Maren at TWO:
-is still small for her age, at 26 lbs and 36”
-favorite foods: black olives, dill pickles, and cheese
-loves to watch Elmo and Barney
-won’t let me put anything in her hair so it’s always a mess
-loves to be outside
-can identify the colors blue, purple, pink, white, black
-will not eat mashed potatoes
-has big beautiful blue eyes and golden curls
-loves bubbles and balloons
-gives sweet kisses
-will not listen to me. At all.
-is independent, headstrong, persistent, fearless
-receives speech therapy once a week
-likes to sing about the monkeys jumping on the bed
-has to be safety-pinned into her pajamas and duct-taped into her diapers
-loves our dog, Bronco
-has brought immeasurable joy to so many people in the two short years she's been on this Earth
-is the absolute light of our lives!
(p.s. This is actually one day late--her birthday was Saturday--don't tell, okay?)
Oh Happy Happy birthday what a darling picture!! Hope she and you all had a wonderful day.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful picture of Maren. And what a wonderful post about her. She is beautiful! Any kid that likes Black Olives is a friend of mine! They are on the grocery list every week no matter what.
ReplyDeleteHappy, happy birthday Maren! Turning 2 is so much more fun than 1!
ReplyDelete(And a note to mama, the listening thing gets better, really, it does! Just try to be consistent, boring and predictable.)
Awwww Happy Birthday, Maren!!!
ReplyDeleteShe is a beautiful girl and sounds as sweet as can be. I just want to squeeze her :) She sounds like she has developed such a distinctive little personality at age two. You need to put this post in a little scrap book for her!
lucy
Happy Birthday Maren!! Hope you got some nice presents and lots of goodies!!
ReplyDeleteTiff
mmmmmmmmwah...that was a kiss for her birthday from the other Papa.
ReplyDeleteHeidi, she's a beautiful baby, and you're a beautiful mom. I love you both!
awww happy birthday! She is just tooooooo cute!
ReplyDeleteHappy Mom Aniversary for you too! She's a beauty! And I agree with Shara, love those black olives!
ReplyDeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY MAREN! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous baby!!!! I know exactly what you mean by immeasurable joy(multiply that by 2 for me). Happy birthday Maren!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful photo and a beautiful girl. I love the notes you added. Do put them in her baby book. She will enjoy looking back at them when she is older and they will always be special memeories for you.
ReplyDeleteDarling! My dd is slow with the speech too, but then so was her nine year old brother. Both are very smart...just super slow with speech development.
ReplyDeleteDd(age 18 months) has got the same hair, and she won't let me put anything in it either!
Hope Maren had a wonderful birthday!