Happy Birthday to my oh so lovable Callie!

 I can't believe little little brown-eyed beauty is TWO years old!!! Gosh, how time has flown by.  She is just such a joy (most of the time) to have in our family.  We love Callie so so much!  She was SOOO excited to wear her "new" Sunday dress (it was Morgan's) and it was just uncanny how much she looked like Morgan in it! De ja vu!

 She woke up so happy (she got to sleep in her big girl bed for the first time the night before) and ready for the day, like she knew it was a special day for her.

After church she opened her presents.  She was trying to be sneaky before we actually let her start opening them. :)

 New sheets for her bed and a baby doll high chair! Here she is anxiously waiting for Kent to put the high chair together so she can play with it.  She was getting a little antsy waiting!

I think that smile says it all - she LOVES her new toy!

 

I made cupcakes to bring to our friend's house later on and she was so excited to try one.  Of course, she only likes the frosting, but who can blame her - the frosting is the best part!

 

We are so blessed to have Callie in our family.  She definitely has a mind of her own, but she gives the sweetest, most genuine hugs and kisses ever.  She loves to dance to music and especially loves to listen to Morgan's MP3 player with her.  She loves doing whatever her older brothers and sister are doing, or at least attempt to!  We do "secret handshakes" at night and now she holds her hands out for "5" and her fists out to "pound it".  She does SO GOOD at sleeping in her big girl bed and loves reading lots of books in her bed before naptime and bedtime.  She loves to color and help with chores - especially washing dishes with lots of bubbles!  She is very petite, the smallest of all of them by about 2 pounds and 3 inches, but she is a strong one (per the doctor and nurses!).  She weighs 19.8 pounds and is 31 inches tall.  She loves hanging out wherever I am and loves watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse while I get ready in the morning.  Minnie Mouse has kind of been her theme this birthday.  She is a pretty good eater, but doesn't eat huge amounts of anything.  She loves pb and honey sandwiches, spaghetti, pizza,  black beans, green beans, mac and cheese, rice, little smokies, the white part of a fried egg, apples, strawberries, and her milk/Pediasure mixture.  As well as anything snacky or sweet of course!  She sort of went from not saying anything to saying 2-3 word sentences in a matter of a few weeks!  I love hearing her talk and expressing herself.  She has now stayed in nursery by herself, at least part of the time, for two weeks in a row!  2 must have been the magic number!  That sure has made Kent's time at church much easier!  She is really starting to grow up and isn't a little baby anymore!  But that is OK.  I am really enjoying having her as my little buddy during the day.  We have loads of fun going to open gym, library story time, play group, running errands and occasionally meeting Kent for lunch.  What a lucky girl!  Enjoy your year of being TWO, little miss Callie!  We sure do love you!!!!