The two following videos share a few common traits:
Packer love
Wilcox girls
Wilcox girls who are both exactly 2 years, 19 days old.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Circa 1996
January 14th marked the 15th anniversary of our first "date". In 1996, that day was on a Sunday. The Packers were playing Dallas on the quest to the NFC Championship. But that year they lost. Nothing like the phenomenal game the Pack played last night - wow!!! Anyway, we watched the '96 game together at a mutual friend's apartment (his name was also Scott and um, I might have been dating him at the time). Because we didn't have school the next day (MLK Jr Day), new Scot asked me to go to a house party after the game. So we did. And the rest, as they say, is history.
I scanned in the first picture taken of us...this was obviously long before digital cameras, so there aren't too many of us together in those early years. This was taken on a trip we took to Lutsen with a bunch of other college friends, about one month after we got together. I can't believe it's been 15 years. Wow.
I scanned in the first picture taken of us...this was obviously long before digital cameras, so there aren't too many of us together in those early years. This was taken on a trip we took to Lutsen with a bunch of other college friends, about one month after we got together. I can't believe it's been 15 years. Wow.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
TWO!
Reese turned two on January 10th...I'll say the same thing I say all the time. I can't believe my baby is getting so big!
Poor baby Reese didn't get a party this year - her stinker of a Daddy left for Puerto Rico on the 8th and won't be back until the 22nd...so that eats up 3 January weekends. It's probably just as well. After Ava's birthday and Christmas, there is certainly no shortage of toys in this house. The thought of more making their way in actually makes me shudder.
So, it was just us girls celebrating on Monday. Daddy joined in for a Skype call in the evening. Ava and I made some brownies - we sang Happy Birthday and gave Reese a big piece with 2 candles in it. She didn't want anything to do with it. Sigh. She was way more excited about the cottage cheese I had given her for supper. I picked up a few presents earlier in the day to give her - some baby bottles, a new doll stroller and Lincoln Logs. Hands down, her favorite present was the baby bottles. She carried them around all night - two fisted - and was as happy as could be!
She had her 2 year check up the next day. She weighed in at 24.9 lbs (30%) and measured 34 inches (50%). I wasn't sure if she would have to have any shots or not...as it turned out, we opted to do the chicken pox vaccine and then did a blood draw for lead. Let me say, Reese is a tough cookie! She didn't even cry when they drew blood from her arm - she just watched, stuck out her lower lip some, and waited patiently for it to be over. She didn't make a peep at the shot in her thigh either. I was so proud of her! Ava asked to stand outside of the room while Reese was getting her shots, because she didn't want to see Reese get hurt. I thought that was really sweet.
So, Reese is definitely exerting her opinions more now - she isn't quite so easy going as she used to be! Her favorite argument now seems to be about which pajamas to wear...she'll insist "I pick out!" and then will take one pair out of her drawer, so I'll start to put those on her, then she'll say "NO!" and take out a different pair, and so on, and then in the end she usually has decided on the pair she first chose 5-10 minutes earlier. But her moods don't last long and it usually doesn't take much to redirect her. She has really become so much more verbal in the last month or two - she often strings together 4-5 word sentences, which is a lot more than what Ava was doing at this age (God help us?). In fact last night she got mad at me and said, "Mama, get out of my room!" Plain as day. What??? Another funny thing she does is add an "a" sound to most of her verbs, as if she is Italian. Like, "Mama, read-a my book." Or "Brush-a my teeth." And "Drink-a my milk." It's amusing.
She's such a sweet girl - she brings so much joy and laughter to the house and when she and Ava play together nicely, it is the best thing ever. Happy Birthday Reese!
Poor baby Reese didn't get a party this year - her stinker of a Daddy left for Puerto Rico on the 8th and won't be back until the 22nd...so that eats up 3 January weekends. It's probably just as well. After Ava's birthday and Christmas, there is certainly no shortage of toys in this house. The thought of more making their way in actually makes me shudder.
