Lilly Jeanne: Age 2!

My sweet snuggle baby is two.  Lillian Jeanne is 2 years old.  How else can I say this??  {Waaaaaaaaaa! Sniffle. Pass the tissues, please.}  But seriously.  She is still my snuggle baby, and she is so sweet.  She has been "practicing" for age two for about two months now.  I think she's got it down.  She's practically perfected the tantrum.  "NO!" is a new favorite word, promptly followed by a very ornery looking smirk.  "Mine!" has made several appearances.  She has learned how to raise her arms up when she gets picked up so that she slides right through your hands back to the ground.  Yup, she's two.

We celebrated on Mother's Day with my family.  She picked out a picture of her cake in a cute kids cake book I have and I went from there to create her very own carousel cake.  It was delicious- white chocolate raspberry with cream cheese frosting.  She dove head first into her cupcake, it was pretty cute, and she actually managed to not get too messy.

Her two year old check up at the doctors went well.  She has started to show signs of having seasonal allergies   We have started her on Claritin to reduce her symptoms.  She weighed in at 24.8 lbs, and measured 32.25 inches.  Both, in the 25th percentile.

Here are some things about Lilly Jeanne at age two worth writing down for memory lane:

• She has developed an aversion to being messy, sticky, dirty, etc.  She wants to have her hands and face washed the minute they get dirty.
• When you ask her what she would like for lunch (or snack, or any other meal) her answer is always "pickles and cheese".
• She is quite the backseat driver.  If the car stops for more than about 7 seconds I will hear this tiny little voice behind me say "Go people!" 
• She has a wonderful sense of humor.  She will crack jokes and bust out laughing for no apparent reason.  If you ask her to laugh, she will.  Its hilarious.
• She loves babies.  She will point them out everywhere, carry dollies around with her, talk to Tater Tot, and kiss my belly all the time.
• She is still a wonderful little snuggler.  Especially when she first wakes up in the morning or after her nap.
• She loves her sister and will mostly comply with whatever Cecilia orders wants her to do.  I wonder how long this will last.
• She thinks she is ready for school.  She carries around her little backpack, and talks about going to school like sister.
• She has become interested in going potty like a big girl.  We've had many successful trips to the potty for #2.  She tells me she needs to go, and we go.  For the record, I'm in absolutely no rush to fully train her at this point.  I think it is great that she is showing initiative  but I am not forcing the issue at all.
• She is such a girly girl, and loves to wear shoes.  She adores shoes.  She will often ask to have shoes on as soon as she wakes up in the morning.  She loves her little pink loafers, or "oafers" in Lilly Jeanne speak.  
• She wants to wear jeans or a skirt every day.  
• She likes to watch Dora and will interact with the show as Dora asks her to.
• She loves to have "bows" in her hair, also known as pig tails.  She will ask for them just about daily, and pull me into the bathroom to have me do her hair.
• She knows her birth date!  If you ask her, she will tell you, "May tirteen" in her sweet little voice.
• If you ask her her name she will tell you "Lilly Jeanne".  Cecilia will call her Lilly Jeanne all the time.  I'm 90% sure this is the name that will stick and she will go to school with this as her primary name.
• Her vocabulary is insane.  I can't even count how many words she has.  She will regularly speak in 3-5 word phrases, and communicates well with her sister.