Lacey - 4 years old

Lacey - 3 years

I love this Lace! If you ask her she'd probably say "I hate it" she hates everything right now. Even when she loves it. It's crazy three year old brain. I don't get it. 

She loves her little twin sisters right now. She can be so sweet with them. She also knows who is who 65% of the time. 

Lacey loves watching kitty videos on YouTube. She is very good at playing with her toys, baby herself and with Ava. 

Lacey is awesome at putting on her socks, shoes and coat. Some times the sock heel is on the top of her foot but hey at least they are on the feet. She is a pretty good sharer if you ask first and not take first. Lacey loves Elsa and Frozen and now knows that the color blue is called blue and not "Elsa" but mostly still called it "Elsa". 

Lacey - 2 and a half

This beautiful girl is just sooo much fun. Lacey has the best sense of humer. She loves to tease mom, dad and Ava.

She is so good at putting her shoes on. Is getting better at taking her shirts off and still needs work at putting shorts or pants on. 

This girl loves textures and smells. She's always picking up things and smelling them.

She was really good at going to nursery without crying, but then we moved and now it's hard with new teachers and new friends.

Lacey is a good eater, messy at times but will try everything and doesn't mind if it's a bit spicy. Even though when there is something she doesn't want to eat she claims it's "too spicy". It's funny because even a banana can be too spicy. 

Lacey is an awesome swimmer. She has no fear which is a little worrisome.

Lacey is obsessed with the Disney movie Frozen and her pumpkin shirt. She enjoys hot showers and would spend most of her day there if we let her. 

Lacey, we love you to the moon and back and then some!

2 years old-Lacey

What???? The Lace is 2!!!!

I don't think she can believe it either. She does know she's getting bigger but she is still a good cuddly-hugger so we are keeping her. 

Lacey pretty much has all the songs from Frozen memorized. Yea, it's the cutest thing you've ever seen when she starts sining and doing the arm movements. 

The umbrella is not a prop...it's been raining all day and I still wanted pictures of my girl. Rain or shine to take birthday pictures. :)

Smiles on command look like the above so this photo shoot was a little difficult for mom. How can you be mad at that face though? Easily, when it bites or pulls a wad of someone's (Ava) hair out. We are in fact struggling with these still. I feel like time out is starting to have an effect on her...finally!  

We got a smile!!! She was playing peekaboo from under the umbrella and one slipped out. My life would be so different without this tinny person. I'm so grateful for Lacey Ann in my life and family. Happy two years little girl!!! We love you to peices!! 

23 months old -Lacey

She's not going to be one for much longer. Our Lacey is growing up. She is singing and dancing her way through life. She loves to put dressups on and spin and sing. 

Lacey mastered the art of present opening over the Christmas holiday all be it slow at times. She absolutely loved the Christmas tree and still talks about it and acts surprised to not see it in the living room. 

Lacey loves interacting with her big sister Ava, whether pulling her hair or wrestling or stealing toys. 

She loves wearing bows and flowers in her hair. She calls them "cute" and points at the hair clip holder in moms room.

 She asks to go down for naps and Ava has to usually remind mom what Lacey is asking for. It's not always plainly understood no matter how many times she repeats it. Lacey says ketchup plain as day and doesn't mind dipping her carrots sticks in it when it's made available. 

Lacey is very good at singing and doing the actions for her nursery songs and even trying to sing along to "I am a Child of God". She is getting better at folding her arms and saying her personal prayers at night. Always making sure to bless her "Dada". 

We love our Lace!

22 months old - Lacey

This face!!! 

I wish I could freeze her here in time. Maybe go back a little before she discovered Chapstick and the fact that she always needs to be sneaking it out of my purse to rub it all over her face. Yep, freeze her there with her big hugs and sweet little kisses. 

She's never been much of a talker but just this week she has started to talk a lot more. She'll point to things and want me to say what it is so she can repeat it. 

She loves to skip, gallop and prance. It's fun to hold her hand and walk somewhere while she dances along beside me. I feel like her happy personality comes out even in the way she gets around. 

Lacey is such a fun girl. We could do with out the hair pulling but most days we love the shoe loving toddler. 

21 Months -Lacey

Lacey is growing too quickly!

She loves being outside playing in leafs, swinging at the park and running and discovering things with Ava. 

The above picture is her saying "Cheese"...so photogenic! She really is this cute most of the time. 

She has sadly discovered that she doesn't have to follow directions from mom and that it can be more fun if she does the opposite of that mom says. We'll find a motivation some day soon that will help her obey. 

This girl loves her dad! She sings his name, watches from the window for him to return from work and screams and yells when he does finally walk through the door. 

She is a true girl and screams at the sight of bugs or gubs as she calls them. She even screams and points at things that look like bugs to ward off other passerbyers. 

Lacey is still an amazing huggger and kiss giver, how we survived without her always smiling face and perky attitude is just too much to think about. 

20 months old - Lacey

Look at this Lacey face!!!

She is always jibber jabbering about something. My favorite is when we are driving in the car and she has her plush kitty on her lap. She talks and coos as she moves it's body...it's hilarious!

She came up with a new dance step as of late where she takes teeny tinny steps at a fast pase it's so funny. We call it "Little Steps". We are always trying to get her to do it. 

Have I mentioned that she wears her shoes ALL the time? I manage to get them off for sleeping times but other then that her sweaty little feet are always crammed into these tinny crocs. 

I just had to move Ava's car seat to the opposit door so there is a seat between the two girls. I did not do this because of Ava, I did it for her sake because Lacey had figured out how to kick her and would not stop. This little one year old struggles with listening these days. She listens better when she can see my face and knows that I mean business...not so much from the backseat. 

We love this crazy busy girl that still enjoys a quick cuddle and still gives amazing hugs. 

19 months old -Lacey

This busy girl is just soo much fun!

She does not really feel at home unless her belongings are scattered throughout the house in random haphazard places. While she loves to sing the "Clean up" song she has not mastered the act of doing so.

Have I told you how much she loves shoes? The ones she's wearing here are her current favorite.

She has mastered calling dad by his name and not calling mama.

Lacey loves animals! Dogs, cats you name it. She wants to hold and pet and have them lick her.

She has gotten the hang of walking over thresholds. For some reason I feel like its taken a while. She feels more confident balancing I guess.

She is our cuddle bug. She knows just how to wiggle her way into your lap and heart and rest her cute face against your chest. It's tough saying no to this girl. 

18 months old -Lacey

Lacey is 18 months old and I just can't believe it! This one is definitely the spice in our lives. 

She's cruising around EVERYWHERE!! Unlike Ava, Lacey has no fear of walking away from mom in a public area. Everyone gets at least one kid like this right? She loves getting out there and seeing the world and thinks its funny when mom runs after her in a panic.  

Lacey loves shoes. Like her dad and sister she would sleep in shoes if mom let em. 

Mom loves how good she is at communicating. Some times she nods with her jaw...which is pretty darn funny. She says "Mom" most of the day all day long. Ava is the only other name she says everyone else in the world is known as Mom. 

She dances to every little jingle she hears. It's soo fun!

She has to have all her owies kissed. She says: hat, hot, shoe, meow, woof, ga ga (da da), monkey sound, and roar for a lion/tiger/panther/cheetah. 

That's our Lace!