So, it was just us girls celebrating on Monday. Daddy joined in for a Skype call in the evening. Ava and I made some brownies - we sang Happy Birthday and gave Reese a big piece with 2 candles in it. She didn't want anything to do with it. Sigh. She was way more excited about the cottage cheese I had given her for supper. I picked up a few presents earlier in the day to give her - some baby bottles, a new doll stroller and Lincoln Logs. Hands down, her favorite present was the baby bottles. She carried them around all night - two fisted - and was as happy as could be!
She had her 2 year check up the next day. She weighed in at 24.9 lbs (30%) and measured 34 inches (50%). I wasn't sure if she would have to have any shots or not...as it turned out, we opted to do the chicken pox vaccine and then did a blood draw for lead. Let me say, Reese is a tough cookie! She didn't even cry when they drew blood from her arm - she just watched, stuck out her lower lip some, and waited patiently for it to be over. She didn't make a peep at the shot in her thigh either. I was so proud of her! Ava asked to stand outside of the room while Reese was getting her shots, because she didn't want to see Reese get hurt. I thought that was really sweet.
So, Reese is definitely exerting her opinions more now - she isn't quite so easy going as she used to be! Her favorite argument now seems to be about which pajamas to wear...she'll insist "I pick out!" and then will take one pair out of her drawer, so I'll start to put those on her, then she'll say "NO!" and take out a different pair, and so on, and then in the end she usually has decided on the pair she first chose 5-10 minutes earlier. But her moods don't last long and it usually doesn't take much to redirect her. She has really become so much more verbal in the last month or two - she often strings together 4-5 word sentences, which is a lot more than what Ava was doing at this age (God help us?). In fact last night she got mad at me and said, "Mama, get out of my room!" Plain as day. What??? Another funny thing she does is add an "a" sound to most of her verbs, as if she is Italian. Like, "Mama, read-a my book." Or "Brush-a my teeth." And "Drink-a my milk." It's amusing.
She's such a sweet girl - she brings so much joy and laughter to the house and when she and Ava play together nicely, it is the best thing ever. Happy Birthday Reese!
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Christmas 2010
Christmas Eve marked our celebration with Scot's small family - Julie, Todd and Aunt Marilyn came over in the afternoon. We stuffed ourselves with all of our favorite appetizers, then had some dinner, and then ripped into the presents. The girls of course had the biggest piles by far. Ava's favorite presents were her American Girl doll "Jenna" (well, the Target version anyway) with her own wardrobe/dresser courtesy of Marilyn - she also is really enjoying the Leapster Explorer we got her. We are enjoying it very much too as it keeps her very occupied! She seems to take after her dad in that area ;-) Over the course of the holidays she got 5 games for it, so she is well stocked. Reese very enthusiastically opened her gifts and always gave a very appreciate laugh and scream when she finished opening each one. Her favorite gift that night seemed to be the baby doll that Julie and Todd gave her. Despite having 4 or 5 other dolls in house, this became a coveted item for Ava as well and there has been much fighting over it. She also really enjoys her big bag of mega blocks and an animal puzzle. After the gang left, we put out the cookies and milk for Santa, along with her list so he could double-check once he got down the chimney. It was really a nice day and evening - it was great that we could spend time with each other, but we definitely missed Di, Gardy and Margie.
Thanks to Sam who helped play Santa
When we tucked Ava in that night, we told her that she had to stay in her room until 6 am to make sure Santa had enough time to get the presents ready. We knew she would be up and out at 6:01 sharp, so we told her she could also open her presents if we were still sleeping. Scot and I finally rolled downstairs around 7:30 and she excitedly showed us that Santa came and that he put tootsie rolls in her stocking! Her stocking also had some Reese's Pieces and socks in it. She also got a Belle doll for the bathtub and a crown for herself. Reese finally woke up at about 9 (!) and Ava very eagerly told her that Santa had come! She was beyond excited! She also got some tootsie rolls and socks in her stocking, along with M & Ms - her favorite treat of all! Santa brought her another doll that you can snap clothes onto and a new winter hat/mittens. We had a very leisurely day watching the girls play with all of their new toys. Later that morning we also brought out a big dollhouse for both of them - one that has rooms tall enough to fit Barbie dolls - it was very well received! The biggest disappointment for Ava, though, was not getting a dolphin pillow pet...she was really bummed Santa didn't bring her one, it was on her list after all!
