Shiloh's Second Birthday & Smiley M&M

I cannot believe it, but Shiloh turned TWO on October 19.  On her birthday, my mom and I took Shiloh and M&M to the State Fair.  It was a huge success . . . she loved it.  Everything was stimulating and she was giggling from excitement almost the entire time.  Her two favorite things were the petting zoo and the water fountains, Fair Park has several really neat water displays and Shiloh loved watching the water.  At the petting zoo, Shiloh got to pet a zebra!! 

To celebrate Shiloh's 2nd birthday, we had a wonderful party with a bounce house and lots of friends and family!  For her party, I thought she would like a bounce house and SHE LOVED IT!!  I was so excited by her reaction.  When she saw it, she acted really surprised and ran straight to it.  She then bounced in it almost the entire party.  I could tell that she had a great time and that was my goal- to be surrounded by those who love her and to enjoy herself!

Another special thing happened on Saturday!  McKinley smiled at us!!  It was GREAT! 

. . . and on Sunday McKenzie joined her smiley sister by doing it too!  I was laughing and celebrating this sweet moment!  Seeing my sweet babies smile at me was such a special moment- now I just have to try to capture it with the camera :)

Speaking of camera, I must say that I'm extremely impressed with Portrait Innovations!  We took Shiloh's 1 year old pictures there and decided to go back for her 2 year ones!  I  am so happy with the pictures and very happy to share them with you! 

Here she is jumping

 and landing

Here are pictures from her birthday party:

Marc took today (Monday the 24) off of work for a fun family day and we went to the Dallas Zoo!! Shiloh loves animals, so we really enjoy taking her to see them!  Thank you Marc, for being a wonderful Daddy and husband!  I LOVE YOU!

Here are some pictures from the State Fair, her actual birthday and the zoo:

 Shiloh in front of the a water fountain at the State Fair

Smiley Twins

McKenzie smiling

McKinley (she can smile bigger but I have yet to capture it)

 

Shiloh's Milestones (2 years):

-Her song repertoire has gotten quite extensive

-She can recognize most of our friends and their kids

-she generally speaks in simple sentences and can use adjectives to describe things, ie big one, small one, in front of, behind

-she can identify a lot of animals and colors

-she is getting better at playing independently

-she is in a Big Girl bed and doing really well in it

-she can skip and hop (and identify that is what she is doing)

M&M milestones at 6 weeks:

-they are both SMILING!!  It's such an amazing feeling to have them smiling at us!

-they have actually both rolled over as well (really it's because they are so wiggly not because they are trying to, but it was still rather shocking)

-nursing has been going well!  I really was hoping that it would and so far we've all gotten the hang of it!