TWO

Kensie has been a very fun two year old (for the most part).  A few weeks before turning two, she starting talking up a storm.  Up until then her vocabulary wasn't very big.  All of the sudden she started talking in full sentences and learning new words every day.  The week of her birthday I was changing her diaper when she spoke in two full sentences to me! I could hardly believe it.  She said, "My bum is sore.  I want cream on it."  Since then, she continues to surprise us every day with all of her new words and sentences.  Here are some of the cute things she says.

"I'm getting my exercise!"  (while dancing around in her princess dress)

"I want the baby to come out!"

"I want take cookies to my friends."

"I'm not a baby, I'mma big gurl."

"Doggy's tired.  Her needs a nap."

"I wanna go to dance class!"

"Do you want to see my baby? She is so cute!" (referring to her doggy?)

"Mommy's tired"

"I want to wrap my paci (pacifier) and give it to the baby. I'm too big."

"You look so pretty mamma"

"I gonna look beau-iful"

Her favorite thing to do is play mommy with her babies and doggy.  She refers to her doggy as 'her baby' and tells me she is her doggy's mommy.  She puts her babies down for naps, gives them bottles, changes their diaper, feeds them, rocks them, sings to them, and reads them books.  I know she will be such a good helper with her new baby brother.

She loves dresses and dressing up in her 'princess' or 'ballerina' dresses.  Then she wants me to put on music for her to dance to.

She is obsessed with the tv show Dora the Explorer.  She asks for it numerous times a day, "I wanna watch Dira (Dora)."

Another one of her favorite things to do is color.

There have been some really hard phases with her at age two.  She can be very defiant at times and yell, "NO NO NO NO!!!" repeatedly.  She has a problem with hitting when she gets upset.  She HATES getting her teeth brushed and puts up a fight.  She is a very strong willed little girl and I've learned I have to give her choices.  For example, every morning when I get her dressed I pick out two shirts and let her pick which one she wants to wear.  Heaven forbid if I pick out a shirt she doesn't like.

A few months before turning two, she started fighting her nap.  She will lay in her crib for a couple hours and never fall asleep.  She has continued to do that on and off since then.  Sometimes she won't take a nap once every two weeks.  Other times there will be a week where she skips a nap 1-3 days of the week.  I still put her in the crib every afternoon though for a couple of hours regardless of whether or not she falls asleep.  I'm not planning on letting her drop that nap anytime soon!

Believe it or not, two has been my favorite stage so far.  I love hearing her talk all day long.  She says the cutest things and makes me laugh.  She has such a funny, bubbly personality that continues to develop.  I love being her mom.