On Sunday we did much of the same - lazed around the house and then celebrated Scot's 37th birthday in the evening. We invited some friends over, ordered some pizzas and I made a German Chocolate cake for dessert.
On Wednesday night, we headed out to Wausau to celebrate Christmas #2 with my family. We had planned on leaving Friday, but the weather report looked dicey Thurs/Fri so we decided to move our itinerary up a little bit. I had worked all week and had also planned on working Thursday from my parents' house, but couldn't connect for some reason, so I gave up - and instead had a really nice lunch with my sister and an afternoon of shopping. Much better! Everyone came over on Friday (NYE day) for our family celebration. More food, more presents, more food, lots of Wii. And Ava FINALLY got a pillow pet after hoping for one all month! My mom had gotten her a unicorn one over Thanksgiving, which she immediately fell in love with (and coincidentally had JUST changed her mind to wanting a unicorn instead of a dolphin a few days prior). Aunt JoAnn got Reese a bumblebee one which she was also ecstatic about. She yelled, "A piwow pet, Mommy! A piwow pet! Bumbobee!" Those two were the definite favorites on the day.
Sheer Joy
And while we all got some generous gifts from Mom and Dad, our favorite present of course was this one...
Thanks, Mom. :-)
Thanks to Sam who helped play Santa
When we tucked Ava in that night, we told her that she had to stay in her room until 6 am to make sure Santa had enough time to get the presents ready. We knew she would be up and out at 6:01 sharp, so we told her she could also open her presents if we were still sleeping. Scot and I finally rolled downstairs around 7:30 and she excitedly showed us that Santa came and that he put tootsie rolls in her stocking! Her stocking also had some Reese's Pieces and socks in it. She also got a Belle doll for the bathtub and a crown for herself. Reese finally woke up at about 9 (!) and Ava very eagerly told her that Santa had come! She was beyond excited! She also got some tootsie rolls and socks in her stocking, along with M & Ms - her favorite treat of all! Santa brought her another doll that you can snap clothes onto and a new winter hat/mittens. We had a very leisurely day watching the girls play with all of their new toys. Later that morning we also brought out a big dollhouse for both of them - one that has rooms tall enough to fit Barbie dolls - it was very well received! The biggest disappointment for Ava, though, was not getting a dolphin pillow pet...she was really bummed Santa didn't bring her one, it was on her list after all!
On Sunday we did much of the same - lazed around the house and then celebrated Scot's 37th birthday in the evening. We invited some friends over, ordered some pizzas and I made a German Chocolate cake for dessert.
On Wednesday night, we headed out to Wausau to celebrate Christmas #2 with my family. We had planned on leaving Friday, but the weather report looked dicey Thurs/Fri so we decided to move our itinerary up a little bit. I had worked all week and had also planned on working Thursday from my parents' house, but couldn't connect for some reason, so I gave up - and instead had a really nice lunch with my sister and an afternoon of shopping. Much better! Everyone came over on Friday (NYE day) for our family celebration. More food, more presents, more food, lots of Wii. And Ava FINALLY got a pillow pet after hoping for one all month! My mom had gotten her a unicorn one over Thanksgiving, which she immediately fell in love with (and coincidentally had JUST changed her mind to wanting a unicorn instead of a dolphin a few days prior). Aunt JoAnn got Reese a bumblebee one which she was also ecstatic about. She yelled, "A piwow pet, Mommy! A piwow pet! Bumbobee!" Those two were the definite favorites on the day.
Sheer Joy
And while we all got some generous gifts from Mom and Dad, our favorite present of course was this one...
Thanks, Mom. :-)
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