Dear Kacie,
2 YEARS!!!!!!!!!
We can't believe it.
If we had to pick some words to describe you they would be:
Perfect, Spunky, Attitude, Smart, Hilarious, Energetic, & Gorgeous.
At your doctor visit they said everything was looking good. You weigh 25 lbs and are in the 50th percentile. You are 32.4 inches and that puts you in the 11th percentile!
You've recently started playing with the presents you got for your first birthday! It's only a year late but you've started to love pushing your doll, Paris, around in her stroller. You often try to take her with us wherever we go!
You're really into daddy's hats these days. When he wears one you want to try one on too. You don't keep them on for long, but you like to be doing what mom and dad do.
At Christmas, I tried to get you to wear this dress and you hated it. So of course one day I took you to the closet before church and asked what you wanted to wear (in June) and you pointed to this dress and said "Soo cuuute!" so I tried to point out a different one because this one is a little small, but you just kept grabbing this dress saying "cuuute! So pretty!"
And I suppose you did rock that outfit! Even if your diaper was peeking out a bit during nursery!
You love your backpack. You had me put it on one day backwards and then you grabbed the little antennas and gave me this look. Luckily you did it again for the camera because seriously, look at that face!
One day we were going to the store. You were standing in the doorway and I was putting Kalvin in the car. I was watching you to make sure that you weren't going down the stairs. I turned my back for literally 4 seconds. When I turned around you were gone! You weren't on the stairs, there was no way you could have gotten all the way down the stairs and there was no one around.
I ran inside saying your name, looking for you. In our small apartment, there really wasn't much chance of me not seeing you. But alas you were not there! I was going into panic mode; "someone took her. She fell down the stairs. did I pass out and not realize it? I'm a terrible mother" (all those thoughts were within about 10 seconds).
I got back to the front door and heard you giggle.
You were hiding from me BEHIND the front door!
I was so relieved. I laughed and let my heart slow down.
I could not believe that you just hid from me! Where did you learn that??
It was hilarious, and now that I know you can hide from me, I'll be a little more careful and a little less panic stricken. Thanks for the real mommy moment Kacie.
You're very Independent. You always want to put on your own shoes. You're not very good at it but one day you picked out your socks (the hottest ones in your basket) and then refused to let me help you for about 5 minutes.
You've also started trying to put on your own pants. You got both legs in one leg… Close, Kacie. So close.
Then you proceeded to walk around like that laughing at yourself!
And here you are again trying to put your shoes on.
You're very observant. We are definitely at a point where we have to be careful with what goes on around you. One day you came up behind me and touched my bum and said 'butt. poopy.' And then another time we were watching Captain America. There is a scene where a kid falls into the water. You were so concerned for him. You got a very concerned look on your face and said "You ok? You ok?" You were very worried about that little boy!
We love to see you make those kind of connections and recognize things. It's fun to see your memory come in to play as you remember things from days before!
Grandma Sandra and Grandpa Jim sent you this awesome present
What could it be!?
A BUS!!
It is perfect for your personality right now. You are obsessed with 'The Wheels On the Bus' and make us sing it all the time. A few weeks ago you started counting to 10 with only a little help from us. The last few days though when we start to count, we get to 3 and then you go "bus. bus. bus" and turn your arm until we sing the song.
We got doughnuts for your birthday breakfast.
You loved that, obviously.
One thing that we will for sure miss is having two separate closets, mine being the walk in closet, AKA Kacie's favorite place.
You also love this pillow and often just hang out in there.
Well, I still hadn't wrapped your presents from mom and dad so you were glad to help us do that.
But instead, daddy took you on a birthday walk to get a slurpee! You love walks! You love sitting in the stroller and you love making us take the stroller so you can walk next to it.
Then we got ready to go swimming and let you open another present.
A puzzle! You already enjoy it, and it's adorable!
You got new shoes for your birthday. Your pink crocs. We weren't sure if you would like them because you are very picky about shoes and usually won't wear shoes unless you have socks on too. But once we forced these on, you were instantly attached!
So here you are in your birthday outfit, ready to go swimming!
You know what presents are at this point and enjoy opening them. So on Fathers day when we gave daddy his presents, you made sure to help him! Side note: he got a new belt buckle, which I believe was the Avengers 'A' and a new shirt which is a Harry Potter 9 3/4 shirt.
You spent the day playing with your new toys
And building play dough towers. You're more interested in the cans than the actual dough.
You are getting so smart and it amazes us!
You are always wanting to go and do things.
You want to be outside 99.99999% of the time.
You can count to 10 on your own and will sing the ABC's with us.
You're starting to get really interested in Frozen and constantly sing 'Let It Go'
You are starting to put words together which is really helpful for us!
You still sleep about 11 hours per night, sometimes more! And your naps are about 2 hours long
You love Kalvin and interacting with him.
You get so happy when dad comes home.
You love the iPad and taking pictures on our phones
Your favorite breakfast is 'Ogurt and olya' (Yogurt and Granola)
You love to slide, swing and be pushed on your bike.
You will go up to any kid and force them to play with you.
If you miss your nap, you get feisty and irrational.
You spend a small amount of time in the corner, mostly for hitting or kicking Kalvin.
You love horsey rides on mom and dad and you love giving them to Kalvin.
You want to be really involved with Kalvin, even helping us change his diapers!
You love Skype.
Your favorite books are any by Sandra Boynton, especially The Going to Bed Book.
You're smile is infectious.
You make us so happy!
We don't ever want you to grow up and leave us.
We love you so much Kacie!
Happy Birthday!!
Love,
Dad and Mom
