Happy 2nd Birthday Hope!

Morning of Bday

Little Miss Hope had a wonderful Birthday. Since her bday was Friday, we had a little party @ school for her class. Then the main celebration was on Saturday @ "The Hop" in Glenwood (it's a burger/ice cream diner) for cake and ice cream. It was a full day, Cole had a bball game in Murfreesboro that morning. Luckily she napped on the way home from the game. She had lots of fun at the party and I was surprised how well it all went. I was afraid we may have a couple "2 year old meltdowns" about something. But we didn't and she didn't even mind help when opening her presents!! And she was fairly neat while eating her cake - she didn't eat much - just icing. Her party theme was "The Wonder Pets." She received lots of gifts - if we had let her she would've opened each box to get a closer look, but we kept pushing her along :)

She had her 2 yr. check-up Thursday. She weighs 26.2 lbs and is 34.5 inches tall. This puts her in the 75% for her age. Which is up from her last check-up, last time she was in 50%. She is wearing Size 5 diapers and getting interested in the potty - sometimes! She wears 24mo/2T in clothes and size 6 in shoes. She is saying a lot more words. NO is her favorite right now, but she has many in her vocabulary. The funniest is to watch her try to say "Open" - she tries to copy my mouth and her Oooo is sooo cute.

It is amazing how "girly" she is... purses, babies, jewelry, dressup, dancing... but on the other hand she is a "tough girl" too. She doesn't mind getting dirty and rarely cries when she falls. She's is a good eater. Likes cheese, apples (she calls them "bapples" along with grapes), bananas and grapes and honeybuns and goldfish(aka..shishes) a lot. She still will not drink milk - so we push the cheese and yogurt. She is branching out from just water though - drinking some juice/punch @ school. At home, she'll drink V8 splash and loves it. She gets up around 7:00 in the morning and lays down about 8:00 every night and sleeps all night. Her baby bed is so full of babies, glow-worm, curious george, glow-bear and blankies - I don't know how she has any room but she INsists they ALL stay in there! She def. knows what she wants... may have something to do with being 2!!!!