She's 2!

This special girl turned 2 recently.  I can't believe it.  It seriously feels like yesterday I was anticipating her arrival and then bringing her home and into our family, but it also feels like she has always been part of our family.  I'm not sure what we'd do without her presence in our family.  As you can tell she is as cute and sassy as ever.  She actually had a pretty crappy birthday as we spent the whole day in the car traveling back to Georgia from Texas.  She was in a great mood, but her Poppy was sick the whole ride so Levi & I did the best we could to make her day a little special, but there is only so much you can do for a 2 year old on a 17 hour car ride.  

To make up for it the following weekend we had her a party and celebrated her birthday right.  We always put balloons in their room the night before their birthday so we made sure to not skimp on that.  She was thrilled, and so was our dog and 4 year old.  Her party was later that afternoon complete with cake, presents, and lots of love.  Awesome Aunt Lou came the night before and helped with her cake, which I'm happy to report did not fall apart like it did last year!  Small victories!  Needless to say we made up for her spending her birthday in the car and she was spoiled!  She got a kitchen for her room, clothes, jewelry, puzzles, new cowboy boots, and her very first Barbie!  For the record she is loving every present she got and plays with them all pretty much on a daily basis.  I think it is safe to say that she is starting this second year of life off pretty good thanks to all the people in her life that love her so much.  

Happy Birthday Naomi!

 

She can't wait to open her presents.

Giving everyone kisses and thanking them for her gifts.

Because she had a birthday that meant a 2 year check up at the doctor.  We just went last week and she is growing like a weed.  Like her brother she in the 97% (36.5 inches) for her height, and she is a skinny little thing coming in at just the 30% (25.6 lbs.) for weight.  She is growing so much and everyday I feel like she is learning something new.  Here is a little bit of stuff she has been up to recently.

• She is my fashionista!  She loves clothes and on more than one occasion she has refused to put on what I have picked out and insisted on picking her own clothes out.  Usually she is pretty stylin' as you can see from the picture right above.
• She loves girly things like baby dolls, jewelry, make up, princesses, and shoes, but she also has a streak of tomboy in her has well.  She runs and climbs with the best, and she isn't afraid to get dirty.
• She adores her brother.  Yes.  ADORES!  She thinks he hung the moon and follows him around mimicking everything he does.  It is definitely "monkey see.  monkey do." around here. 
• She is quite obedient, but she has a stubborn streak that runs through her and it isn't a rarity to her the word "no!" come out of her mouth.
• She still sleeps in her crib, but don't worry she has figured out how to climb out and on more than one occasion has climbed in bed with me in the middle of the night.
• She is a great eater and loves pizza, crackers, spaghetti, chicken, bread, and juice.
• Her hair is getting long and I can put it in a pony tail and pigtails even though she hates for me to.
• She loves to watch movies, but rarely sits through and entire one.  I think 30 minutes may be the longest she's watched anything.  This girl likes to be moving.
• She still loves her nonnie (pacifier - we have no idea why she calls it a nonnie since we have always called it the paci).  We took it away from her, but we still allow her to have it at bedtime.  So far it has worked wonderfully, but I'm dreading the time we have to take it from her at night.
• She is interested in going to the potty, but we haven't done any extensive training with her.  We just let her go when she asks, but will probably train her in the next few weeks once we get a little more settled.
• She loves to read and sing, especially during family worship.
• She talks all the time!  She knows more words than I can count and is getting pretty good at understanding reasoning.
• We started our discipline more heavily with her in the past few months and I'm sorry to say she has already had her first (of many I'm sure) spankings.  
• She loves bath time and would probably stay in there all day if her brother didn't aggravate her so much in there.
• She is a bit whiny which we are trying to reign in.  I think it's a girl thing.
• She always wants her boo boos kissed, but as soon as she gets her kiss she is fine.
• She loves to brush her teeth and get her hair brushed after bath time.
• She loves Poppy, Gramps, & Granddaddy.  Mommy, Mema, & Grandmama, Bay, Lou, & Samuel are a close second.
• She loves to play outside, slide, swing, ride her big wheel, run, and rock in the rocking chair.
• She started sitting in church with us over the last few months and has done great transitioning into the service.
• She loves to go on rides in the car.