My Little Girl is 2!!

I can't believe my baby is 2! The last two years have gone so fast! Alyssa was actually pretty excited to have a birthday, I didn't think she would really get it. But she loved opening her presents and eating her pretty doll cake Grammy made for her. She's lucky because she gets to have another party on Thursday so Nate and my sisters can celebrate with her too. These are the pics we had taken on her birthday.

What a Ham

Little butterfly

Here are some pictures of Alyssa's butterfly costume. We went to a fall festival in Altus and we rode on a hayride, got candy and all that fun stuff. Alyssa loved it all, especially the candy!

Bed Time Reading

Here is a video of Alyssa reading to herself as she gets ready for bed. She's turning in to quite a chatterbox.

Proud to be an American

On base, they play the national anthem everyday at 4:30, as well as other military songs at 7:30am and 10pm, even on the weekends. Alyssa has seen everyone stop for the national anthem before, and of course Alyssa likes to do it too. This day we were just playing at the park when the music started and she wanted to stand up just like Daddy. I just love how she put both hands over her heart. There isn't much that will distract her from playing at the park, but that got her attention.

Visit to the Duckworth's

About two weeks ago Alyssa and I went to visit our friends in Oklahoma City. We knew Robin and Albert when we lived in Enid and we didn't have kiddos yet. We hadn't seen each others kids yet so it was fun to finally get to meet. Alyssa and Canon had a lot of fun playing together. We spent some time at the park and playing outside in the nice weather. Little Bo tagged a long too, he is such a sweet, mellow baby. It was a great break from our cramped quarters here in Altus and a really great chance to catch up with old friends :)

Pigtails

Alyssa with her pigtails and Broncos "jerjee" getting ready for the Broncos game
Getting ready for Church
Decided to take a seat on the sidewalk on the way to Church

We haven't tried giving Alyssa pigtails often for several reasons. Her hair is still pretty short. She has a terrible habit of pulling out the hair bands, and even when she leaves them in she rubs her head against her carseat or some other object and it pulls half of the hair back out. So, it's basically hard to get her to keep them in. But before church last week we got her dressed up and put some pigtails in. It even lasted through church and until we went to go watch the Broncos game.