Pierson Layne is TWO!!

My sweet baby turned TWO on March 9th and I can't believe that we have been blessed with her sassy little personality for two whole years!!!! It's one of the many things that every parent tells you, but you never really know just how fast they truly do grow up until you expereince it for yourself. Words can't express just how much joy Pierson has brought to our lives. She still loves to read. She now likes to "read" the books to us. She loves playing with her friends and talking about them by name and their parents names too! She loves looking at pictures of family and making sure that we know all their names. She amazes us at the things that she picks up on, how smart she is and how closely she pays attention. She can now spell her name without mommy and daddy's help and count to 10. Her favorite foods are still fruit and cheese, but she has been doing great at eating what we eat. Chick-fil-a and Jason's Deli are always at the top of her list if she gets a say so. She is also in LOVE with 3 Spoons Yogurt (so is mommy!). She is very much into her baby dolls still and dress up. She loves her dress up shoes! She likes to make mommy lunch in her kitchen and have tea parties with her new tea set. She TALKS and TALKS and TALKS! She makes sure that mommy and daddy know every little thought that crosses her little mind. She is starting to want everything to be pink! We want pink ice cream, pink clothes, pink shoes, you name it.

Anyways, we celebrated her actual birthday by having a birthday doughnut with sprinkles and candles for breakfast and then some Chick-fil-a and presents to cap it off.

After nap, she was happy to get a special delivery of balloons, candy and a toy just for her from her Nonna!

She was very excited to get her very own set of high heels from mommy and daddy

And LOVED her new pink dress!!

The "terrible twos" really hasn't been that bad so far. She defnintely has her moments and we have had to start doing time out a few times, but overall she is such a wonderful little tot! She has the sweetest little personality and I love seeing what new things she will do each day. Her birthday party post if coming up next............

Shower for Reid

A few weeks ago, some of my dear friends threw a "sweet" dessert shower for baby Reid! Everything was perfect and I could not have felt more blessed. The decorations were adorable and they even incorporated a little golf theme since he will be a little RC :)

The hostesses gave me this amazing banner (made by the talented, Mimi Harrision) for his room!

All the precious little boy clothes

The sweet hostesses: Suzanne, Sarah, Genny, Julia, Melissa, Shea. Stacy and Sally were missing from the pic.

The family: My MIL, Nina, my mom, step-sis Andee, me and sister Kelly

I am so thankful for all my friends and family that came to shower baby Reid with such love!

First Trip to the Dentist

Pierson recently had her first trip to the dentists office. I had no idea how it would go or what to expect, but she actually did pretty well!

She started off by checking out all the toys in the office. Once the dentist came in, she got to wear some pretty pink glasses and she even said "ahhh" for a few seconds to let her look at her teeth. Thankfully that is all they needed because that was as much as they were going to get.

She got a special sticker to wear, a new pink toothbrush and even got to pick out a new toy from the prize box!

The big girl ready to head to the car with her new goodies!



Snow Days of 2011!

It is no secret that the Cruthirds do NOT enjoy the cold weather! We are definitely a sun, pool and flip flops family and so those few weeks of extreme cold and icky weather was about to have the best of us. We did have a few fun days, especially with the snow! We are definitely glad that it has passed though. Trying to keep an energetic 23 month old entertained indoors for that long really makes you put on your creative hat!

We started by playing in baby Reid's stuff that mommy started getting out! They were like all new toys for little P!

We played A LOT of dress up! I mean A LOT!!!!!

We even did some finger painting with pudding when we got bored with the regular finger painting

The snow days were pretty fun! Pierson could hardly wait to get outside and play in it.

The best part of the snow day was getting to have daddy home to play with us!

All bundled up and ready to play!

Riding the sled down our street

Switched over to the laundry basket down our driveway :)

Walking around in her favorite boots!

We took a break from the cold and made some homemade snowcream!

It was Pierson and Ryan's first time to ever have some!!!!



Princess Party

At the beginning of January, Pierson was invited to her very first Princess Party for her cousin, Ainsley. She had never been to a "princess party" before so I had no idea if she would get into it or not, but we thought it would be fun to give it a try. When we arrived, she put on her first princess Cinderella dress and her "prettys" as she calls them. Pierson had an absolute blast! She loved watching the bigger "princesses" dance around. Sadly, my camera ran out of batteries right as the party was starting so I only have pics from my phone.

Cinderella herself was the entertainment for the party!

Pierson even let Cinderella paint her face! I was shocked that she sat still this long!

All the precious little princesses :)

Taking a break with daddy.

Learning how to be a princess from Cinderella

It was such a fun party and I absolutely loved watching Pierson get into the dressing up and girly, girly stuff. It was definitely a day that I was SO glad I had a little girl to get to do that with :)



Feliz Navidad!

I look forward to Christmas for months and months to come. I just love everything about this wonderful time of year!!! This year was even more fun with Pierson. She loved driving around and looking at the lights or "ights" as she would say. She recognized Santa when she would see him on TV or on something and would say "Santa." Going to visit Santa however was not a pleasant experience this year. She was pointing to Santa and saying his name the entire time we were in line and seemed excited about it. Once it was finally our turn, she dug her nails into my shoulder and screamed bloody murder! We didn't even have time to get a picture because she would NOT have anything to do with Santa. So minus the bad experience with Santa, she really got into the Christmas spirit this year. She helped mommy pick out stocking stuffers for daddy, wrap presents, make holiday treats and even helped decorate the tree! I can't imagine what Christmas was like before she came along. We were planning on heading to Kerrville on the 23rd, but Pierson woke up from nap on the 22nd with a 103 fever!!! She never has a fever, much less this high and so I took her to the doc immediately. After checking her over, seemed she just had a bad cold with fever so our trip was delayed a few days until she was feeling better. We enjoyed those few days at home though, lounging in our pjs, watching Christmas movies and decorating Pierson's first gingerbread house.

She really seemed to enjoy it and didn't even try to eat the candy until the end!

On Christmas Eve, we headed down to Kerrville. We celebrated with Ryan's immediate family that night with his mom's wonderful tortilla soup, tamales and gifts after dinner. Poor Pierson was still feeling a little under the weather so she was fading pretty fast.

Christmas Eve with daddy

Tired, but cute little baby

Opening presents with Aunt Gretchen and Lita

Mommy helping P open her new PJs that match her baby doll!

If you don't know the Cruthirds brothers, the tend to get a little "silly" when they all get together. Ryan and Drew decided to compare the size of the bellies. I actually won this contest this year, but there will be no pictures of that :)

Cruthirds boys

Nina with all the boys

Family pic outside with the beautiful wreath that Richard made

Pierson got to decorate her first batch of Christmas cookies before bed!

Christmas morning she was feeling much better and was ready to see her presents!

She helped daddy open some of his gifts too!

Giving Lita some sweet hugs

Playing with one of her new toys

The smile that makes Mommy and Daddy's day!

Checkin out the goods in her stocking

After we had a wonderful Christmas morning as a little family, we headed over to celebrate with the extended Cruthirds family. We stayed for a while, ate and then headed back to get in our comfy clothes again and relax by the campfire. Pierson got to see all the fun things on Pop's phone.

And Uncle Drew's phone :)

Pierson's favorite nap spot this holiday was with her Lita

After Christmas lunch nap #2

Merry Christmas!!!!