CHATTERBOX!!! and other updates!

Well, Ensley is my child after all!! She is turning into a chatterbox and I eat up every word she says!!!! She started saying "Mommie" instead of "Mama", and occasionally says Daddy rather than dada.
When I am explaining something to E, or getting onto her for something, I usually end the sentence with "OK??" so I know she heard what I said. She started saying "Kay!" after every time I said "OK?" and it was so sweet cause even if she was getting a little scolding, she would say Kay, but it would be very long and drawn out and southern and super precious! She then started adding the "O" so she now says "OK" a lot! i never realized how much I said it until I hear her repeat it back to me, but at least she's listening (I hope!)!
I have no idea when she said her first "sentence" b/c I thought a sentence had to contain a verb, a preposition, an adjective, etc..., but a sentence to a toddler is basically saying two or more words together. So, even though I'm not sure when her first official "sentence" occurred, I have certainly been keeping up with some of the precious things she does say and they make me melt!!!
Here are some Ensleyisms---
I de it mommie! (I did it mommie)
I go teetee in pot!
I hoad me
I wiap (I wipe)
I go shooey shooey
I sit bobo. (bobo=bottom)
I mo a dat (I more of that)
Lote = love you
Mommie sit bobo heeahh.
Heeahhh mommie(here mommie)
I go nitenite. (don't hear this one too often! HA!)
I eat dat (I eat that)
Es Peez (this is my FAVORITE!!!!! When I ask her a question, she nods her head (and the rest of her body) and says Yes Please! Love it!!)
danks (thank you)
I daddas bed (this means I want to be in dadda's spot in dadda's bed not my own!)
I sit bobo read
I hoad dat (I hold that)
I hoad mill (I hold milk)
Hoad me
Hap me mommie (Help me mommie)
I Rock-rock
Mommie I go shooey shooey.
mommie I go ahside (I go outside)
I pay (I play)
goo goarl (good girl)
My woom (My room)
My seet! (my seat)
mommies kaa (mommies car)
I pua (I put on) (she loves putting her shoes and socks on, as well as clothes! She has twice put an entire outfit on (top and bottom) all by herself, only it was backwards. I was still impressed though!)
Gaygay house, PP house, mommie house
When she first started saying milk, it was mick. Then it was mia, then meowl. Now it's mill, sometimes mialk. how many ways can you say milk!?!
When she gives everyone at Niki's a hug as we leave, she leans her head and body in (no arms--arms are only for family I've noticed) and says "AWWWWWWWWWWW"
at dinner last night, I told her she was a messy girl, messy girl! A few hours later she was eating some yogurt saying maymay goral maymay goral. I couldn't figure out what she was saying but finally realized it was messy girl!!
The other night we were reading before bed and she pointed to a book and said "I hoad dat, I weed dat" (I hold that I read that).
I've noticed that as a mother, sometimes you're the only one who can translate your toddlers little language skills, which is I think is yet another special bond b/t mother and child--I certainly love it!
She can now reach her diapers and wipes in her room, which she loves to get into. She will open up her pull ups (they come with the sides already together), which makes them not so much pull ups anymore. She still enjoys being naked (as her Aunt Meme always did too!), and getting herself all dressed. She gets frustrated with it very easily (why is it so hard to get both my legs in one pant leg!??) but is very proud and independent so is reluctant to accept your help (hmmmm...).
She is doing really well at going teetee in her singing potty (that sings when she sits on it and not always when she tee tees!?), or will tell me right after she has gone in her diaper.
The whole nighttime thing is going good (knock on wood) most nights. She did had about 2 weeks where she reverted to the initial big girl bed nighttime issues (not fun!), but (knock knock) is doing ok now with it...until about 3 or 4 when she throws open our door and gets in bed with us. I still love it but have to admit that she busted (or split rather) my lip the other night. I thought I needed stitches. Can you believe this is the second busted lip my toddler has given me!?!? Luckily it doesn't look as bad as the first, but is certainly worse on the inside of my lip (it was gaping!), bled a ton, and hurt so bad I almost threw up and passed out!! Here's to hoping that NEVER happens again!!

Feb fun!

Wow...I'm behind...what's new. Here are pics from February !!

Ensley and I were in a fashion show! She modeled for Patty Cakes (our fave!) and I modeled for Steamroller (our fave!). She did a really great job and liked being on stage (I have no idea where that comes from ;-) ha!)

I got her hair up in pig tails!!! Her hair has grown so much since then too!



Iberia bank Marty Gras Party--I was the party pic girl(but managed to squeeze myself in a few shots at the end of the night ;-) hehehehe)!! It was my first event to shoot and was a ton of fun! They threw a FANTASTIC party!!!!









Ensley's first theatrical performance!!! Snow White. (SITE!) She did sooooo well! We did have to leave early into the 2nd half b/c she started singing (very loudly) with Snow White...I think she would've lasted the entire time if there hadn't been an intermission!

Charity Ball 2010! Thanks to Casey McBride for her choice of bridesmaids dresses years ago, I didn't have to buy a new dress!




Barbara took Sarah and E to get manicures and to Chucky Cheese
Girls night to go see 17th floor!!!! (They aren't as good as they used to be we don't think!--or maybe they never were we just grew up...some!)

Sledding in our future neighborhood with our future neighbors!! So fun!! (and then you have to walk back up the hill!!)



Heart Gala 2010--I chaired it 2 years in a row and this was my first year in forever I wasn't on the committee--they did a great job and it was super nice to be able to sit back and relax!!



Ummmm, is there going to be someone else fighting over the microphone in our family!!??!! It's already bad enough between GayGay, Meme, and me!!
We got sooooooo much snow this winter!! This big snow was definitely the most fun!! E and I sledded at the house before all the packed powder came--she had so much fun! The first time down the hill, I lost my grip on her saucer and she went down backwards by herself, laughing the whole way!