2 Years

Can it be that our baby is actually two years old?! It just doesn't seem possible. And our lives continue to get better each day because of Savannah! (Or Saennah, as she now calls herself.) The best way that I can describe this girl is that she has a giant personality! She is known for several things: her expressions (I'm probably told most often that she has the most/funniest/biggest expressions for a little girl.), how funny she is (When I pick her up from church/gym/friend's house people are always saying she is so funny.), her run (seriously girly runner with arms flailing & yet as fast as lightning!), how friendly she is (she wants to say hi to EVERYONE & will continue it until the person acknowledges her), being famous (she & I are on our church website & so people always talk about how famous she already is) & her sweet little pigtails. She knows far too many words to count at this point & can say short sentences. She loves singing; some favorites are Twinkle Twinkle, ABCs, Itsby Bitsy Spider, If You're Happy & You Know It, & Head Bumper. Head Bumper was a song my Grandma Winn would do with me when I was little where you point at parts on your face & it's so cute b/c she does it on everything (dolls, stuffed animals, pictures of people or animals in a book, us). She loves kisses & maybe the cutest thing she does right now is gives us kisses on each of our eyes, eyebrows, nose, cheeks, chin, etc.) She loves her babies & is always feeding them, pushing them around & doing everything with them. She loves counting & can do a very rough 1 through 10 with help. She loves books & requires 3 books at bedtime (seriously, we can't trick this girl with only two). She loves animals & could watch or play with animals all day long. She loves coloring & drawing & is so smart because she holds a pencil correctly without us ever having worked with her on it. She's a natural! She loves all Disney, Veggietales & Yo Gabba Gabba. It's so fun that she actually is into characters now. We got the biggest kick out of buying her Tangled pjs because we knew she would love them. She still sleeps with a paci (actually 2) & sucks it in the car, but we aren't rushing getting rid of it. She loves girlie things like clothes, shoes, Lip Smackers & jewelry. She was so cute in those pics because she put on my heels & was walking around the house in them (I really thought she was too young for heels...but apparently not. She is "sure-footed" as her great grandpa J.O. calls her.) She sleeps from 8:30ish to 7ish in the morning & takes a 2-3 hour nap usually around 1:30. But we frequently keep her out late at games/events/dinner & she is usually a rockstar staying up late with us & having a great time. She is still in her crib; we tried taking the side off a week ago after she climbed out, but we had a rough several days of her not sleeping or handling the freedom well. Bran put the side back on & sleep is SO much better now! She is a pretty good eater & continues to like more things. But she's like her Daddy in that I have to twist her arm to try new things at first : ) She's been out of her highchair for a while now & if she had her way, she would move from chair to chair during mealtime with no booster. (She doesn't usually get her way though.) She loves her friends & has so many now. I love it because she calls them by name & loves to point at their pics & say who is who. There are currently lots of ducks at our duckpond & she LOVES to feed them. Instead of being scared of them, they are scared of her because she gets in their faces while squealing with excitement. She loves trains, planes & cars. She has such a thankful heart & says "thank you Mommy" all day long for all the little things I do for her-so sweet! Sweet Savannah, as they say on Veggietales, you are the twinkle in our eyes!