Lily Turns 2

Lily is now officially two years old!  I can't believe how big she is getting.  She talks all the time.  Basically non-stop.  She loves to go outside or on walks.  And she begs to go to the park - which is hard sometimes because it has been rainy a bit making the park not so ideal.  She has found two shows she likes to watch: Barney and Blue's Clues (which she calls "clues").  We don't have cable so she has to watch whatever is online, so that's why she likes the older shows.  She recently learned to count to 10 and it's probably because of Barney and then us counting with her a little.  She also has started singing a lot.  She knows most of the words to twinkle twinkle little star and a few others.

A huge milestone that I didn't think would happen so soon was the end of the paci (pacifier).  She has loved that thing since birth, and I mean it - since she was less than a day old she has loved her paci and I thought it would be horrible taking it away from her.  It actually could not have been easier.  One night Brady had the pacifier in his pocket and when he put her down, she didn't ask for it and she fell right asleep.  When he came out and showed it to me we were like "this is it."  So we hid it away and decided to be strong.  The next day she asked for it maybe twice and only when she was tired.  But I got her to nap without it and without a fight, even.  The few subsequent days she would occassionally ask for it but we would just say "oh paci is sleeping" or if we were out of the house we would say "oh, paci is at home, sorry" and she would accept that and move on.  So now her front teeth are straightening out and not looking so paci-fied.  I was very happy with that because getting rid of it before 2 years old is definitely good.  Now we just have to potty train (I doubt that will happen anytime soon).

Lily can be so sweet, and sour, too.  She says "love you" now without being prompted and will just come up and give me a kiss sometimes.  She's a pretty picky eater, basically a vegetarian because she won't try anything she doesn't like the look of and she doesn't like the way meat looks, so she eats a ton of fruit, a few types of veggies and then lots of rice and pasta.  That's about it for now on Lily.  I'll take her to her two year appointment sometime soon and we'll get to see how big she is.