Happy Burfffff-dayyy

In less than a week, BEB will officially be 2 years old! How can this be? I mean just yesterday we were literally celebrating her birth in March 2005.

Now we have this autonomous little lady who, of course, wants to do everything on her own, sings 'Happy Burffff-dayyy' to herself and knows she'll be turning 2! The once boobie-feeding chair that's a permanent fixture in our living room, has now become BEB's chair - the place where she loves to sit and look through all of Mommy & Daddy's photo albums. The chair arms which were once covered in boobie juice, now shows evidence of goldfish crumbs and toddler slobber!

Her days are spent with MiMi & Papa (I'm so thankful she has such a special relationship with her MiMi & Papa at such an early age. It's a JOY to see them together!) - cooking in her play kitchen, cleaning the floors with Mommy's Swiffer or her toy vacuum, going on wagon rides, riding her tricycle, reading in Papa or MiMi's lap, eating lots of snacks (we're pretty confident she's going to turn into one!), running around in circles with her arms out making airplane noises, chasing Scout around the house or walking him on his leash from room to room, playing in the ball court, playing on the swings & slide, and coloring. She loves going to her Mother's Morning Out class twice a week. Weekly she gets to play with her best guy buddy, C-man and usually gets to go to the Library on Tuesdays where she learns new songs and gets to play on the computer. Her favorite outings are going to the mall to look at the animals in the Pet store, play in the kids area or dance in Abercrombie! She starts groovin' when she hears the thumpin' music.

She's faithful about praying for her family every night and has to include all her friends at 'school'. Daddy's usually the first person she asks to pray for. They have such a special bond - it's incredible to see them together. CNB loves her so well and is good about setting healthy boundaries with her.

As of late, she's taken to my boss, Al aka "Owl" who has nicknamed her "Birdie", Dr. Davis - her pediatrician and sweet Cotton - our elderly neighbor. She's in love with Dr. Davis and chatters about him all the time. I made MiMi dig a brochure out of the trash the other day just so we could have his picture mounted on our fridge. She proudly points and says Dr. Davis when she sees his pic. I think she'd go see him everyday if we'd let her!

God has blessed us with a loving little girl who has so much compassion for others. We are so honored to be her parents!