GREEN THUMB

Your time spent in sand boxes has taught you something valuable.  She who has the shovel, has the most fun.  Wandering into the community garden by our house you were ecstatic to find a shovel.  Not just any shovel, but a big shovel.  If only the kids in those sand boxes could see you now.

LOLLIPOP

At your 2-year check with the doctor, you came in at 24.8 pounds and 34.3 inches tall.  This puts you at the 26th percentile for weight and 64th percentile for height.  Your head is still staying strong, holding a steady 72nd percentile for circumference.  What does this mean?  You kind of resemble one of these...

TERRIBLE TWO'S

Hello Terrible Two's.  If this is any indication of what raising a teenage girl is going to be like, it's a good thing your dad and I joined a few wine clubs while in Napa.  This may be good reason enough to join a few more. 

QUIRKS

Quirk...whenever you take off your shoes, this is how you arrange them.  Socks neatly tucked in each shoe, straps down, shoes right next to each other.  Every single time. 

WHERE?

I discovered where missing socks go…tonight I found 14 of your newborn socks crammed under the front-load washer door seal. Did I mention that you are now two?

AJ SAYS...

At two years old, you said the words no mom ever wants to hear, "Mommy, I'm not a baby anymore."

 
To which I maturely responded, "Then why do you still use a pacifier?"

QUIRKS

You're still in the habit of only eating the center of things.  Had I known you would only eat the cheese center of your Trader Joe's organic mini-cheese cracker sandwiches, I would have bought you a can of Cheese Whiz instead.