You love. You test. You give eskimo and butterfly kisses. You explore. Your favorite colors are blue and purple. You love to paint, especially with watercolors. You're not so sure about finger painting as you don't really like to get too messy. You can't get enough of matching. You match everything. Your sunglasses must match your shoes. Your toothbrush must match your PJs. You love seek and finds, memory games, and sorting things into piles that match. You make up and invent your own matching games. You have the world's best memory. We only need to say something one time and you pick up on it days later. Remember, Mom. That's what you often say. Oh, yes...I remember. You love pickles and two-star chicken Pad Thai. You like to dance and have perfected a pretty darn cute ballerina twirl and leg kick. You love to run and jump and ribbit, ribbit as you call it, especially in your rubber boots. You jump in
puddles every chance you get and are really quite good at throwing and catching and kicking. You run around the house saying you are doing your exercises. Apparently you have a lot of energy to burn. You are excited about your tricycle and helmet and want to ride it every chance you get. You like to sing, especially the ABC song, Somewhere Over the Rainbow and Happy Birthday. You love Birthday's and always make sure that I know flowers, balloons and party hats are a must at any birthday. You can count to 20 and you get it right most of the time, but certainly not always. You have an independent streak and your new favorite phrase is "I can do it all by myself!" No help needed or wanted. You are a headstrong and determined little thing. You like staying in your pajamas as long as possible and you absolutely refuse to wear jeans. Only stretchy pants still. I'm waiting for this phase to be over. You are so very particular about certain things. No open doors; you must have every door you see closed. You like to build with your blocks and you build and re-build Lamby's house more times than I can count in a day. You give Lamby pretend bubble baths, tuck her in for bed, kiss her on the head, read her stories, change her, hide her, throw her, give her to Max when he is fussing and still don't have her out of arms reach. She is well loved.
You like to snuggle and watch shows--Curious George, Calliou and Doc McSuffins are your favorites right now. You love Band-aids and want them all of the time. Every little scrape, bump or boo-boo is Band-Aid worthy in your mind. You use them like stickers. You are not a big fan of bed-time. You have a hard time settling down and flop around like a fish. It takes a good hour or so for you to go down. When you do fall asleep you are always cuddled up with Lamby and your thumb is usually in your mouth. You are oh so peaceful. Peaceful, but sometimes sideways or even up-side-down. You still are in love with your little brother and call him "my Maxy." You always want to know where he is and you are usually good about playing with him despite him taking away your things, climbing on you and pulling your hair. You often talk about the things you will do together when he grows up. Its very sweet. Fun times ahead.
You are our little miracle and we can't tell you how much we love you, how proud we are of you and how excited we are to see what's next. It will no doubt be challenging, full of surprises and lots of laughs and smiles.
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