Really? Honestly? I can not believe this day is finally here. You are turning two years old. TWO WHOLE YEARS. You have been alive and a blessing in our lives for 730 days. We are so lucky!
You are one of the funniest, cutest and spunkiest people I have ever met! The other day you said to me, “Chill Mama, Chill!” Seriously one of the cutest things ever. You definitely have a bossy side, but this time you said it with a grin on your face.
You definitely know what you want. At least 20 times a day you tell me what you want. Or should I say DEMAND. “MY DO IT!” “MY HAB-IT!” “MIIIINE!” These are all commands we hear daily. I have no idea where you get this quality. Neither your dad nor I are like that at all! (ha ha) Granted, all toddlers have a bossy side, but I prefer to think that yours is just preparing you for a life of being confident and happy. I also hope this means potty training will be super easy. We are getting close to starting that fun process with you...
In some ways, you are very easy going. You love your bed, you like to stay in there when you wake up and read books to your dolls & Mickey and Minnie. You are a great eater, eating everything from avocados (yay! Healthy!) to hot dogs (yuck!). You refuse to drink milk (or should I say, Nilk), but will eat it on your cereal… weird! You don’t like getting in the bath tub, but once you are in there, would stay for an hour if we’d let you. I was really worried about how you were going to act when we brought your sissy home from the hospital, but you have been a dream, my dear! You are so sweet and gentle with her and generally, you seem to like having her around! She is already fascinated by you and grins whenever you are near her (I mean, all up in her face). I’m so glad I get to be your mommy and watch the two of you grow up together.
You love ife-pream and pockiles (ice cream and popsicles). You REALLY LOVE pickles. Seriously, pickles are probably your favorite food. You love to eat watermelon outside with daddy. You love to go fishing (almost every day) with daddy. I don’t know how you have the attention span to fish for that long with him! Even mommy gets bored fishing for that long! We can’t wait for the day you catch your first fish.
It is so cute how you are really starting to remember things. Like people and places. I love picking you up from Emmy’s on Wednesdays and asking you what you did that day! You absolutely ADORE Effie (Ethan, Emmy’s son) and talk about him constantly… even though I recently saw you haul off and hit him for pushing your stroller, but we are going to chalk that one up to the “two’s”. You did get a time out for it though. It’s so nice to bribe you to take a nap by saying things like, “If you take a nap now, JuJu will come play with you when you get up!”
Grammy, Grandma, JuJu, Mema and Papa (just to name a few) are some of your favorite people! But I think you would kick all of them to the curb for Roto (Rosco) and Lola… You love watching Dora, Ni Hao, Olivia, Bubble Guppies, Diego, etc. DoWA, of course, is your VERY favorite and has been a fabulous babysitter for mommy on many occasions. Mema, Papa, Tate, Terri, Macy & Kaden are coming to visit in a couple of weeks—I can’t even imagine how much fun you are going to have with them. Auntie Kim is coming this fall and I can’t wait for you to finally get to spend some time with her too. Maybe she will take you shopping!
You love playing outside. As long as it’s not too hot. If it’s really hot, you get really red in the face and are asking to come inside to play! Otherwise, you would be outdoors 24/7 if we let you. We recently found out that you are very allergic to mosquitoes, so THAT’S fun to deal with! You have a tricycle and bicycle that you would love to ride—if you could reach the pedals--so you will have to settle for car and wagon rides for now. Swimming is not your favorite thing (ask Daddy someday about swimming lessons), but you are starting to get the hang of it. You also love to go “shopping” with Daddy… he takes you to Lowes almost every weekend to play on the tractors and see Bop (Bob)!
We are so lucky to have you in our lives. I hope you have a fun two year old birthday party and have a blast opening all of your presents. You love to say “Cheers!” with your sippy cup, popsicle or anything you are eating—and touch the other person’s. So, here’s to your Second Birthday! WE LOVE YOU ELEANOR BLANCHE!
CHEERS!
Love,
Mama
PS Here's the slide show I made for you!
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