...."cause my girl wants to POTTY all the time, POTTY all the time"....

January 2, 2007

Well another milestone has been hit. Today Carly's teacher called me at work and said Carly went on the potty twice. I welled up with tears and naturally tried to strategically plan my conversation with Daddy- who I knew would be crying. As expected there was dead silence on the end of the line with an abrupt- "ok, I have to go". I hope Daddy had tissues in his work van. Grandma bought Carly her "seat" to continue the training. Carly said "oooooohhhh Elmo!!" when she saw the Sesame Street seat. Daddy has not seen the seat yet, but I have a full box of tissues in the bathroom for when the time comes.

Love to all,

Mommy xoxo

...."and the hits just keep on rollin".......

Sunday December 30, 2007

Tonight Aunt Kristin, Uncle Mike, Michael and Sam surprised all of us and brought my Christmas presents to the house. I was so happy when I tore off the paper and saw my very own Barbie motorized quad. I hopped right on after Uncle Mike put in the battery- and off I went!! It took me about 2 seconds to realize how to get on, get off, make it move and turn it around. Mommy is worried I am going to fall for a man on a motorcycle when I am older. But from what I've heard- Mommy and Daddy like them too!

Vroom vroom!!

Carly Victoria xoxo

....." i wanna put on- my, my, my, my, my boogie shoes"....

This afternoon Mommy took me to get new sneakers. We couldn't believe our ears when the lady at the store told us my shoe size was now a 7 double wide. Last time- it was 5 1/2. Mommy let me choose between 3 different pairs. I told her with a very clear "no" which ones I did not want. I picked my favorite pair by responding "oooooh yes Mommy". Since my poor piggies were crammed into the smaller sneakers- Mommy let me wear my sneakers out of the store. I waved goodbye to everyone, said thank you and blew a few people some kisses. Since I was so good, we went to another store and I also got an Elmo purse. I was very good in that store too and the girl said I was adorable. Who am I to argue!

Love to all,

Carly Victoria xoxo

...."one fish, two fish, red fish.....green fish".............

Mommy always buys me my favorite snack- goldfish crackers. This weekend, to my surprise she got me the ones that are alll different colors. I insisted on carrying the bag myself and walking around the house with them. At one point I decided to shake the whoooole bag around the basement and the fish were flyin'!! I also noticed that even when you eat them off of the floor- they taste just as good. After I helped her "clean" all of them up, Mommy was laughing and once again- documented it.

Love to all,

Carly Victoria xoxo

....."and wait for me you will Daddy".....

December 27, 2007

I love the nights when Daddy is home and can relax, eat dinner with us and give me my bath. I especially love to give him a hard time and not let him put any of my clothes on. Tonight when he asked me if I thought he had "all the time in the world" to wait for me..... I simply replied "yes". Well I think Mommy must have heard me and started to laugh in the other room. With a face like this, I ask you............am I wrong?

Love to all,

Carly Victoria xoxo

Christmas December 2007

This year Christmas was extra special because now that I am older- I can open all of my presents and really enjoy myself. We went to Grandmas for Christmas Eve dinner and I was such a good girl. I was running around the house, playing with Mommy, Aunt Chrissy and Uncle Louis. Daddy had to work alll night and we all really missed him but he was there in our hearts. We all ate a really big dinner together and I had 2 bowls of pasta. Grandma couldn't believe her eyes and we were all laughing about it! The next morning, we all got up early and Mommy made a biiig Christmas breakfast for me and Daddy then we opened all of our presents. Boy did I hit the jackpot!! Almost every box under the tree was for ME from Santa! I got really nice clothes, toys, a fake blow-dryer and I was trying to "fix" Daddy's hair until he pointed out that he doesn't have any! Mommy and Daddy got me a big wheel bike and I can't wait to ride it up and down the driveway. Grandma Mimi, Pop, Aunt Mindy, Uncle Barry and Ashton sent me tons and tons of great presents. We went to Grandmas again for dinner and by the time 6:30 rolled around I was done with Christmas. Mommy and Daddy loaded everything into the car and I was asleep before we got around the corner. As much fun as I had and as many things as we all got, I was happy just to be with Mommy and Daddy and the rest of my family. We missed those who weren't with us and thought about them all day. The best presents are the ones you can not buy, like hugs, kisses and spending time. I'm glad I get these everyday- even when it's not Christmas!!

Love to all,

Carly Victoria xoxo

...."Hold my hand".....

I always have so much fun playing with Michael and Samantha. I was very glad Michael was there on Sunday to help me through my "Santa anxiety". He held my hand the whole time we were dancing and stood with me at the entrance of the room so I didn't have to walk in alone. I have a feeling we are going to be lifelong friends- just the way I would want it to be.

Love to all,

Carly Victoria xoxo