Happy 2nd Birthday, Lily!

Dear Lily,

My sweet girl, you are two today. And I would really like to know where the time went. Oh that's right, I was at work. Well, no more and I love it because I get to see all the fun things you do all day.

Nothing makes me smile more than to see you galloping around the house. You don't quite know how to skip yet, but this is your version. You gallop and laugh and dance around, and your current favorite music group is The Beatles. You love to dance and your favorite song is She Loves You (yeah, yeah yeah). You like to yell, YEAH YEAH YEAH.

Last week we began practicing. I say, Lily, how old are you?? and you yell, TWO! You try to count. If I say one, you will say two. When you are playing with toys, you will grab one and say two and then mumble the rest. You hold full conversations...we just need a translation. You talk a lot, one of your favorite phrases is no cy baby. No cy. You are always concerned about babies crying or dogs crying.

You are a stripper. You like to be down to your onesie. That's what you wear around the house most of the time. I have given up trying to keep your clothes on at home. What does it matter, really? When we go out, within 2 minutes of getting home you are down to your diaper. I want to undress when I get home, too, so unless we are in public, I let you run around half naked. So much for all the cute clothes you have.

Your new favorite toys are a set of farm animals.A friend of mine gave me a couple of great books on activities to do with toddlers and there was a lot of focus on imaginative play. You love the animals and you line them up. They kiss each other. They go night-night on pillows. When I ask you if you want to play with the animals, you yell, ANIMALS!

You don't say yes in reply to our questions. You says Si. One of your three Spanish words. It is really cute when you say it. Yesterday you handed me something and said, here you go. And you have started calling me Mom, instead of Mama sometimes. It is so fun watching you grow and develop.

I am so thankful that I get to be at home with you every day. I don't want to miss a thing, and now I won't. I have fun sending your dad pictures every day to let him know what you guys are up to. I have never had so much fun. There is no way to describe my love for you. It runs so far and deep and is such a part of me. I feel so fortunate to have you in my life. You are my life.

I love you,

Mom

Comments

[Cat]

happy birthday, gorgeous girl!

[Chickenpig]

She is beautiful! Happy Birthday, Lily :)

How can it be 2 years already? I'm gobsmacked.