I know you have already seen this picture on the
slide show but it was my favorite taken on her birthday. I meant to post on her actual birthday but, well you know, the happenings of life invaded. We just got our electricity back on after a few days without. Boy, makes you thankful for the
conveniences of our world. And for heat. Anyway, the update.
FUN! That is the best word I can use to sum up life right now. I so wish I could go back and talk to myself during her newborn stage. I would whisper, "just wait. She is SO fun...she will be a great sleeper...a talker....just be patient. It will be so worth the wait." Though we have certain moments of two-ness, she has mellowed into a tenderhearted, passionate/dramatic, vocal, playful, adventurous little girl. Though there a still details that creep in that remind me of her babyhood, such as loving to be rocked and her addiction to her "abby" (pacifier), as well as a strong love of her crib...not much else remains. She is a full toddler. She loves to dance, jump and run. She LOVES being chased, singing loudly, her books, her bunny (which is now a nubby brown bunny that was originally beautifully soft and white). As I mentioned before, this is as much for our records as for friend's and family's reading so I am not trying to scream the accomplishments of my child but I want to remember what each child was doing at what age. She is counting to twenty, partially saying her ABCs (skips several letters and saying L, M, N, O, P all rumpled together), saying sentences, and has great fine motor skills (loves picking her tiny rubber bands out of her bath water). She makes funny faces, has a great imagination (like picking grapes off the page of her Elmo ABC book and pretending to eat them....as well as pretending to throw food at you screaming "catch it Momma!" and then wanting you both to devour it, ending with "MMMMMM....YUMMY!").
She is also all girl! She loves taking care of her animals and babies, putting them in her toy high chair and feeding them and sharing EVERYTHING she gets with her bunny. She HATES having anything on her hands and will cry until you wipe it off. She loves to dance as I mentioned. She stood in the entrance of Abercrombie for 30 minutes the other day dancing her heart out to their loudly playing music. Never mind those frantic Christmas shoppers trying to get around her...and never mind my headache from the music and the cologne that seems to be drenching every particle of air. She loves pretty things. She loves calling things "cute." She loves ALL things soft. She loves picking any stuffed animal or baby off the shelf at any store we enter (I learned early after buying a $35 sock pig that she loses interest quickly so the impulse buying stopped FAST!).
She is an ultra picky eater. She is her Momma's girl to the core with her foods. She loves bread, rice, pasta, yogurt, apples, cottage cheese, turkey, chicken, sweet potatoes, roast, "tot tots" (tater tots from Sonic), Buggies (graham crackers in shape of bugs) so essentially, carbs. One unusual food she loves is pesto on her pasta. So do I. B hates it but Oh So Yummy!
She loves other children. She adores her family. Her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousin Kourtney (who she seriously talks about non-stop and thinks all kids are her). She is much loved and SO blessed.
Sweet girl, you have been the light of so many lives for 2 years already. We cannot wait to see all God is going to do in and through your life! His light is already shining through you! We pray for so much for you. For safety and health, for joy and hope, for innocence and trust, for precious friends and a Godly, loving husband. We pray that God will show Himself strong through your life. That you will be trustworthy, pure, noble, wise, insightful, playful, well spoken, sensitive, compassionate, loving and comfortable in your own skin. That you will know God made you full well...that He delights in you. We adore you sweet girl. Praying for many more....
