lately i've been thinking how i need to start one of those "quotable moments" journals for the riotous things marianne is starting to say. and it dawned on me that my (severely neglected) blog is the perfect venue...
...today we were driving past elitch gardens amusement park and she said, "look, momma." to which i replied, "what is it, baby?" and she pointed out the window at the roller coasters and excitedly squealed, "a BIG playground!"
she's been all about distinguishing big from small. little rock. big rock. little cup. big cup. little book. big book. and she's counting to 6...however she has some beef with the number "5" because she adamantly leaves it out every time—"...3, 4, 6." she sings her alphabets and gets just about every letter in there. she loves to sing "baa baa black sheep" and "humpty dumpty" and gets such a kick out of playing ring-around-the-rosies with momma, her stuffed cat (mowww mowww), and her stuffed dog (doggie). she talks about her friends from school, felix and kian, a lot (i think she misses them since she's only going to daycare two days a week now. and they must miss her because the teachers say they ask about her all of the time and they swarm her with hugs and kisses when i drop her off). she's funny and witty and uses facial expressions (esp her eyebrows) to accentuate her words. she amazes me and makes me laugh everyday.
my baby is 2.
what?
it's cliche but it feels like only a blink, a breath, a moment ago i was staring the e.p.t. blue + sign in the face bewildered and thinking "what have i done." which, of course, quickly changed to elation. but that joy was nothing compared to what i've experienced with her everyday since i met her two years ago. her smile warms my belly and her hugs melt me.
i know i owe you a lot more from the past six months but i'm gonna start with her 2-year birthday and fill in the gaps when i can.
singing chipmunks card from nam-mah and grandpa.
chocolate bunny from uncle dale.
superman costume from nana and papa.
birthday playdate at the science museum with desmond.
couldn't get the two of them in the shot...from afar they were intrigued but up close they were a little bit scared of the three-story dinosaur.
two burning candles just for me.
getting frosted...
brian and brianna came over for the evening to help us celebrate...marianne has quite a crush on both of them and despite the fact that brian keeps threatening to buy her a broncos jersey that they'll keep for her to wear at their house, we continue to trust her in their care on a regular basis.
my bilibo. a hat? a shell? a seat? a stepstool? yes.
disaster zone.
we've had so many birthdays in the past month (daddy, uncle eric, marianne, uncle jeff, momma, papa, madeline, peyton, nana, stella) that she now knows the happy birthday song and sang it for her nana's birthday and stella's birthday. happy birthday everyone.
