2 years old.

She grins, talks, throws minor tantrums, shrugs her shoulders, runs fast, hugs her dogs. Hugs my arm. Follows her older cousins around.

Vocab has exploded. Says sentences. "Where's daddy and Where'd daddy go?" are her favorites. Also asks to go to "Grampie's house" on a regular basis. Loves fruit. Won't eat eggs or PBJ.

It's the little things that I'm noticing that make her such a big girl. The way she walks up the stairs rather than crawling. Her need to feed herself an entire meal with a spoon. Her singing, oh my goodness, her singing the cutest thing ever. She sings songs to herself, to her shadow, to the dogs, to her baby dolls.

Since today was her birthday we ate a great breakfast and then went to Emma Prusch farm so she could see the animals. We headed to the pool and tried out her new swim toys since it was ridiculously hot. Then we had family over for a light dinner and dessert and sang happy birthday to her. True to form, she sang along :)