twenty-four months

I've struggled with whether or no to discontinue her monthly posts when she turned two, thinking that maybe I could do without the pressure of getting it done on-time and wondering if there would be anything to write about. And then over the weekend I was thinking about how really she is just getting good and then Ski said something to me along the lines of "you need to make sure you put that in your monthly post" and I decided then and there that I was going to keep doing them. I absolutely love being able to go back and read about what she was up to and it amazes me each time I do how much my mind forgets. It makes me take the time to sit down and reflect on her life, on her childhood and I hope that someday she gets a kick out of reading about herself as a baby and then a toddler and then a pre-schooler (BabyCenter is STILL mocking me, last year with the implication that she turned from baby to toddler over night and this year to pre-schooler).

She is particular about what she likes right now and has nothing to do with her toys at all. She wants to play outside or watch Dora and as far as she's concerned those are the only two choices. She loves slides and to play in the water. She loves her little pool, still likes the water table and LOVES to throw rocks into the lake.

She bolts up the driveway with a look over her shoulder that's just daring me to try catch her. When I speed up to make sure she doesn't get close to the road, she literally squeals with delight.

She doesn't eat much at all, blueberries, watermelon, cantaloupe, broccoli, cheese and once in a while a chicken nugget. She would rather drink her dinner in the form of milk. I'm beginning to think that as long as I send her a gallon of milk a week at college, she should be good to go. That's about all she requires right now.

I think she is pretty scared about the upcoming move. When I ask her if she is excited about her new house and her new room she says "No Mommy, I love THIS house" and then starts crying. I'm crossing my fingers that it only takes her a few days to get adjusted. It is going to be a big change.

She is picking up on words and phrases that she probably shouldn't. The other night the kids were playing what we call One Up, One Down where the second you lay down after putting one of them to sleep, the other wakes up. I was laying next to her after she had JUST fallen asleep and I heard him start screaming. I muttered a word I probably shouldn't have and she kept saying "fuct" over and over like she knew it was a word she shouldn't say. I hate to bite my lip to stop from laughing.

Ski always jokes around when he's going to change her diaper and apparently must occasionally say 'Diaper Up' because the other day he told her to come over so he could change her diaper and she looked at him totally straight-faced and said 'Diaper Up.' We both laughed for hours about that one.

She insists on being carried and directs me around. Today after we got home from work she was throwing her little hissy fit about not wanting to go inside and then when she realized I wasn't going to give in on that, she started demanding milk and Dora. She all as-a-matter-of-factly said "You go that way and then use your other hand to get the milk." I'm not kidding, she said it exactly like that.

She says "No, No" whenever she wants to assert a negative.  Never just No, always "No, No." And she says "YES" very directly with an emphasis on the S. It cracks us both up. She still says "Mow" for more and "No like it" when she gets upset about something. 

My Renee, she's something special. So particular and so loyal and so stinking girly. She looks girly and when she holds her cups, she holds them like you would think a girl would. When she spills she gets upset and demands "clean me up" but is totally fine having her hands and feet caked with dirt while she's playing outside. She doesn't like shoes and will literally run around the neighborhood with no shoes on. Just when I think I have her all figured out, she changes things up on me. Just when I think she's not going to like something, she does and just when I think she has become a Daddy's Girl forever and ever, she snuggles up close to me and cups my face in her hands and says "My Mommy. I love my Mommy." And then she always follows that up with, "And I love Daddy too. And Cammon. And Simon. And Sashy." And that pretty much sums it up, she loves us all and it is impossible to put in to words how much we love her back.
 

 

Comments

[Cass]

Gorgeous girl, incredible shots, lovely lovely memories. So sweet.

[Melissa]

Too cute! It's just amazing to me how old our little girls have gotten already. Time has gone way too fast. At least there's a lot more of the good stuff to look forward too!

[Gretchen]

I LOVE the hair, the swimsuit and the tiny bit of attitude in the picture of her at the bottom of the slide. Who doesn't like a girl with some sass?

[Becks]

the one of her in her party dress is so Ski! Wow!!! Keep the posts coming, you will love to be able to look back at them...forever!