two

A few weeks ago we were talking about our upcoming addition and Bryan said, "I wish the baby would just come out as a two year old like Jilly."  I disagreed for the obvious reason that I am the one carrying and giving birth to the child but also because I think a squishy sweet newborn baby is the absolute best thing to be found on this earth.

But, he does have a point.  We are loving this stage with Jilly.  Yes, there are tantrums, lots of whining, struggles to understand, hitting and kicking, timeout, and general messiness, but she is so much fun.  Here are some of our favorite things Jilly does lately:

- We are way way way into the princess phase.  Jilly loves to put on a "sparkey" (sparkly) dress and twirl around the room.

- She also loves to sing.  Her favorite song is "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star/The Alphabet Song."  She'll frequently switch between the two songs "A, B, C, D, E, F, G, like a diamond in the sky" or sometimes replace all usual lyrics with "Mommy mommy mommy mommy" (great for my ego.)

- When she's in the mood Jilly gives the best bear hugs.  When she's not in the mood you're lucky to get a light pat on the shoulder.

- Jilly adds new words and phrases to her repertoire every day which is so exciting.  However, she still can't say the "k" sound.  Some of our favorite phrases are: "I'm tumming!" (I'm coming), "oh, toot" (cute) "titty" (kitty), and "tiwi" (kiwi, which is what she calls a Clementine oddly enough)

- She loves to wear dresses.  I literally have to hide some dresses because she asks to wear them every.single.day.

- Jilly loves to play with baby dolls.  She sings to them, puts them to sleep with a blankie, and loves to teach them new skills (like kick a ball or push a button.)  She'll be such a good big sister.