Juliet TWO Years Old

Juliet, precious and sweet girl, you are TWO years old!! I blinked and you have turned into a toddler! You are SO much fun and the past two years have been the best with you in our family!

You are my absolute cuddle bug. Our friend Emily says it is as if you are trying to crawl back in my belly. You want to be ON mommy at all times. The first hour of the day, at least, you need to be attached to me or else big tears and fits ensue. You give the BEST hugs and I adore them. You love to hug mommy, daddy, and your big sister! You are selective with "your people", but once they're in your circle, you give them big hugs too. 

You are becoming more and more verbal each day and have even strung together some short sentences. Until just recently, you said "yesh" for yes and it was THE cutest thing. 

You are a good climber, intentional runner, and bike enthusiast. You love to kick the soccer ball, hit plastic golf balls, swing and slide on the playground, and bounce in your crib. You sing continuously when you color.

You still give us nice, long afternoon naps. Thank you, princess! You are a good sleeper at night as well, though you protest every single night about bedtime. You are still in your crib, but have to be in a backwards sleep sack to prevent you from crawling out. You insist on having about a thousand stuffed animals in your crib and have a different favorite one every couple of weeks. You call the dog, "woof" and your unicorn "neigh". 

You love screen time (oops, mom fail) and ask to watch Moana constantly. It is your favorite movie and I've seen it enough at this point to last my lifetime. You think Hei Hei is hilarious and you try to sing along to some of the songs. 

Your favorite foods are mac and cheese, bananas, applesauce, apples, dog dogs, yogurts, MILK, and pirate booty. We offer you fruit consistently, but you reject it most of the time. Unless we give you clementines! You LOVE clementines.

You would be perfectly content to sit in the dirt and dig all day if I allowed it. You don't mind playing independently, as long as someone you love is close by. 

You miss Olivia when we take her to school, and even verbalize this. I love your sweet relationship and how excited you are to see each other after being apart for a couple of hours. No one makes you laugh like Olivia can. Especially right before bedtime. 

Juliet, there aren't enough words to describe how much we all love you. You are tender and tough and sweet and stubborn. I cannot wait to continue seeing who you grow to be!! Love you and we are so thankful to God for allowing us to be your parents!!