happy, happy birthday, baby...

Say it ain't so! I can't believe she turns two today.

At the ripe old age of two, she:

• is still into shoes. Anyone's shoes. She wore "uncle Aaron's" last week in AK.

• says soo many things and has moved to using pronouns... "my toy" rather than "Ruby's toy"... it's so cute!

• is showing an interest in potty training - although I'm not sure if I'M ready!

• wants hugs when she's sad - she holds out her arms and says "Hugs?"

• loves animals. Especially doggies and monkeys.

• insists on calling Grandma or Grandpa several times a day. She brings me the phone and repeats "Call Gamma" over and over until I relent.

• has a cute little bottom lip pout and tremble when she's sad.

• would rather read "beside you" than "with you"... meaning, if I sit down to read her a book she wants to have a book of her own on her lap and say jibber jabber along with me reading, as if she's reading a book too.

• can identify almost every letter of the alphabet.

• has been able to spell her name for months.

• can sing her ABCs from beginning to end, not missing a single letter. But, NOT on command. Of course. You have to overhear it.

• loves Curious George and Max & Ruby.

• can draw several shapes and her own version of a 'cupcake'.

• insists that I draw for her and squeals with delight when I do as she identifies the pictures.

• hates to have dirty hands.

• prefers milk. Not a big juice fan but she likes water and watered down apple juice.

• will eat pretty much anything.



Happy Birthday, baby girl. We love you.