not quite 2... going on 16...

 
In just 2 months you will be 2 years new to the world, although your need-for-independence-attitude and lively personality will beg to differ... you are incredibly sassy, with the sweetest demeanor... we knew from the very moment we first felt you move (you liked to play hard to get with your feet) that you had a vivacious personality, and apparently our instincts were correct! You are extremely animated and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to laugh and be silly!
Other things you currently love:
*"Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" with over 2 months of on and off being sick and discovering you have severe allergies you have become a major mommy cling-on (which I am not taking for granted because I know that all too soon I will be missing the days you were my lil' mommy's girl)
*Your daddy's "night night sleepy girl" snuggle time before bed every night (that is one time you DON'T want mommy, only daddy will do)
*Calliou and Happy Feet (you have figured out how to turn on the tv and computer in your room to get your morning or evening fix of your favorite cartoon, and when you can't figure it out you bring the remote to one of us and insist on "ky-ky" or "app fee! app fee!")
*Your girlfriend Audrey (you carry her valentine's picture around with you to the point we needed to tape her back together again)... whenever I say we are going to see your friend, your excited response is always "au-rey?! au-rey?!"
*Gam-pa (it's precious that you recognize when we are a few blocks away we are on our way to "gam-pa's!")

*"ahhhh-ahhhh-ah!" with Nana
*pretty sure you love them equally as much as you love getting a rise out of Bebba and Taycie by calling Bebba "Taycie" and ignoring Taycie all together when prompted to say her name
*Uncle "Alice"
*anything that resembles chocolate or something sweet (it's crazy how you just know a package you've never seen, smelled, or tasted contains something sweet that you MUST have!)
*kitties, puppies, and finding the moon
*headbands, "gasses" (sunglasses), and your shoes- crocs, sparkly TOMS, and your cowgirl boots especially
*going to the park ("side! side!" <slide> or "sing! sing!" <swings>)
*pretending to talk on the phone (even if its a remote control, a shoe, or mom's camera)
*reading, reading, and more reading (and I LOVE that you love to read!)

Other noteworthy milestones:
* the way you say "AAAA-MEN" after grace and bedtime prayers
* the way you say "aaa-mo" after we say "love you!" (Bebba taught you "te amo" and it's awesome that you know to respond in Spanish when we say it in English... but that's as far as we've come with learning Spanish so far)
* the way you say "I wuuuuv ou" when you want to be sweet (and when you don't say it in Spanish)
* you have figured out how to put your shoes on, take your clothes off (and your diaper- doh!) and climb out of your crib... you are also pretty good at putting on your hats, headbands (or insisting that daddy wear one with you) and sunglasses
* you won't eat kraft mac n' cheese (a childhood staple), but you will chug down a spinach and kale smoothie every morning (I love your quirks)
* you count by yourself (with your own numbers) when you go in a time out, up or down stairs, and when mommy is doing pull-ups/push-ups or Jayme lifts (I need to get this recorded because it melts my heart)
* you are learning to pedal your tricycle
* you are great at asking for "help please" (verbal and signing)
* you are pretty good at saying "bess you" after someone sneezes (but if its daddy, you like to copy his sneeze repetitively), and you are getting consistent with your please and "ank you" (verbal and signing)

Your daddy and I can't believe how fast you have grown right before our eyes (and literally overnight!)
Don't grow up too fast though... we are too busy enjoying these little moments while you are still our "baby doll"