First time...

What an exciting week...not only did we ring in the New Year but we established many, many firsts for our family, mainly Saylor Lillie. New Year's Eve brought us our first snow fall. I'm not sure who was more excited, Saylor or Daddy. Daddy had been talking about taking his little girl sledding since the day she was born in a snow storm. Well, the time had finally arrived - hence, our first #1, a sledding experience. Needless to say, Daddy's expectations were short lived. Next, we moved on to First #2 - our angel made a snow angel. Basically, she made the angel and continued to roll in the snow for about 5 minutes. In an effort to divert her attention, daddy gave her - First #3 - a taste of snow. This was the demise of the day. She could not get enough and would not stop!

Unsurprisingly, the only way to ultimately lure her back inside was with bribery, snow for dinner.

First #4 followed with our Big Girl's second birthday party (a few days early). Since Nemo is the only movie she has yet to sit through, it was natural that we selected a Nemo Theme fete. Holding true to the theme, we had Nemo balloons, Nemo Cake, Nemo Pinata and even bestowed Nemo's (aka Beta's) as a party favor. Honestly, I think the pinata was Saylor's favorite only because of what it contained...suckers. I was pleasantly surprised how smoothly the party went, given the fact that 9 kids under the of 4, devoured cake, ice cream and punch. It's amazing our little girl is turning two...it's amazing how fast time flies.

Finally, to cap off our final firsts of the week, First #5 & 6. The introduction of a BIG GIRL BED. We've been waiting and waiting for the basement to be finished and her Big Girl room to be complete - the time had eventually arrived. It took over an hour to rock her asleep. The lengthy time stemmed from the fact that she is never rocked completely asleep - usually, just rocked for a few minutes then placed in her crib. But, my thought process was, if she was out, she wouldn't care which bed she was in. In the end, tucked into bed and coerced into pleasant dreams, she was asleep. And to finish the firsts for the week...#6, she stayed in her bed until morning!