happy 2nd birthday, sweet p

Oh, my sweet little Payton, today you turned two. It is absolutely insane to say out loud that you are officially a two-year-old. While I still look at you like my little baby girl you are anything but a baby. You have blossomed into a little girl who has an opinion (a pretty heavy one already), we can converse and hold a little conversation. Though typically when you get annoyed with your mommy and daddy you just keep giving us the “no” statements but as of last week you started “stop it” when we try to sing or you plain just don’t like what we have to say. You have also taken on Cartman “whateva” replies. When you aren’t giving us a funny negative statement we can find you exclaiming, “awesome, I love it” for just about anything these days. You love giving us major squeezes and we find you coming up to us several times a day with a cutesy chagrin saying, “hug. puhhlease” and following it up with a “I love you mommy or daddy”. You have a kind heart and you love your little brother to pieces. You are so worried about him if he starts to cry, if you are at the dining room table and he is in his swing crying you yell out, “baby, okay?!?!?. . .coming!” You are a goofball and know you are funny. You love to color, play with blocks, trucks and trains. You have to watch Wonder Pets before nap time and bedtime but Little Einsteins is still your fav. You recognize about everything now and know what it is by name. You love singing along to your many shows and you love to wiggle-wiggle, wiggle-wiggle (yeah) along to mommy’s music. You love swinging from structures, jumping off steps and free falling. You’re still our daredevil. Earlier this week we had your two-year well baby checkup. Dr. Martinez always love seeing you and was surprised to hear about everything you are doing. Of course, we couldn’t be any happier to know that we aren’t doing that bad of a job raising you despite a few curse words that have slipped out of your mouth as of late. You bring such joy to our lives and we love watching you grow everyday. Happy Birthday, Sweet P!

Two Year Stats:

3′ .417″ Feet – no percentage, officially off of the charts.
28 pounds 10.6 ounces – 75th percentile, long and lean
Size 7.5/8 shoe
Size 5 diapers – hopefully we won’t get to size 6
Hand/Eye coordination is advanced according to your Pedi, says you are going to be a great athlete.
You can count from 1-12 in English & 1-3 in Spanish
Know all your animals and their sounds
Know all your colors
Can sing along with the ABC’s
Understand emotions
Understand the possessive “I”, “me” and “mine”
Has gotten into the “why?” stage
Shows interest in the potty but not pushing it until you are fully ready
Knows right from left, big from small and short and tall

I know there is a ton more and will think of it once I hit the orange button. Happy Birthday little girl, there isn’t a day you do not amaze us.