The Terrible Twos?

We haven't seen too much of it yet. Sure Miriam has her moments, but overall I love this age. She is so much fun to be around. Her imagination is starting to grow. She talks to herself and laughs, it makes me wonder if she has an imaginary friend. She also gives out so many hugs and kisses. We just can't get enough. Miriam loves to help cook, clean, and do everyday chores. She is definitely Mom's big helper. I am sure she is going to be a great big sister.

she was taking her sweeping seriously

We took her to the doctor for her two year check-up right after she had been so sick. She lost almost two pounds, the poor little thing. She weighs 25 pounds and is 36 inches tall. The doctor said she is long and lean and that there is nothing wrong with that. I wonder where she gets that from?

dressing up as a fairy

Miriam can recognize all of the alphabet now and probably knows all of the ABC signs. She loves for me to sing the Alphabet song while signing. Miriam loves music. Whenever the radio isn't on in the car she asks to dance (meaning, turn on the music). Lately when I sing to her at night she has started to sing along. She still loves for me to sing Silent Night from singing it to her at Christmas. I always thought that having a two year old would be fun, but we are enjoying it more than we ever thought we could.

Sweet Tooth

Miriam must be feeling better because I found her eating out of the brown sugar jar.

Ringing in the New Year...

...with sickness. It all started New Year's Eve when Miriam wouldn't take a nap. I knew she was getting sick. We planned to go over to Michael's parents for dinner, so we decided to go ahead and go. Miriam was starting to look tired and wouldn't eat dinner, so I was prepared for a long night ahead. We came home pretty early and put her to bed and headed to bed ourselves (exciting eh?). She woke up every half hour in need of something. After a long day Saturday we finally decided to take her to urgent care at 9:00 pm. She has another ear infection and an upper respiratory infection. The poor thing, when she gets it she gets it bad. Michael went to church alone on Sunday. Now both Michael and I are fighting colds. We sure hope to be healthy by the end of the week. This is the only picture I got of our New Year's celebration. Happy 2011!

Miriam and Michael on New Year's Eve (doesn't she look so sad and sick?)

Miriam - one to two

It took me a while to complete Miriam's slide-show (computer issues). Now that I have my new computer set up I decided it was time to finish and post this once and for all. If you remember we did this last year and I want to do it every year for all my children. The movie will only include pictures of them throughout the year. It is so fun (and sad at the same time) to see your children grow.

DC Temple Lights

Washington DC Temple

I was a little sad that we didn't get to do anything as a family before Christmas. Therefore, I was excited to take Miriam to see the temple last night. She has looked at pictures in the Ensign of temples, so she knew what I was talking about when I told her we were going. It was really beautiful. They even had a short concert that we were able to watch and listen to. Miriam enjoyed the upbeat Christmas music. We didn't get a chance to look around the Visitor's Center much, so hopefully we can go back soon (maybe when the weather is warmer).



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Three Years of Wedded Bliss

Michael and I celebrated our third wedding anniversary today. It was a wonderful day spent together as a family. We hung out at home setting up our new Kitchen Aid and new computer. After dinner we headed to the Washington DC temple to see the lights (more on this later). We have had so much fun being together these three years and look forward to the future.

January 2, 2008 - on our honeymoon

December 28, 2010 - three year anniversary

Merry Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas. Once again I ended up being way too spoiled. We feel so blessed this holiday season for all of our many blessings in life, especially Miriam and our baby boy. We are grateful we are able to spend time together as a family. Christmas is such a joy when you have children. I was so excited to have Christmas with Miriam this year. She understood more about what was going on. She gets so excited about every little thing. Michael was very busy leading up to Christmas, so it was fantastic to have him around. Miriam was really excited to have her Dad home. I think we all got what we wanted for Christmas (and more). Is it bad that I already can't wait until next year?

As soon as Miriam came upstairs she had to see if Santa ate her cookies.

Bishop family - Christmas 2010

Miriam in front of the Christmas tree (asking for her shoes)

Miriam spending some much needed time with her Dad