No like that show

We may be horrible parents because every morning when we get her out of bed we bring her into our bed so she can have juice and snacks and cuddle with us while we extend our time in bed.

Actually - that isn't what makes us bad parents ... it's that we turn on the TV so she can watch Sesame Street or "Monkey George" depending on what time she gets up.

When we turn on the TV it may be on the news or whatever channel was on when we went to bed. If it is not immediately on Sesame or Curious George when we turn on the tv she says "no like that show". The other day she wanted to watch sesame before her nap and I turned on the TV and wanted to watch the baseball highlights for a couple of minutes. I said, let's watch baseball for a minute and the Nugget replied "no like baseball"... cracks me up.

ItaLIANA

Our little Nugget has been-ah speaking her version of Italian - I call it ItaLIANA.
For example:

* "Mama no kiss-ah the daddy"
* "Liana push-ah the button" (such as on a toy)
* "Daddy read-ah more book" (at bed time when she is stalling for time)
* "Liana brush-a teeth"
* "Liana rock-ah the baby" (when she rocks her dolly's"

Happy Birthday Liana

Okay, so I am a few days late since the Nugget's birthday is 5/31. We had a great party for her on 5/30 with friends, family and neighbors.

The Nugget got a chance to hit the bouncy house pre-party as it arrived even before nap time. She was so excited and had a blast jumping around with mama, daddy, auntie Julie and even Papa. She called us all in her her classic hand motion, and "C'mon!"

One of the sweetest and saddest moments of the day was after nap (very short nap!) when she came down the stairs in her dress and a cute bow in her hair. Mama told her to go downstairs and show her dress to everyone - she meant "everyone" as the few family members that were here because it was still early for guests to have arrived. I walked her down the stairs and she scrambled through the kitchen, looked around, looked outside and went over to the door and began to pout and cry. I asked her what was wrong and she said "no friends coming". It was so sad ... she thought because no one was here yet that she was getting the shaft.

That all changed when everyone eventually showed up and she got cake (curious george cake!) and more bouncy house and presents. She had more cake the next day ("green cake" which is what she requested) and got to open more presents. It is hard to believe she is now two and so grown up with and will soon be a big sister.

We are so blessed to have her in our lives and we look forward to many more birthdays to come!