Mini Mama Madness: TWO

We have a TWO year old!! Terrible twos...NO WAY!! This is such a fun age of forming sentences, opinions, favorites and routines.

Madeline,

"I never knew I could love so much,
until the day I felt your touch.

I softly kissed your tiny cheek,
and from under your lashes I saw you peek.

Your beautiful eyes so small and blue,
my sweet little baby just brand new.

I cannot wait to watch you grow,
from your little head to your tiny toes.

My daughter my love, my little joy,
my little angel, my baby doll toy.

I promise to love you with all my heart,
I'm here for you from the very start.

I'll comfort you when you cry,
I'll answer true when you ask me, Why?

While you grow be sweet and kind,
and show all others how much you shine."

~Martha L. Sheridan

It's hard to believe how much personality this little girl has and we just adore her.

She wakes up with the biggest smile on her face, ready for a day of fun! Loves to go "play with friends" at the gym, go swimming, play with her toys, chase the cat, paint, pretend, dance and sing. She surprises me every single day with something new, whether it is a song she has made up, a sentence I didn't think she knew or just the way that sparkle in her eyes can make my heart melt.

It is the cutest thing when she takes our hand, says "Show me", and pulls us to her destination she is eager to show us and when she giggles at her own little jokes.

It is amazing how she has this extensive vocabulary, uses her imagination with her toys and picks up on anything we teach right away...I almost can't believe it sometimes, as she rattles off shapes, colors, counts and tries to sing her ABC's.

It makes me beam with pride over how much love she has to give, when she uses her manners or says, "I sharin, Mommy!" or "I listen, Mommy".

It is hilarious when she makes up songs just like Daddy, even tonight she was singing about wanting more cheese. She definitely has Anthony's fun loving personality....~~and possible impatience too.~~

Actually, I find everything she does is cute, amazing, hilarious and makes me proud.

Our baby is growing so fast. How does it happen right before our eyes? One minute, they are completely dependent on us and the next they are saying "I do it, Mommy" and "No thank you, Daddy". It is so much fun to watch and enjoy, but it is also sad that these years go by and they never come back. If I've said it once, I'll say it a million more times. That's why I take the time to sit and stare, admiring every little thing she does. The look on her face as she's playing, the way her tongue comes out while concentrating, the pride after her concentration pays off, the look in her eyes as she watches every thing I do so she can imitate, the frustration when she doesn't get her way, the smile when she does, the way she says her words. I could watch her all day long...and I am so lucky to have this opportunity that I can spend every day doing just that.