A relaxing Saturday....

It's finally summer weather! The great thing about that? Aunt Tracy and Uncle Eduardo have a swimming pool right across from their condo! As predicted, Miss Poppy still loved the water as much as last year, but all she wanted to do was sit on the top step leading into the pool, and refused to let us swim around the pool with her. Hopefully, this doesn't last too long. But, it was still fun.
Other things Poppy is up to? Let's see....right now, she is obsessed with a Care Bears movie we own, and we end up watching it everyday, which is awesome. She still loves to play with her dolls and teddy bears, and calls them "sweetie pie", a term she learned from Grandma. She talks in complete sentences, but is still slightly hard to understand, so most people ask her questions, and then just smile and nod at her responses. But, she is definitely getting better! Paul wanted to see if she could say her last name the other day, so he said, "Poppy, can you say Leggett?", to which she responded, "Poppy Leggett!". We were surprised that she knows her full name!
No big plans for the summer yet, but for the 4th of July weekend, we have a parade, fireworks, a barbecue, swimming, and a trip up the canyon planned. We're ready for the weekend to start!!

Poppy and her Poppy

So, this year, after 2 Springs' worth of attempts at planting poppies, we finally had some grow in our garden and blossom. Thus the impromptu photo shoot of Poppy with one of the bright red poppies from our garden. I should probably add here that she adores flowers...it's actually surprising that we have any flowers left in our beds, because Poppy has to pick one every single time she is outside. We managed to keep her away from the poppies for the most part, but some of the rest of the flowers have not fared so well...

Poppy loved putting water in her play bathtub that she got from Nannie Sue at Christmas. Only thing is, she thinks the shower head is a phone, and didn't want me to shower the baby, because she wanted to talk into it.

Poppy pointing at the sky after I said to her numerous times, "Poppy, look up!"

Sunday Afternoon at Wheeler Farm

A few Sundays ago, we had a picnic at one of Poppy's favorite places, Wheeler Farm. What's better than eating outdoors, running around, playing with the cousins, and seeing the animals?? Maia and Cullen weren't there, and you may also notice that Edison is missing...he was sleeping through most of dinner. But Luke, Poppy and Gaby had a blast! Poppy can say the names of all of her VanDenBerghe cousins (I guess we better get her working on learning her English cousins' names!) Here is how she pronounces them: My (Maia), Ed-son (Edison), Cu-wen (Cullen), Wuke-y (Lukey), and Gobby (Gaby).

Poppy's pretty pink polka dot rocking chair

Just a quick post - so today when we got home from work there was a HUGE box on the doorstep addressed to Miss Poppy Leggett. Poppy has recently learned how exciting presents can be and was super eager to open it up. Once I opened it for her we quickly figured out it was a rocking chair. To say Poppy was excited to use it is quite the understatement, luckily it only took about 10 mins to put together (even with Poppy 'helping') - the whole time Poppy was running around holding various pieces of it saying 'rocking chair, rocking chair'. After it was put together Poppy then spent the rest of the evening firmly seated or standing in it. To say she loved it, I don't think truly conveys just how she felt about it. This lovely gift was courtesy of Nannie Sue and it was a lovely surprise for Poppy - so thank you lots Nannie Sue! Poppy can't wait for you to come visit so she can show you how good she is at rocking it.

I asked Poppy to give Nannie a kiss - this is what she did!

April

So, it has been a few months since we posted anything....there's no excuse really, just busy with life, I guess. Paul's job has made him extremely busy since January, and my excuse is pure laziness. We've added some pictures showing how big Poppy is getting, and how much fun she is as a 2-year-old. She is excited about everything, and the only downside to that is that it's difficult to pull her away from anything: toys in the store, the park, and believe it or not, patio furniture at Target. We have to avoid the patio furniture altogether, otherwise she will lay on a chaise lounge and refuse to move. We've tried that thing that parents do where they walk away, and the child, becoming anxious, gives in and follows. This doesn't work with Poppy. She prefers the patio furniture to her parents. The same goes for the beds at Ikea. So, with a certain amount of distraction, we can [sometimes] avoid temper tantrums. These distractions are usually in the form of suckers.
Poppy has begun to talk pretty much nonstop, and can say pretty much anything. She knows the names of most things now, and can string together sentences quite well, we just don't always understand what she's saying. An example of some such sentence might be: "Hey Georgie, blah blah blah no, go away! Blah blah blah doggie blah blah hey you guys! Blah blah yay, I did it!"
It's pretty cute. I think when she is 100% understandable, I might be slightly sad to see the gibberish go. She's no longer a baby!
Well, the weather in Utah has stayed disappointingly cold through April, so once warm weather hits, we are looking forward to some fun times swimming, using our new zoo pass, and riding the bikes. No big trips planned for the summer yet, unless there is a place you can take your 2-year-old for a week, and they come back completely potty trained. I would totally sign up for Potty Training Camp. Unfortunately, I don't think that exists, so we'll have to plan some Bear Lake or Moab trips instead.
For my 31st birthday coming up this Friday, I will commit to blogging more often. Maybe. Here's to a warmer and fun summer ahead!

Hanging out at Gaby's 1st birthday party!

Ooh, a package from Uncle Adam and Auntie Louise - thank you!!!

Bath time is so much fun!

Easter! Poppy enjoying some fun Easter egg hunts.

And the Easter egg hunt at Grandma's and Grandpa's!

Aren't they cute?

Always terrorizing Georgie...

Ready, set, go! One of her favorite things to say.