Can't Stand It

That she's going to be 2! Two whole years! How is it possible?! I can't begin to believe that she's having a birthday in a week, but I can try to recap the last couple of months...

She's talking up a storm - trying, trying, TRYING to keep up with the big kids. You can most often discern a few key words in the yammering that surrounds them! I do think it's harder to understand her because she so wants to communicate the way the big kids do, but she just doesn't have it yet! The words are clearer every day, though.

She plays around in our bedroom and bathroom while I'm showering. The instant she hears the shower go off, she comes running in to hand me a towel. I don't know how this started...

She has colored on more things than I care to count, with markers, crayons, pencils, you name it! Her toenails, our bedspread, her carseat harness, the floor...I could go on and ON! It's extremely frustrating, but practically impossible to keep her away from the writing utensils, as the big kids are ALWAYS using one thing or another and leaving it out.

She loves to run, jump (up and down with both feet), dance, climb up the ladder, go down the slide, hang from anything you can hang from, go, go, go, go, go, goooooooooo! She seems to be pretty agile/athletic. She just loves to GO-GO!

When she feels like she isn't being listened to she likes to YELL! And boy can she be LOUD!!! She can be pretty bossy, too!

She loves to wave Hi to people, and greats those she knows exuberantly!

She was a ladybug for Halloween, and stole the show pretty much everywhere we went! She loved wearing her costume and participating in the kids' school parties. At the end of the school parade, the whole school performed Michael Jackson's Thriller dance on the field. More parents were watching Daph, than their own kids!

She was a trick or treating rock star! She had a great be-bop in her step that was hysterical! She walked right in to the houses of the first few that we went to. She had no interest in riding in her stroller, didn't trip and fall at all, and was eager to keep up with all the kids. So fun to watch!

Gettin' the goods!

She loves to sing.

She has pooped in the toilet several times (a few times a week, for the last 2-3 weeks), but can't sit still long enough to even begin to entertain going potty! She totally knows the feeling of needing to poop, though!

She loves to do what her brother and sister are doing, but is loud and clear when they're doing something she doesn't like, or they get too close. She definitely likes her space (something that is so hard for the big kids to understand. They just always want to smother her! She is awfully lovable!)

Daph is such a joyous addition to our family. I can't tell you how many times I've heard Wyatt say, "Daphne is just too cute!" And he really means it. Wyatt would love to have another baby in the family, though. That's just the way he is. The other day, we were hanging out with friends that have a new baby. I overheard Wyatt tell the oldest that he was so lucky to have a baby-baby. Talk about tugging on my heart!

We are so lucky that both of the big kids love her so much, and are so patient with her. She is a special little person, with a big bit of spunk!