24 months old...

it's been two amazing years...

sometimes not the easiest job in the world...

but by far, the most rewarding.

we've watched you grow and grow...

blossoming along the way...

and now it's hard to say, but...You're TWO!!

I really couldn't believe how fast a year went by when Pax turned one and I'm just as astounded at how fast the next year flew by. TWO...my baby is TWO. I'm going to turn around and she's going to be 18...kissing me as she leaves for college. OK, OK...maybe not that soon, but it feels like we are moving at that pace! TIME MUST SLOW DOWN...I don't want her to grow up anymore! If I could bottle her at any age and keep her forever it would be right now...this very age.

Our Paxtin at TWO:


She is the. most. independent little thing I have ever seen. She isn't 'headstrong' or a tantrum thrower, she just wants to do everything herself. And we let her. She's SUCH an amazing helper...she helps me transfer laundry, unload dishes, she loves to find trash and throw it away...anything that she can do 'by herself', she's into. That also includes feeding herself and recently dressing, too. I, of course, still pick out the clothes, but she is WAY into choosing her shoes! Can't imagine where that came from...


Her appetite has gotten a little more picky than it has been before. I have a hard time getting her to eat at some meals, but she seems to be picking up a little better since her last molar came through. She loves all the standard toddler foods...hot dogs, pb&j, crackers and cheese. She's also still my strawberry girl. Any fresh fruit really...she just can't get enough. She weighed 28 lbs when we went to the Dr last-which is just where she should be. We go again in a week to get her 24 month stats. She was, however, almost 3 feet tall!! This is a little in HIGH percentile range for a 2 year old. I'm 5'3-she is already more than half as tall as I am. This scares me slightly.


Pax and I have really made lots of effort to meet new mommies and babies and we do play dates/walking dates a lot. I really enjoy making new friends and having babies in common makes it easy to chat..always something going on! Paxtin had a full house of little friends at her birthday party and I was so proud. I hope that I can instill in her the values of being a good friend...lots of people lose this quality the older they get. I don't think I will ever have to worry about her not being a friend...she is so nurturing and loving.


I sit back and think to where we were two years ago today. I was nervous, but at the same time oddly calm during my entire pregnancy & delivery process. All I wanted to know was who she looked like, if she had all her fingers and toes, and how BIG she was! She's just as much a miracle today as she was two years ago. She keeps on amazing us.


So many wonderful memories have now been made since this angel came into our lives and many, many more will continue to be made. What an adventure!! Let's hope we skip out on the 'terrible two's'

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET PAXI GRACE!! WE LOVE YOU MORE AND MORE EACH DAY.
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