party.  We had some pizza and juice, ran around playing with a ball and had some fun.  Then we went and stood in line for skates.  I was really excited because I've been roller skating before and thought this was the same thing.  I was way off.  Mommy got me a "walker" to help me skate.  

Mommy was so proud of me for being so excited to try new things.  I walked all the way to the ice, boy was it cold in there!!  As soon as I stepped onto the ice, SLIP, but I recovered well because Mommy was helping me hold onto the walker and helping me to make sure I didn't fall down.  My feet slipped a few times, but really, I moved my feet perfectly and Mommy said Daddy would have been proud to see that maybe I have a career in figure skating afterall. 

I didn't skate long and just wanted to run around as fast as I could and get into everyone's way.  So I did.  Mommy said "have at it."  Sometimes she doesn't like to argue with me.

After we had cake and opened Andrew's presents we played some more and then headed home to Andrew's house.  I only napped for about 30 minutes and played nicely with Andrew until it was time to head out for dinner.  I walked all the way to the restaurant a few blocks away but I just did not want to sit around and eat.  I wanted to run, run, run.  So Mommy left her dinner and walked around the nearby shops window shopping until Andrew and his Mommy and Daddy finished their dinners. 

Mommy was pretty stressed out and tired, but she knew how tired and stressed out I was so she really didn't get mad at me.  She was pretty disappointed that I had a hard time calming down, but I was soooooooo tired.  I longed to be home even though I was having a good time.  It took a really long time for me to calm down, but once I did Mommy and I laid in bed talking about all the animals we were going to see at the Aquarium Sunday. 

Mommy and I have been busy today making lists and getting things together for our trip.  I'm really looking forward to it but have no idea what she keeps talking about.  Something about Philadelphia and ice skating like hockey players.  I guess I'll find out tomorrow what that is all about.  Mommy said to bed early for me since we are getting up early.  It's going to be fun!!

Tonight, I was watching Lilo and Stitch and playing with some of my new stuff when there was a knock on the door.  Mommy said "they are here."  I was wondering who!  She didn't tell me we were expecting visitors.  Grandpa John and Grandma Lois came to visit me on my birthday!!!  I told them all about Tinkerbell and the Princesses and showed them Vicky.  I was a chatterbox!!  They gave me presents too.  I think I like this birthday deal!!  They got me some new Tinkerbell pjs and I got a Tinkerbell barbie doll!!!!  She FLIES!!!!  I love it, thank you!!  Daddy was sleeping though so he missed out on the visit.  It's always fun when they come here because I can go anywhere I want and not get in trouble and I don't need anytime to warm up to them.

After they left, I called Grammie Marlene since she called twice today and I didn't get a chance to talk to her.  She wished me a Happy Birthday and I told her all about my day.  What a great gig birthday's are!! 

Now, I'm having a really hard time falling asleep.  I'm just yelling and whining and I don't want to lay down and fall asleep.  I like all the attention and don't want it to end.  Mommy hopes I go to sleep soon because I only took a 20 minute nap this afternoon. 

I got up pretty early this morning, probably why I was so cranky for awhile, and got dressed.  Just as we were getting ready to leave for the morning, Daddy came downstairs with a present for me.  A giant coloring book and a BIKE!!!  I wouldn't even look at the coloring book because I have my new bike.  I got really really angry and sad when Daddy took it outside and put it in the car. I really wanted to sit on it.  I didn't understand that we were going to Skate Estate to ride it.  I still don't understand how the pedals work, but I can get on and off by myself so it's not really too big for me.  I also refused to wear my helmet.  Mommy said I really have to work on that.  I was pretty cranky at TTR even with all my friends there.  Let's see....Alaina, Nicholas, Alexis, Quinn and Amelia, and Michelina were there!!  It was really a lot of fun.  Miss Debbie gave me a present and I spent a lot of time checking it out.  I got a kelidoscope, Tinkerbell cards, a notebook and a number/letters puzzle and some stickers.  It was a lot of fun sitting around and checking it all out.  I spent more time doing that then skating and riding my bike.  I even did a lot of running around.  We packed up and headed to Chuck E Cheese for my birthday.  It really was crazy because school is out so there were a TON of people there.  A lot of my friends couldn't even get in the door it was so busy.  Sorry we missed you guys.  We did get to see Braedon and Patrick and Alexis there.  We ate some yummy pizza and played games and rode on some rides.  What a fun day.  When we got home, there was a present in the mail box from Miss Beth!!  I got a really cool new Elmo doll that blows kisses and a Memory game.  I got really really mad at Mommy because she wouldn't open the Memory game because I was supposed to be going to sleep.  I'm still upstairs yelling and playing instead of sleeping.  I'm crazy like that!  Daddy even stayed up with us all morning instead of sleeping so he could be part of my Birthday bash!  He's so tired though, he went to sleep before I did!  Thank you to Grandma Patty for the cool card and Thank you to Great Grandma Kay and Grandpa Roger for the neat card.